Oatstraw and Organoleptics: Learning to Read Herbs With Your Senses
How do we actually know what’s in our herbs?Herbs rarely come with nutritional labels, and how a plant is grown, harvested, and stored can dramatically change what ultimately ends up in your cup.There...
29 Sep 3min
How to Read Any Herb Without Looking It Up
Your tongue can tell you more about an herb than you might think.In this episode, I explore one of the most useful skills in herbalism: learning to listen to the language of taste. The five flavors—bi...
23 Sep 18min
Herbal Safety Without Fear: A Simple Framework for Using Herbs With Confidence
I once heard from a woman who had been studying herbs for two years and had gathered an entire cabinet full of them. But when her mom caught a cold, she stood in her kitchen with the kettle on and cou...
22 Sep 3min
3 Myths About Plantain: Seeing This Common “Weed” Differently
Plantain was the first herb I ever learned, almost twenty years ago, and it still amazes me. It grows in sidewalk cracks, driveways, trails, and other disturbed places, which makes it incredibly easy ...
18 Sep 2min
3 Surprising Ways to Work With Rosemary as Medicine
Rosemary is probably best known as a culinary herb, but there’s so much more to this familiar plant. Once you understand its warming, stimulating energetics, many of rosemary’s seemingly unrelated use...
16 Sep 2min
Poke for Lymph, Skin, and Immunity, Plus How to Eat It—with AC and Isaac Hill
Pokeweed is poisonous—but that’s not the whole story. What if knowing how to work with this potent plant could turn fear into respect, and even put a delicious wild green on your dinner table?As many ...
16 Sep 1h 9min
Butterfly Pea for Mood, Hot Flashes, and Skin with Farmer Cee
Butterfly pea is beautiful enough to steal the show—but what if its real magic has nothing to do with its color?In this episode, I’m joined by Clarenda Stanley (aka Farmer Cee), who completely changed...
9 Sep 1h
Bee Balm for Fevers, Burns, and Nerve Pain with Ashley Elenbaas
There’s something almost impossible to ignore about bee balm (Monarda spp.). Its flowers burst open like fireworks, its aroma is unmistakably spicy, and when you taste it, you can feel its warmth almo...
2 Sep 51min
