Wild Herbs with April

You don't want to miss this episode with the ordained Priestess, Kate Murphy. In this episode, Kate shares: 1. How Kate honors the path of the Priestess.  2. How Kate was able to step out of the masculine-dominated executive field and into her authentic path that aligned with the divine feminine. 3. How you can connect with the divine feminine during Beltane.  4. The medicine and mystery of elderflower. 5. The good folk and how they are honored in Celtic traditions. 6. A Rosemary handwashing ritual.  Connect with Kate! Instagram: This is Kate Murphy Free My Purpose Mini Course Free Wheel of the Year Workbook The Feminine Code Priestess School Kate is a beautiful gem shining bright and leading the way for many women so they can reclaim their power in this world. Connect with her! If you want to make connecting with the natural world a priority and you want to reWILD, join In Season, it is open TODAY! Wild Herb Membership In Season With Love Always! Stay Wild, Stay Human   April 

In this episode, you will get to hear from James Kishlar, the founder of Atelier temenos, a herbal company that specializes in the growing, selling, and processing of sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua). In this episode, James shares with you: 1. How he manages his osteoarthritis with sweet wormwood. 2. What ailments sweet wormwood has been effective at relieving. 3. The struggles he faced trying to work with the Western medical society.  4. How he has shared his product with naturopathic doctors and the results. 5. The effects of sweet wormwood on diabetes and high blood pressure. 6. His time spent in Haiti and a little bit about the Moringa tree.  I highly recommend their products. I am not an affiliate marketer, but love to share a good herbal product when I magically come across one. Check out their sweet wormwood products:  Atelier temenos Last, but not least, the Wild Herb Membership, In Season is OPEN! I'd absolutely love to connect with you and see you flourish through foraging wild herbs. The membership is only $25 per month and my hope is that the membership will truly pay for itself though free greens and medicine.   Start Learning Today!   Stay Wild!   With Love and Gratitude, April Punsalan 

I am super pumped to share with you why Mulberry (Morus alba) is my FAVORITE wild herb to forage in April. In this episode, I share: 1. The life history and range of mulberry. 2. The vitamins and mineral profile. 3. The healing properties of the leaves. 4. Why everyone, including you, should drink mulberry leaf tea. If you want to learn how to identify, forage, process, and make mulberry tea and mulberry matcha, click the link below to download your FREE In Season video. Nab a Free In Season Mulberry Video Please share this episode with a friend or a loved one that you know has a mulberry tree. Happy Foraging and Stay Wild!  

Liz Spencer, the Founder of The Dogwood Dyer, has over 15+ years of experience in natural dyes. Liz holds an MA from the London College of Fashion where she focused on sustainable fashion.  Today, she teaches online natural dye workshops and classes.  In today's episode, Liz shares: 1. How to reduce your fashion footprint.  2. The issues with fashion consumerism in the U.S. 3. Why animal fiber is often better than plant or synthetic fiber.  4. How to dye with avocado pits and avocado skins.  I know this episode will inspire you to give natural dyeing a try and will inspire you to reduce your fashion footprint.  The Dogwood Dyer Offerings: A Year in Natural Dyes Online Workshops Wild Herb Academy Offerings: In Season Wild Herb Membership Sending you lots of LOVE this Spring Season! Stay WILD! With Love, April Punsalan 

Did you know that inside ancient pine trees occurs pockets of liquefied pine resin? Mathew and Jenine share with you the benefits of this ancient heart pocket tree resin. In this episode, you will learn: 1. How Pruitt's Tree Resin Ministries manifested into this world.  2. A brief introduction of what is ancient pine resin.  3. What this heart pocket resin can be used for and on. 4. How the pine resin helped heal Jenine's wounded thumb. And much more.  I highly recommend getting some of the pure super Coco pine resin, click the link below: Pruitt's Tree Resin Ministries For free shipping, enter Wildherb at checkout.  Thank you!  Stay Wild, April P.S. in 6 days the wild herb membership, In Season, opens!   

You don't want to miss this episode with sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) expert, Dr. Pam Weathers. Dr. Pam Weathers has been studying, researching, and experimenting with sweet wormwood for 25+ years. In this Wild Herb podcast, she shares: 1. How she grows sweet wormwood in her lab and home to have the effective concentration of phytochemicals.  2. History of use of sweet wormwood in China and Chinese Medicine.  3. How the trichomes of sweet wormwood contain the medicine and phytochemical artemisinin.  4. How ingesting the whole plant of sweet wormwood increases the bioavailability of artemisinin more than the isolated artemisinin compound.  5. How Dr. Pam Weathers has used sweet wormwood to overcome lyme disease. 6. Why medicinal plants don't recieve the funding that they deserve.  And much more.  I learned so much for Dr. Pam Weathers in this episode. Definitely give this episode a listen.  If you want to purchase high quality sweet wormwood, check out atelier temenos, purchase sweet wormwood from atelier temenos If you want to donate to Dr. Pam Weather's lab,  Go to this weblink https://impactapi.causeview.com/Thunder/actionpage/c005859a-ffad-4b9d-8d0c-f414096506cd   Choose designation “Other” Then specify it should go to the “Ararat Fund for Artemisinin Research”.   Stay Wild!  If you loved this show, share with a friend.   With Love and Gratitude,   April Punsalan 

