Wild Herbs with April

Wild Herbs with April

Hosted by: April Punsalan

Welcome to the Wild Herbs with April Podcast where we unpack and uncover the healing properties of wild herbs so you can heal naturally with the plants beneath your feet.

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# 14 Leave it to Cleavers

Cleavers! In this episode, I share with you why I am crazy about cleavers and why as my friend Kristina Wildes says, I "leave it to cleavers". Listen to learn: 1. When and where to forage cleavers. 2. How to identify...
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#13 The Inside Scoop on Medical Botany

Did you know that doctors in the 1800's had to study Medical Botany? and that many doctors could go to the field to harvest wild herbs for their patients? Learn the hidden truths about Medical Botany! Learn in today's...
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#12 The Medicine Circle with Tara Lanich-LaBrie

Learn how to infuse COLOR into your food and life with Tara Lanich-LaBrie, founder of The Medicine Circle and Author! In this episode, you will learn: 1. Tara's preferred way to work with dandelion blossoms. 2. What...
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#11 How to Become an Herbalist with Mason Hutchison

In this episode, Mason Hutchison, co-founder of HerbRally, shares with you his tips on how to become an herbalist. You don't want to miss this episode, Mason shares: 1. What he learned from working with Mountain Rose...
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#10 Living an Embodied Life with Andrea Olsen

You don't want to miss this episode with Andrea Olsen, Professor Emerita of Dance who held the John Elder Chair in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. In this episode, Andrea shares with you: 1....
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#9 Magical Medicinal Ferns

In today's episode, you will learn about the first vascular plants on this Earth, the Ferns. You will learn: 1. What makes ferns special and unique. 2. You will learn fern botany, distribution, and a little about the...
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#8 One of the Last Gullah Medicine Men and Life Everlasting

In today's episode, you hear from Jalen Gordon, one of the last Gullah bush medicine man in America.  Jalen discusses in this interview: 1. The sacred indigenous and Gullah wild herb life everlasting (Pseudognaphalium...
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#7 The Forgotten American Tea Yaupon with Bryon White

I am pumped that you want to learn more about the most beneficial and sustainable cup of tea-YAUPON.  Today, you get to hear from Bryon White, Yaupon expert, and one of the souls responsible for bringing America's...
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#6 The Winter Portal and Blue Lotus with Marysia Miernowska

You are going to love this episode with Marysia Miernowska. In this episode, Marysia shares from her heart: 1. How to shift the holidays to the "holy-days". 2. The magic and medicine of Blue Lotus. 3. How to connect...
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#5 The Sacred Wild and Piñon Pine with Darcey Blue

Enter into a world where you connect with the sacred wild daily! Let go of the mundane tasks of Modern Society to immerse yourself in the magic, mystery, and medicine of life. In this episode, Darcey Blue, devotee of...
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#4 Winter Foraging, Spices, and Right Relation

In this wild herb episode, you will learn what to forage in the winter, how to make an Appalachian chai tea, and how to live in relation with the indigenous people where you live. Abby Artemisia, Botanist, Herbalist,...
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#3 Blue Vervain & Nourishing the Nervous System with CoreyPine Shane

Have you ever heard of the wild herb, Blue Vervain? If not or haven't worked with it before, you definitely want to listen to this podcast episode with author and Materia Medica Encyclopedia CoreyPine Shane.  In this...
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