Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Judith Blackstone. Judith Blackstone, PhD, is a spiritual teacher, psychotherapist, and founding director of Nonduality Institute.  She developed the Realization Process, an embodied approach to nondual spiritual awakening and psychological healing.  She is the author of Belonging Here, The Enlightenment Process, The Intimate Life, The Empathic Ground, and an audiobook: The Realization Process. Judith's website is www.realizationcenter.com this episode Q&A includes: • tinctures made from dried plants are more drug like, less safe and can be less effective.. • child with possible bronchial infection- mullein, echinacea.. • soy milk used as a medicine is effective at removing radiation up to 3 days after exposure.. • motherwort, lemonbalm or lavendar tinctures to relieve anxiety.. • elecampane is the disinfectant of the lungs.. • knee replacement surgery... • help healing the bones after a motorcycle accident- comfrey infusion.. • medicinal mushrooms work better when combined- reishi, maitake, shitake, polypores, turkeytail, lionsmane... • homeopathic remedies are not typically suited for healing infections.. • whole food supplements- NO- eat real food!

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions folowed by a 30 minute interview with Jennifer Henry. Jennifer is a natural born psychic medium, and has offered spiritual readings professionally since 1989, helping people all over the world. She is certified in Meduimship and Medical Intuition, holds degrees in Liberal Arts and Spanish, and is a licensed nondenominational minister. Jennifer is the founder of My University of Light, offering readings, mentorships and classes that facilitate psychic development. www.MyUniversityofLight.com this episode Q&A includes: • planters warts- cutting off oxygen, sap from various plants, acid from drugstore, have it frozen off at doctors office.. • fungal rash-  essential oils will make it a whole lot worse.. • epstein-barr virus- nourishing herbal infusions and hypericum perforatum tincture and oil.. • Hypericum is very safe made as a tincture or oil from fresh plant material- not safe from dried plant preparations and capsules.. • vaginal and oral HPV- hypericum perforatum- Saint Joan's Wort.. • making japanese knotweed tincture and elderberry tincture.. • nourishing liver with cooling burdock or chicory or energizing dandelion.. • acid reflux- slowly dissolved slippery elm balls.. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rev. Judith Laxer. Originally from New York, Judith Laxer moved west in 1989. She took her lifelong interest and study in psychic phenomena and metaphysics and began the professional transition from a career in the Performing Arts to one in Spirituality.    On the Summer Solstice in 1992, Judith became a licensed, Ordained SHES (Spiritual Healers and Earth Stewards) Minister. Since then, she has created and officiated at countless ceremonies and rituals as a Minister and Priestess.    As a teacher, Judith has been creating and leading classes, workshops and programs in spiritual development, Goddess consciousness, and psychic awareness since 1993, as part of her private practice and at spirituality conferences and gatherings nationally.   Judith enjoys a successful private practice that includes spiritual counseling, psychic Tarot readings,certified Hypnotherapy, Teaching, Reiki, and Shamanic healing practices. Her ministry is growing as she provides monthly Goddess Worship Services in Gaia's Temple.  this episode Q&A includes: • one quart infusion for single person, two quart for pregnant woman, three quarts for lactating woman.. • comfrey leaf infusion made with a pinch of mint drunk either iced or hot with honey.. • sinus headaches- clothes pins on toe tips, ice technique.. • propagating skullcap and lobelia.. • why is fasting a BAD idea? • olive olive oil or coconut treatment for dry hair.. • crones wort and high CBD :)

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with EagleSong Evans Gardener. EagleSong is wise woman, herbalist, pilgrim-adventurer, grandmother and earth keeper. She founded RavenCroft Garden a resource center cultivating for living with earth in Monroe, WA in 1991. Recently, the spark of the Pacific Women’s Herbal Conference rekindled under EagleSong’s soft breathing…she tends the Sacred Spiral of the Pacific Wise Women online and through seasonal northwest events. EagleSong is a human being with 66 years practice. Most of her life, she asked herself in any given challenge or circumstance, “what would nature do?” An exploration into personal story and a template that has served her well through garden tending, child raising, fire storms, journeys to the underworld and other more common catastrophes.  this episode Q&A includes: • shatavari- Susun is interested in herbs of India, but not enough to abandon American herbs.. • conceiving after 40- 2-3 red clover infusions a wk, vitex berry tincture, animal fat at every meal.. • antibiotics are not preventative!  • immune system cannot get to the teeth as easy as other parts of the body- use yarrow directly.. • how does queen annes lace work as a birth control? • making mullein milk for lungs dealing with asthma.. • tincturing fresh first year mullein leaves.. • healing from lasik surgery- chicken soup, carotenes, drinking infusions, palm cupping technique.. • high CBD success.. • spores of mold are loaded with protein- lots of  allergies caused by protein sensitivities.. • yellow dock tincture to help liver get up and go.. • mullein flower oil.. • why not to make infusions from plants that contain volatile oils..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Ryan Drum, PhD has a BSc in Chemical Technology and a PhD in Botany (Phycology) from Iowa State University. He studied Herbal Medicine with Ella Birzneck, founder of Dominion Herbal College in British Columbia for 12 years, and taught at their summer seminars for 35 years. He has been an adjunct faculty at Bastyr University since 1984, and he lectures at major herbal conferences and herbal schools. Dr. Drum is the author of over 30 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, the author of Electron Microscopy of Diatom Cells 1966, Springer Verlag, a 100-Plate Atlas, in print for 20 years, and a contributing author of two chapters in Planting the Future (Gladstar and Hirsch 2001) and a chapter in Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology, M. Friedman 2005.  this episode Q&A includes: • mints! shiso reseeds itself beautifully, stevia is a mint and prunella vulgaris too.. • tannins tan.. • catnip tincture makes a wonderful bug repellant.. • comfrey strengthens skin, bones, ligament, mucous membranes of respiratory and digestive systems.. • soy milk used as a medicine not a food prevents damage from radiation.. • mentored students- check out herbs for cancer treatment- information can also be found on Time Monk Radio airing this month.. • ssri's- placebos with bad side effects? hypericum out performs out performs them all when taken in tincture form from fresh flowering plant.. • very elevated blood pressure- passionflower, diuretics, lack of sleep.. • restoring eyesight and preventing eyesight loss with hawthorn, amla, carotenes.. • burdock tincture should have a white film containing inulin :)  

