Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Santa Cruz therapist Dr. Susan Allison. Susan has a doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology and has maintained a private practice for 20 years. She was honored as a “Woman of the Year” in California by the Santa Cruz Women’s Commission for her counseling work with adolescents. She currently works with individuals and groups to bring about healing, using traditional therapies, as well as hypnosis, process therapy, shamanic journey, and energy medicine. Susan is also an ordained and licensed interfaith minister who loves to offer prenuptial counseling and perform wedding ceremonies. this week Q&A includes: • making tinctures from berries and flowers and how much to make.. • being up a tree and coming down into the swamp of life to be fully alive.. • mothering and taking time to yourself.. • hair loss at 47 and being in menopase.. • back pain and degenerative disc disease- being made of atoms, comfrey and skullcap.. • SIBO- aromatic seeds, cooking grains and the intelligence of the body... • sweating a lot and sage infusion.. • wanting to terminate pregnancy.. • 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rober Hustrulid. Dr. Robert Hustrulid has been married and divorced twice. He has two children from his first marriage and he watched them struggle with the negative consequences of the marital disruptions.  As a physician practicing for more than 40 years, he also watched many others going through the same thing and wondered what, if anything, could be done to prevent the pain and suffering so many people experience. He shares his insightful breakthroughs in a new book, titled, Men Donít Marry for Sex: Overturning the Assumptions on Why Men and Women Get Married. this episode Q&A includes: • raw milk... • hurt shoulder- comfrey, hypericum and skullcap.. • sciatic pain- hypericum periforatum for pain in the nerve.. • traumatic injury- we're made of atoms- we are caught up in illusion of solidity.. • degernerative disc disease- hypericum! • amalgam fillings- Susun loves them, but do not destroy your health by removing them.. • Susun is not concerned with detoxifying- she has complete trust her body will get rid of what it doesn't need- her job is nourishment.. • difference between tea, infusions and tinctures.. • atrial fibrillation • leaky gut and slippery elm balls, comfrey, linden.. • torn meniscus and comfrey infusion.. • corn silk infusion 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Sara Chana Silverstein.  Sara-Chana Silverstein is a mother of 7 children, a board certified lactation consultant, doula, AHG herbalist, and classical homeopath. For the past 20 years she has maintained offices in both LA and NY and has worked with over 5000 mother/baby dyads. She empowers women with the knowledge and understanding of the world of botanical s allowing them to be able to treat themselves and their children.  She teaches women how to stand up for their rights in the medical world, and helps to educate them so they become partners in the decision making with their healthcare practitioners. She has had the honor to help birth a child, help them breastfeed, assist them through toddler-hood and watch them become adults! She teaches women how to identify plants tincture them, and use them to treat their loved ones! this episode Q&A includes: • constant urge to urinate at night- raw fruit acids very irritating to the bladder • making infusions • Susun revised one book 'Menopausal Years' to 'New Menopausal Years' • dangers of eating sprouts and how to prepare seeds to eat.. • growing heirloom seeds and hybird seeds... • the more protein we get the healthier we are- infusions high in protein.. • licorice and herpes? Susun prefers hypericum tincture.. • thyroid and bladderwrack... • nettle seed and nettle root used for bladder issues.. • can I drink coffee brewed from nettle infusion? Sure.. • asthma- mullein, elecampane, osha.. • emotional problems, anxiety and motherwort and color exercise..  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with herbalist Holly Bellebuono author of Women Healers of the World: The Traditions, History & Geography of Herbal Medicine.  Holly has spent the past 2 decades as a traditional and certified herbalist, professional speaker, forager, award-winning formulator and apothecary, and writer. The Essential Herbal for Natural Health: How to Transform Easy-to-Find Herbs into Healing Remedies for the Whole Family and The Authentic Herbal Healer: The Complete Guide to Herbal Formulary & Plant-Inspired Medicine for Every Body System. Holly operates Vineyard Herbs Teas & Apothecary LLC. this episode Q&A includes: • menopausal symptoms and avoiding BRCA with gingko, red clover infusion and lentils.. • importance of weighing out herb for infusions and almost immediate results.. • bloating because of change in gut flora and a tea of almost any aromatic herbs.. • medical abortion pill, drinking nourishing herbal infusions helps the body to repair.. • the ability of liver loving herbs to clear the body of drugs too quickly... • lung diseases, coming off addictive drugs, marshmallow infusion preparation, comfrey leaf infusion and mullein leaf infusion and pranayama.. • on a lot of medication and wanting to drink infusions.. • fat cells produce hunger hormones and specific exercise suggestions.. • wise woman tradition- pass it on.. • skin cancer- cooking your food for optimal nourishment and Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine poppy) to kill skin cancer cells.. • essential oils are drugs- they are extracted from plant, concentrated and purified  

