The Healthy Herb Podcast

Brighid discusses the humble beet as a super food for menopausal women. This common food has many benefits. It improves cardiovascular, brain, hormone, digestive, joint and libido health. Discover them anyways that beets can make you healthier and fun ways to prepare it! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...

Now that we have covered what foods are best to eat for menopausal women, we need to know what the best ways to prepare them are. Are raw vegetables better than cooked vegetables? How do we get the most nutrition and easiest assimilation of foods? Brighid discusses 5 ways to best prepare food.  She also reads an excerpt from the book Botanical Medicine for Women's Health by Aviva Romm.  Brighid of...

Learn the top 5 food categories that are important for menopausal women to eat to ease uncomfortable symptoms and build health. Do you already eat these foods?  How can you get more of them into your diet?  Why are they important for building health as we age?  Plus Brighid shares about gifts of menopausal emotional swings and a lemon tahini dressing recipe. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compan...

What is optimum nutrition for the menopausal years? This episode discusses nutrition basics, beneficial for everyone. What is the ideal diet for health? Listen to find out! It's simple and delicious. Plus a bonus recipe at the end of the episode for an easy weeknight vegetable dish. Brighid starts the episode with an excerpt from Susun Weed's book The New Menopausal Years:  The Wise Woman Way.  Sh...

Healthy Menopause series introduction. This is the first episode in a new series of The Healthy Herb Podcast that is all about how to be healthy and thrive in our menopausal years. In this episode, Brighid delves into how menopause and perimenopause are defined, for better or worse.  She talks about the history of the definitions and the surprisingly recent look at the stages of menopause by the m...

Discover the Celtic folklore and wisdom behind Halloween and herbs that are associated with the holiday including apple, rose, hawthorn, mint, sage, rosemary, mugwort, and elecampane, plus excerpts from Herbal Rituals by Judith Berger are read. Botanical Anthology Autumn HerbRally Nourishing Infusions course Herbs with full podcast episodes: rose , hawthorn , sage , rosemary , mugwort , elecampane...

Discover the story of coffee through its history, folklore, and medicine. Learn more about coffee with The Plant Wonder Collective on their instagram and on their patreon Study Circle. Find Brighid on instagram , website , and Facebook . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Come along on an epic herb inspired spring  day. Harvest and eat wild food, make a spring tonic syrup, create herb journals, read herb fairy stories, make tea, plan an herb garden for skin care, sip a cordial. Botanical Anthology Spring Edition 2024 Botanical Anthology print version Solidago Herb School Instagram Facebook Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...

Hawthorn is classically known as an herb to strengthen and improve heart function, but there is so much more this beautiful shrub has to offer us. An herb steeped in folklore of love and protection, hawthorn has benefits to our nervous system, connective tissue, digestion, and more! Learn how to prepare this plant to make easy home remedies that build health throughout the body. Hawthorn is the he...

The taste of herbs tells us a lot about the actions of the plant. Brighid Doherty and Meghan Rhodes talk about this and other interesting topics about herbalism. Meghan Rhodes is a qualified herbalist who has helped over 80 people start living herbalism, making healthier, safer solutions for themselves and their families a reality. As the founder of Rhodes Roots & Remedies, she has written 10...

Brighid interviews Mason Hutchison of HerbRally. We talk about Mason's early plant experiences, the inspiration behind HerbRally and The Art of Frugal Nutrition, some current plant allies, travel and a whole lot more. The video of this interview is available on HerbRally's YouTube station, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBZiYV95IXc   and check out their whole YouTube variety he...

This episode covers the top herbs that I make sure I tincture every year and why. Learn how to decipher which herbs work best as tinctures and which do not, plus, how to find your dose of tincture. Past episodes to check out, to dive deeper into herbs mentioned in this episode include: Yarrow (episode 27) Hypericum (episode 26) Lemon balm (episode 38) Echinacea (episode 35) Bitters (episode 37) ye...

Learn about the 4 methods of making tinctures and the pros and cons of each one. Brighid discusses her favorite method, how to make a great tincture and a bit about dosing. The spring issue of Botanical Anthology digital magazine is now available for download.  Botanical Anthology is plant-centered, seasonal digital publication with over 55 articles from 42 contributors. Learn more about this herb...