Tonight I want to talk about Linden, do some stream of consciousness, and read from some herbal manuals

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Patti Britton. Dr. Patti Britton is a Clinical Sexologist, Sexuality Educator and the Pioneer of Sex Coaching with top level credentials. She has a private practice in Los Angeles and via Skype globally. She is the author of a female-friendly erotic novel and an expert on /erotica from a woman’s perspective. She co-hosts a dynamic weekly radio show for the boomer generation at: TheBoomDoctors.com.  this episode Q&A includes: • viral asthma, swollen tonsils in 7 year old- highly diluted poke tincture, echinacea tincture.. • reward system set up with the doctor/ child relationship.. • mucous- no disease cased by excess mucous.. • instead of eliminating the disease we nourish the wholeness of the individual.. • meadowsweet- filipendula and spirea preparations.. • monarda fistulosa- antibacterial effects in gut and respiratory system.. • making yummy things with mint family plants.. • eastern white cedar seeds- when ripe, swiss cure, maybe/maybe not problematic for kidneys... • foods and herbs that contain vitamin C.. • abortion after tubal pregnancy, heartache, self care, Tiny Giant Losses... • visualization for removing scarring in fallopian tube.. • why is detoxing not a good idea? • comfrey and linden- planters fasciitis.. • pain from endometriosis- 7 steps of healing from 'Down There' • psoriasis on scalp- using high quality olive oil treatment..  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with the Red Earth Herbal Gathering Founders Astrid Grove and Leela Whitcomb-Hewitt. Astrid Grove currently lives in the Colorado mountain town of Nederland with her husband, her two daughters, and two cats.  Her passion lies in facilitating and supporting women's empowerment through midwifery, hands on healing, plant medicine and sacred ceremony.  You can learn more about her at her website www.birthrootmidwife.com (this website is out of date, a new site will be posted soon that reflects Astrid's current offerings).   Leela Whitcomb-Hewitt practices Maya Abdominal Therapy and wise woman herbalism with Tibetan Medicine. With these tools she supports women in releasing abdominal tension and improving digestion to bring about systemic health. Since childhood Leela has been gathering in ceremony to honor the cycle of the year and the interconnectedness of all life. She is excited to be co-creating this gathering, welcoming you to hold and be held, inspire and be inspired and bring healing to yourself and the world.    this episode Q&A includes: • long term dizziness and nausea- boneset tincture or hypericum taken regularly.. • hawthorn tincture for low or high blood pressure- it is a regulator... • we all do the best we can can, but there are not any guarantees.. • making yarrow tincture.. • come to the plants with complete humbleness.. • eczema- plantain oil and liver nourishing dandelion.. • a dairy free diet for a 16 year old is a hip replacement for a 60 year old.. • hypericum oil is much safer than commercial sun screen.. • plants are not drugs! no active ingredients! • fluid in the ear? baked onion.. • removal of ovaries...

