HerbRally

Herbalists Robert Rogers and Laurie Szott-Rogers discuss their program at the Northern Star College of Mystical studies . Learn about plant medicine and bring this skill into your life. Courses such as herbology and aromatherapy provide a knowledge base of plant properties and techniques for using plants, therapeutically. Other courses in the stream give learners the opportunity to connect with th...

This class was recorded at the  superb  event:  The Great Lakes Herb Faire .  If you've not been and you're in the region, I encourage you to try and make it to the 2018 shindig. Here's the details: Great Lakes Herb Faire September 7 - 9, 2018 Cedar Lake Outdoor Center, 2500 Pierce Rd, Chelsea, Michigan "We have had three amazing Faires so far and are so looking forward to doing this again! The fe...

This class was recorded at the  superb  event:  The Great Lakes Herb Faire .  If you've not been and you're in the region, I encourage you to try and make it to the 2018 shindig. Here's the details: Great Lakes Herb Faire September 7 - 9, 2018 Cedar Lake Outdoor Center, 2500 Pierce Rd, Chelsea, Michigan "We have had three amazing Faires so far and are so looking forward to doing this again! The fe...

"This is a time of year when a lot of people are thinking of their health with diet in mind. Although it actually seems slightly unusual for a lot of herbalists to suggest herbs to support weight loss, our philosophy tends to be more holistic than that, and there is no magic remedy. Especially for this issue, it is a concern a lot of people care about. In preparing to answer a client's follow up q...

Nicole Telkes, founder and director of the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine takes a moment to tell us what her herb school in Austin, TX is all about. Let's hear about all of the great things they're up to! You can check them out online at WildflowerHerbSchool.com .  About Nicole: She believes strongly in herbal medicine being "the people's medicine" and enlists her students and any interes...

On today's episode Heather Irvine teaches us all about the hawthorn tree.  She wrote an excellent monograph on hawthorn, which you can find HERE .  "Hawthorn is one of those country herbs whose leading quality one might at first describe as benevolent. It is much more powerful though!  A great tree, low and broad in stature, it occurs wild in edge-lands of landscapes or occasionally planted for be...

Sam and Suchil Coffman discuss their 2018 plans for The Human Path & Herbal Medics. CLICK HERE FOR THEIR ORIGINAL VIDEOCAST   The Human Path Herbal Medics University The Herbal Medic (Book)   SAM COFFMAN, FOUNDER, HEAD INSTRUCTOR Sam Coffman has over 10 years of military experience as a U.S. Special Forces Medic, an interrogator and a linguist. He studied botany and bioregional medicine both priva...

Herbalists Leslie Alexander & Leslie Williams  are bringing years of clinical teaching experience together & offering a 13 session online program to strengthen interviewing skills and your practice  with clients, family members, friends & yourself This online Round Table will focus on casework with  support, advice and supervision  from practicing herbalists Classes will run online using a Zoom pl...

Today we get to listen in on a class that Richo Cech taught at the 2017 Medicines From the Earth Symposium in Black Mountain, NC. He discusses the science and art of poulticing and demonstrates the making and application of a spontaneous herbal poultice. You can also see this class on YouTube! CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO one Thanks to BotanicalMedicine. Org for sharing this class with us! Be sure to chec...

Let's go on a walk in the woods with Mountain Mel! Herbalist Mel Mutterspaugh briefly chats about one of her (lichen) allies, lungwort.  To find out more about Mel and her awesome tea blends and products, just head to MountainMels.com .  CLICK HERE   to view the original video of her walk in the woods.  Thanks for listening!   www.herbrally.com  

Jennifer from  Sea Willow Herbs  lets us know her thoughts on what we should think about when deciding which herbalism school is right for you. This is what she has learned during her own search for a good herbal education. Here's where you can connect with Jennifer! Etsy Instagram Facebook YouTube Thanks to Jennifer for sharing, and thanks to you for listening!  For a list of herbalism schools: w...

Hydrosols, also known as floral waters, are an age-old way of working with the very essence of a plant in medicine. The use of hydrosols as medicines dates back over 5000 years. Traditionally, each home had a still where plant distillates for medicine were made.  Over time hydrosols fell out of favor as essential oils increased in popularity.  However, these days the aromatic virtues of hydrosols...