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 cleavers. 3. Medicinal properties of cleavers.  4. How I connect with cleavers. 5. How they heal my urinary system. 6. Why they are cleansing and detoxifying to your lymphatic system.  and much more.  Nab your FREE Cleaver Forage Guide Below, it includes the Cleaver Water Recipe.   Nab Your FREE Cleaver Forage Guide and Recipe I am visualizing you finding a large cleaver patch and you making the cleaver water/juice, so your body gets the green flush it needs this spring.   Stay Wild!    With Love and Gratitude,   April    P.S. Leave us a comment and/or if you love the show, give us a 5-star ratings, it will help our small show grow and help more people re-connect to the Earth through the use of wild herbs.   

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 episode why it is critically important to bring back this forgotten field!  I cover: 1. What is Medical Botany. 2. Why it is a forgotten field.  3. Why it is important for this field to resurface to slow down biodiversity loss.  4. How you can get started learning Medical Botany.    Alright, I won't say anymore, definitely give this episode a listen.    Leave us a comment, hit like, and share this show with a friend.    With Gratitude,   April Punsalan   

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 is a oxymel and switchel and Tara's herb recommendations.   3. Tara's connection with nettles and how she used urtication for healing.  4. You will get to hear about Tara's AMAZING new book "Foraged and Grown" that includes OVER 100 recipes.  Purchase Tara's book before it is even released and get 15 additional recipes sent to your inbox, you just have to email Tara at tara@themedicinecircle.com and show her your receipt: Purchase Foraged & Grown The Medicine Circle Connect with Tara on Instagram Wild Herb Academy Coastal Year-round Forage Guide Alright beautiful human stay wild and keep foraging!   With Love and Gratitude,     April Punsalan     

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 Herbs for 11 years.  2. Why he co-founded HerbRally and what HerbRally does for the herbal community.  3. Top tips for embarking on the herbalism path.  4. His viewpoint on accreditation in the herbalism world.  Definitely take the time to go to HerbRally to see what Herbal Events occur near YOU!!!!  HerbRally HerbRally YouTube Channel Get your FREE 13 Herbal Freebies I hope you check out HerbRally! They are DYNAMITE!  Wild Herb Academy Offerings: Join Medical Botany 1 FREE Wild Herb Academy Year-round Forage Guide Please share this episode with anyone you know that LOVES herbs and give us a good rating and leave us a comment to help grow our small, but mighty show. :)   With Love and Gratitude,   April 

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. What is embodiment and why it is important to inhabit the body. 2. Why the Body and Earth connection important to our health and happiness. 3. Why she completed one of my favorite books, "Body and Earth, an Experimental Guide". 4. Andrea shares embodiment practices that you can incorporate into your life today. And much more. Andrea lives an embodied life and is an amazing teacher, dancer, and writer. Please share this episode with a friend and if you love this episode, leave us a comment. It gives me more energy to keep showing up knowing that your listening. Definitely take the time to connect with Andrea: Body and Earth Body and Earth Events Andrea Olsen's Homepage P.S. Registration for Medical Botany 1 is open and will only be offered once this year. If you want to learn medicinal plants, you definitely want to join this course.      Medical Botany 1   Stay Wild!    With Love and Gratitude,   April Punsalan 

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 diversity of ferns across the globe.  3. The medicinal properties and uses of ferns. 4. How I work with the fern ally Equisetum, Horsetail. 5. Why you should learn and connect with medicinal ferns and fern allies. Ferns are my absolute favorite group of plants to learn and connect with, you don't want to miss this episode! Share with a friend!    If you want to learn more about ferns, check out our favorite course Medical Botany 1   Stay Wild!   With Love and Gratitude,   April Punslan

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 obtusifolium). 2. How his love for plants and nature started at 7 years old.  3. The struggles he faces as an African American foraging in the wild.  4. How his family, especially his Mom, and culture shaped and helped him become a medicine man.  Please share this episode with a friend so we can increase the awareness of how African Americans, especially males, are discriminated against while foraging and hopefully, through this awareness we can decrease the frequency of discrimination in this country.  Also, so we can spread the beauty and wisdom of the Gullah culture in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. I am blessed to be in their presence.  Connect with Jalen: Jalen's Instagram Account P.S. Registration for my ALL time favorite course, Medical Botany 1, is opening January 29th, 2024. The course begins February 13th, 2024. I hope to see you in there. Go to Medical Botany 1 to check out the course and be the first to know when it opens.    Stay Wild,    April         

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 only caffeinated tea, Yaupon, back to the surface after nearly being forgotten for thousands of years.  In today’s episode, you will learn: 1. What is Yaupon. 2. Why it should be the caffeinated beverage of choice in America.  3. The health benefits of Yaupon. 4. Why is was nearly forgotten and how the Yaupon Brothers give back to southeast indigenous tribes and Nations. 5. How Bryon turned his passion for Yaupon into his life work.  6. Exciting news about Yaupon and the Yaupon Brothers.   Give America's only caffeinated tea a try, click the link below: Check out the Yaupon Brothers!  Please share this show with a friend! We need to spread the benefits and sustainability of Yaupon! We need to make it the American tea of choice.    If you love learning about underused wild herbs, hit subscribe. Thank you for tuning in!    With Love and Gratitude,   April Punsalan   P.S. Registration for Medical Botany 1 will open January 29th, 2024.  Check it out: Medical Botany 1  