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Jill Wodnick. Jill Wodnick is  national speaker  on improving maternal infant health. Prior her current work at Montclair State University,  Jill led a Community Doula Program in Hudson County, NJ for Medicaid enrolled womyn.  She has been part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's Global Prenatal Initiative as well as on local and statewide programs for improving maternity care. Jill is also is a community herbalist and honors the interdepedent web of caring for our earth and caring for families. Jill teaches medical providers at grand rounds, graduate  students and professionals, but learns the most from listening to womyn and the sacred ecology of giving birth and being born. this episode Q&A include: • small cell lung cancer - medicinal mushrooms prevent metastasis- find out more at www.fungi.com • preventative radiation does not increase life span.. • MRI's are aggressive and invasive- a threat to health.. • menopausal dryness throughout the body - nourishing herbal infusions and vaginal estrogens, do not drink water.. • longevity of herbs- dried herbs, tinctures, oils.. • drying and preserving herbs.. • vegetarian diet is not healthy for anyone, especially children.. • heme carries iron and oxygen to every cell of our body.. • turkey tail mushroom is very effective for women dealing with breast cancer- breast cancer and prostate cancer are basically the same cancer in different places.. • More B vitamins? brown rice, lentils, red clover infusion, nettle infusion.. • neti pots can cause chronic nasal problems.  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mary Elizabeth Wakefield.  Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, author of the book, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture (Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), is internationally acknowledged as a leading authority on facial acupuncture.  Mary Elizabeth is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, Zen Shiatsu practitioner and cranio-sacral therapist, and an opera singer.   She has contributed significantly to raising awareness of facial acupuncture as a viable, holistic treatment modality.  She has 30+ years of clinical professional experience as a healing practitioner, and has personally trained close to 5,000 healthcare practitioners from 5 continents.    Her practice and treatment protocols have been highlighted or featured in interviews in Oriental Medicine Journal, Qi Magazine, Alternative Medicine, Acu (UK), American Spa, Luxury Spa Finder, Les Nouvelles Esthetique (Canada), The Lantern (Australia), Naturheilpraxis (Germany), Huang Ti(Netherlands), Spa Asia (Singapore) and others. www.facialacupuncture-wakefieldtechnique.com this episode Q&A includes: • swollen lymph nodes... • safety of borage and uses- comfrey is in the same family, boraginaceae.. • CBD products and other options for pain management.. • using the long leaves of yarrow that emerge at the end of summer to make oil from.. • are epson salts useful? • tai chi is the queen of stability for elders.. • check out herbalist Grethen Gould's Amazing Greace  • harvesting and making medicine from St. Joan's Wort (hypericum perforatum) and its many uses...

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Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Richard Sacks. Richard Sacks is the Host of Lost Arts Radio, which has shows relating to health and consciousness issues, from personal to worldwide to cosmic in scope.  He has been an independent holistic health scientist for more than 50 years, working on natural means of reversing supposedly "incurable" diseases, many of the problems connected with "aging," as well as natural ways to maximize immunity to infectious diseases and man-made environmental toxins without poisonous drugs or potentially deadly vaccines.  All of his discoveries he has applied to his own body with very dramatic results, and now lives this ongoing research 24/7.  Besides his full time radio work and some limited private consulting, Richard is also completing a PhD project on the holistic cure of cancer.  He is also working on plans to build a major educational facility in the U.S., where forbidden knowledge about our real abilities and connections to Nature is demonstrated and experienced.  Until that school is physically built, he shares the knowledge from his decades of research with his private consulting clients and his radio audience.  While Richard is conversant with modern science, his work has also been deeply affected by memory of several times before this current lifetime, one of which was at the end of the Essene period.  His purpose is to give individuals the tools they need to radically upgrade their own health and awareness, as well as to help avert the global future that our rulers are pushing us toward.  He says a better fate for humanity is possible, and is in our hands, and within our ability, to create." The radio show website is www.lostartsradio.com. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Danielle Dulsky. Danielle is a long-time activist for wild woman spirituality and the divine feminine’s return. She is the author of Woman Most Wild (coming May 2017 from New World Library). A multi-media artist, yoga teacher and teacher trainer, and energy worker, Danielle is on a mission to inspire women to be fearless creators of their sacred work. She holds the highest designation from Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500, is the founder of the fully accredited Living Mandala Yoga teacher training programs, and believes in holistic healing for the sensual, creative, and spiritual self. Her work is grounded in holding space for women to harvest their inner Priestess through personally relevant movement alchemy, intuitive artistic practice, and divine feminine spirituality. Danielle leads women circles, Witchcraft workshops, energy healing trainings, and basic and advanced yoga teacher trainings internationally. She believes that all women alive today are meant to be instrumental in supporting positive social transformation by enacting their spiritual agency, reclaiming the name Witch as a holy healer, and liberating their inner wild woman.  Website: http://DanielleDulsky.Com.   

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Barry Vissell. Marianne Williamson says “Bravo to the Vissells for helping us find the connection between spirituality and relationship.” Ram Dass describes Joyce and Barry Vissell as “a couple who live the yoga of love and devotion.” They are two people deeply in love for 52 years, who have raised three children and “walk their talk.” Their model of relationship and deeply heart-oriented approach have made a unique impact upon many thousands of people’s lives. They are the authors of The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk To Be Healed, The Heart’s Wisdom, Meant To Be, and A Mother’s Final Gift. They have 2 new books coming out this fall: To Really Love a Woman and To Really Love a Man.  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Russill Paul.  Author of The Yoga of Sound and many best-selling chant CDs, Russill Paul brings 25 years of teaching at leading educational institutions to the founding of his online Yogic Mystery School. Highly regarded for his ground-breaking work worldwide, he is a pioneering figure who introduced the sonic aspects of yoga in North America. At the present time, his work focusses on emotional healing, personal transformation and spiritual awakening, bridging the gap between ancient Eastern wisdom and living life in western society in ways that facilitate deeply fulfilling states of consciousness. While he continues to travel across the US and internationally to present workshops and concerts to large audiences, working one-on-one with individuals as well as guiding small groups in deep spiritual practice is fast becoming his true love.