Listen in as Sam Coffman discusses Sambucus nigra, or the Black Elder plant. Sam covers ID, preparation and usage of this amazing medicinal plant. This episode is brought to you by  Herbal Medics University .  Herbal Medics University  is a branch of The Human Path.  The Human Path is a survival school that is focused around the survival of our human species.  Their classes are sustainability and...

I'm so excited for y'all to listen in on this interview! There are loads of gems in this one.  Sam Coffman, founder of Herbal Medics University, interviews Dr. Kyla Helm on the subject of functional nutrition, herbal medicine and health care issues. If you got a moment, please go let Sam and Kyla know how much you enjoyed the show on the Herbal Medics Facebook page . And give 'em a "Like" while yo...

Join herbalist Katolen Yardley as she explores the use of tonic herbs as delicious and nutritious edibles added into daily food recipes, including herbal vinegars, snacks, nutrition bars and desserts. She covers some general actions of these herbs, chemical constituents, dosage and therapeutic applications of herbal ingredients, benefits of powdered herbs and discusses various recipes for daily an...

Today's episode is from a webinar that herbalist Amanda Dilday recorded last month as an offering for #MeToo. You can find the original webinar on her website Alchemilla .  Amanda also wrote a book called Flowers for a Girl: Plant Medicine and Sexual Trauma . This is not a protocol or a prescription. Rather, it is something of a memoir, a healing memoir, an herbal memoir, a story.  " Well, friends...

Bevin Clare lets us know what Maryland University of Integrative Health is all about! Maryland University of Integrative Health is the leading academic institution for integrative health in the nation. For nearly 40 years, MUIH has educated practitioners in health and wellness through transformative and relationship-centered programs that draw from traditional wisdom and contemporary science. MUIH...

Today's episode is with Dan De Lion.  Dan is an Earth Herbalist, Forager, Musician, and Teacher dedicated to working with Nature to facilitate the reunion of the people with our planetary purpose.  He teaches through Return to Nature, providing classes, lectures, and seminars on wild food foraging, mushroom identification, herbal medicine making, as well as primitive and survival skills with a foc...

Today's episode is brought to you by the NorthWest Herb Symposium . I had the pleasure of attending this wonderful event a few years ago and I gotta say it's top notch. The location alone is worth the trip. It's located at the Camp Casey Conference Center in beautiful Coupeville Washington.  Next year's event, titled "Botanicals at the Beach" will be from August 23 – 26 2018. For more information...

Herbalist 7Song goes in depth on blue vervain in today's episode.  He discusses identification, medicine making and medicinal uses of this wonderful plant ally.  This audio is from a video on his YouTube page WHICH YOU CAN FIND HERE .  For more info on 7Song along with his school's website, the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, just head to 7Song.com .   7Song is an herbalist, teacher, and n...

On today's episode I narrate Mel Kasting's devil's club monograph.  Here's a sampling from her monograph which you can find here:  www.herbrally.com/monographs/devils-club If we parse this striking plant's latin name into three segments, we find 'opolo' meaning armored, 'panax' meaning heal-all, and 'horridus' meaning to stand on end, fiercely. So this plant literally means fiercely armored heal-a...

NorthWest Herb Symposium organizer, Jay D. Johnson, welcomes the crowd to the 2017 meeting.  SAVE THE DATE FOR 2018 "Botanicals at the Beach" August 23-26, 2018 Located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound at the Camp Casey Conference Center, Coupeville, Washington

Today's episode is brought to you by the NorthWest Herb Symposium . I had the pleasure of attending this wonderful event a few years ago and I gotta say it's top notch. The location alone is worth the trip. It's located at the Camp Casey Conference Center in beautiful Coupeville Washington.  Next year's event, titled "Botanicals at the Beach" will be from August 23 – 26 2018. For more information...

On today's episode I narrate jim mcdonald's wild cherry monograph.  Here's a sampling from his monograph which you can find here:  www.herbrally.com/monographs/wild-cherry   When considering wild cherry, most will immediately think of its use in the address of coughs and colds; indeed, such a staple it was that when plant medicine was being replaced by chemical drugs "wild cherry" was retained as...

Today's episode is with herbalist and author Ellen Evert Hopman. She's going to teach us all about the Doctrine of Signatures. This class was taught at the 2017 New England Women's Herbal Gathering in New Hampshire. Learn an ancient plant classification system that was developed in a time before most people could read. Did the plant grow in sun or shade? In damp soil or in a dry area? The shape of...