This episode discusses what a tincture is, the history of tinctures and alcohol distillation, and general concepts around tincture making. https://www.solidagoherbschool.com https://www.instagram.com/solidagoherbschool https://www.facebook.com/solidagoherbschool Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertisi...

Catnip is an herb that benefits humans in a number of ways. It supports the health of the digestive, immune, nervous and reproductive system health and is an especially helpful herb for children and elders. Invasive Plant Medicine podcast episode that I referred to in this episode. https://www.solidago herbschool.com https://www.instagram .com/solidagoherbschool Https://www.facebook.com/solidagohe...

Schisandra berry is an adaptogen the builds energy reserves, increases resilience and benefits the whole body in a variety of ways. Learn all about the 5 flavored fruit and how you can incorporate it into your life. Other episodes that relate to this topic include: #12 Adaptogen Herbs for Stress Support & Schisandra Find Brighid online here: Website: https://www.solidago herbschool.com Instagr...

The top 6 herbs that helped my family during the early cold and flu season plus thoughts about the wheel of the year, goals for 2023, and a story about my first relationships with plants. The Healthy Herb podcast episodes that relate to this topic: ep. 43 Winter home apothecary ep. 39 Rose Hips ep. 36 Elderberry ep. 29 Elecampane ep. 2 Linden Solidago Herb School links: Website Instagram Facebook...

Brighid and Dacia have an inspiring and informative conversation about foraging wild herbs through the seasons, making tasty herbal concoctions, and having a small herbal business. Yarrow, yellow dock, devil's club are a few herbs that are featured in the conversation. Dacia Dailey is a wildcrafter, herbalist, and soapmaker.  She spends the majority of the year in the tobacco valley located in nor...

Brighid Doherty and Kylee Foote talk about transpersonal herbalism, plant spirit medicine, Kylee's favorite herbs, and so much more!  Yarrow, rose, plantain, elecampane, goldenrod, and other herbs are highlighted in this conversation.  How to listen plants, plant-spirit journeys, product making, and the path of an herbalist are all discussed in this episode. Kylee Foote is a transpersonal herbalis...

Brighid and Harmonie talk about becoming an herbalist, making a product line, growing herbs, growing an herbal community, and producing an herbal publication. Harmonie is a homesteading mama maker behind Flora's Feast Botanicals, organizer of the Plant Wonder Collective and editor of Botanical Anthology.  You can find her in the garden growing herbs, in the kitchen experimenting with plants, explo...

Incorporating plants into children's education curriculum changes the world. Find out how, in this episode interview. Jessie Lehson is the author of seasonal children’s books about the wheel of the year and nature. She is the director and founder of Watershed Public Charter School, a public school that uses the environment and the arts as a tool to connect and deepen student understanding and achi...

A conversation with Margaret Byrd about incorporating plant derived colors into art.  From hibiscus to aloe and usnea lichen to cabbage, plants offer a variety of colors that are incorporated into a variety of art forms. Website: https://www.margaretbyrd.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretByrdColorQuest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonbyrdie TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/moon...

Julia Linsteadt, of A Farm to Keep, and Brighid have a lovely conversation about slow living, becoming an herbalist, making the most of the moment. Julia Linsteadt is the creative behind A Farm to Keep, where she shares recipes, projects, and inspiration for her readers to lead a slow, creative, and content life. She resides on a small farm in the hills of Northern California with her husband and...

Learn all about the common garden weed chickweed. This is a nutrient dense wild food that is also medicinal in a variety of ways, from breaking up cysts, improving liver and lymph function, aiding weight loss routines, and supporting recovery from debilitated states. You can likely find it in your own backyard right now! find me: https://www.solidagoherbschool.com https://www.instagram.com/solidag...

Top 6 herbs that are good to have on hand during the cold and flu season and how to offer them to children. https://www.solidagoherbschool.com https://www.instagram.com/solidagoherbschool https://www.facebook.com/solidagoherbschool Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.