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 with the spirit of Blue Lotus. 4. Her path as a Green Witch. Thanks to Marysia, this episode is steeped in wisdom and can truly help us enter and embrace the magic, medicine, and mystery of the winter season. Connect with Marysia: School of the Sacred Wild Marysia's Book -"The Witch's Herbal Apothecary" Experience Blue Lotus If you love this episode, please share it with a friend. Give our show a good rating and help us spread the medicine.   Happy Holy-days:)   With Love and Gratitude,   April

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 the Sacred Wild, shares with you: 1. How to invite ritual into your life to communicate with the Earth and all living beings, and live in sacred reciprocity. 2. How to connect with the fire element during the long winter nights. 3. The medicine and messages of Piñon Pine. Listen to this episode if you are being called to connect with the sacred wild within and surrounding you. Stay Connected with Darcey: Free eBook, Sacred Wildness, The Four Pathways to Reconnection Wild Medicine Community Shares, Wild Medicine Community Shares ISacred Earth Medicine, Darcey's Instagram Please share this episode with medicine people you know, click on the three little dots beside the episode, and select share episode and then share with any friends that you know will LOVE this episode.  Sending you LOVE and LIGHT, April Punsalan 

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, and Founder of the Wander School, shares: 1. Why she transitioned her business to a non-profit so she could serve the BIPOC community. 2. Her experience working with the Cherokee Nation. 3. The healing properties and medicine of Spicebush (Lindera benzoin). 4. How to make a Southern Appalachian Chai Tea. 5. What to forage in the winter. Stay in touch with Abby: The Wander School Abby's Offerings and Courses  Woke Course I would be beyond grateful if you could give our new podcast a good rating and share with a friend. Thank you for helping me spread the word about wild herbs, healing plants, and the amazing medicine people of this world!   With Love, April Punsalan 

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 episode CoreyPine discusses: 1. How he Blue Vervain combined with skullcap helped relieve his migraine headaches combined with diet adjustments.  2. Why nourishing the nervous system can help promote restful sleep.  3. Benefits of Vitex for perimenopausal women and menopausal women.  4. How he was able to write a book, Southeast Medicinal Plants on 106 plants.  And much, much more. You definitely want to give this episode a listen because CoreyPine Shane carries and shares eloquebntly his 27+ years of herbal knowledge.  Connect with CoreyPine Shane: Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine Pines Herbals Please share this episode with a plant buddy and give us a good rating and comment to help our small show grow.   Happy Foraging!   

In this episode, expert forager and author Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen shares with us: 1. Tips for beginner foragers 2. The importance of mucilaginous herbs 3. The anticancer prickly pear 4. Why antioxidants are important and how they decrease cancer risk 5. Edible Canna Lilies and much more. You don't want to miss this episode. Merriwether has decades of foraging experience and has a thorough understanding of how plant secondary metabolites effect the human body. Merriwether is the author of "Outdoors Adventure Guide to Foraging" and manages the Foraging Texas Website.  Also, he helped found Medicine Man Plant Co. See links below.    Connect with Merriwether:  Foraging Texas Medicine Man Plant Company Thank you for tuning in. Make sure to hit follow, so you don't miss any shows and keep learning new wild herbs. We would be really grateful if you could give us a good rating wherever you are tuning in as this will help our show grow.    With Love and Gratitude,   April Punsalan Founder, Wild Herb Academy

In this episode, you will hear the true story of how Nishanth Gurav discovered that every plant has a story to tell. You will travel through the cities of India to the most remote Gond Region and Village of India. You will learn how Nishanth's curiosity for the connection between plants and people led him to get his Ph.D. in Ethnobotany. You'll learn: How his grandmother uses breadfruit (Blanites aegyptiaca) to wash her clothes. How the Gond tribe uses neem (Azardirachta indica) and other wild twigs to brush their teeth. A little about the diet of the Gond tribe. How they forage and eat edible flowers. How their ancestors live in the forests and are protected in "sacred groves". And how the connection between plants and people is sacred and should be protected through celebrations and rituals. So, if you want to hear about an ancient sacred group of humans still connected to the land and be inspired by the plant-love language of Nishanth, definitely take a listen! Stay connected with Nishanth: ⁠Webinar Series ⁠Instagram  ⁠Facebook Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts "I love April and the Wild Herb Podcast". If that sounds like you, please consider following and rating and reviewing my show. This helps me support more people like you and to get heart-conscious plant-loving people on the show to keep inspiring you and other listeners. Also, if you haven't done so already, follow the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of amazing content with heart-centered herbalists, ethnobotanists and plant lovers from around the world. If you're not following, there's a chance you'll miss the goodness. Follow now! With Love, Gratitude, and Peace, April Punsalan