Susun Weed answers 90 Minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Karen Kain.  Karen Kain is the author of  "A Unique Life Fully Lived: A Personal Journey of Love, Hope and Courage." She is also a parent advocate for children of disability and travels around the county inspiring families with her personal story of raising a medically fragile, vaccine-injured daughter as a single mom. Karen shares how she bridged the gap from special needs to creating mainstream experiences in all arenas of life for Lorrin: best friends, slumber parties, concerts, camping, beauty pageants, Girl Scouts, school dances, musicals and endless travels. Her book describes the unique and extraordinary life experiences that Karen created for Lorrin and the strong bond and soul connection between mother and daughter that continues to this day. this episode Q&A includes: • making dandelion tincture... • thyroid and mercury toxicity from having fillings removed- start eating a lot of seaweed.. • how do you view yourself? first step in leading a healthy lifestyle.. • cancerous tumor with option for surgery and using castor oil packs and ointments and herbs to perforate the skin.. surgery probably the best option.. • dealing with cancer? throw out your supplements and start a meditation practice.. • craving for sweets is a diet lacking in minerals.. • tetanus- how to keep a pucture wound open.. • hawthorne for heart health working slowly for fabulous health.. • nettle infusion to restore flexibility to veins.. • resistant case of bacterial vaginosis- oak bark sitz bath.. • hair loss, menopause and trauma.. • and much more...

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Eve Agee. Dr. Eve Agee, Ph.D. is an international bestselling author, medical anthropologist, certified life coach and motivational speaker.  Her best-selling book, The Uterine Health Companion: A Holistic Guide to Lifelong Wellness (Celestial Arts, a division of Random House), is the winner of the International Book Awards for Women’s Health and and is also an Award-Winning Finalist for The USA Best Books of Book Awards’ Women’s Health Category.  She is also the co-author of the International Bestselling book, Ready, Aim, Excel: The Expert Insights Guide to Personal and Professional Leadership (Insights Publishing). In her work with groups and individuals, Eve provides an innovative whole-person approach to self-discovery, healing and personal and professional transformation that helps people more easily connect to their innate wisdom and power. The founder of the Transform Coaching Academy, her coaching programs and training courses inspire thousands of people throughout the world to create abundant lives and careers they love. this episode Q&A includes: • making herbal oils and decanting.. • tendons, ligaments, muscles and joints- comfrey.. • using fresh nettle for arthritis.. • long term hoarse cough in child- mullein milk or tincture.. • swollen tear duct- do nothing.. • menopausal- bleeding gums, cystic acne, managing bacteria and hormone production.. • beating yourself up? write down the mean things you say to yourself exercise.. • digestive enzymes, throwing up, taking a lot of pills -eating plain full fat yogurt, soup, rice water.. • storing herbs.. • hypericum oil used as sunscreen..  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Laura Shannon. Laura Shannon is one of the grandmothers of the worldwide Sacred / Circle Dance movement. She trained in Intercultural Studies and Dance Movement Therapy, and has been researching and teaching traditional women's ritual dances for nearly thirty years. In Balkan, Greek and Armenian villages, Laura searches out women's songs, dances, rituals and textile patterns which embody an age-old worldview of sustainability, community, and reverence for the earth. Laura gives workshops all over the world and her articles have been published in many languages. Her essay on Women's Ritual Dances appeared in Dancing on the Earth and is available from www.laurashannon.net.  this episode Q&A includes:  • migraine headaches- feverfew eaten from fresh plant.. • green goddess week offerings.. • osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and explanation of what might be causing pain..  • the only circulation the joints get is when they are moved.. • capsaicin, substance p and topical nerve pain relief.. • grieving after break up- not leaning into revenge and resentment- how does this open you up? smile! • nettle is a kidney saver for kitties! • uterine fibroids, lots of bleeding, anemia- nettle infusion, liver, yellow dock.lady's mantle to stop bleeding.. • testicular infection on lots of medication.. start with nourishing herbal infusions.. • dangers of cipro and other drugs.. • meditations on heart of the pain..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Beyond Addiction author. Dr. Carrie Wilkens is the co-founder and clinical director of the Center or Motivation and Change. Dr. Wilkens specializes in motivational treatments and group psychotherapy, and has worked with traumatized populations in both individual and group modalities. She is most recently a co-author on the new book Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change, a compassionate and science-based family guide for navigating the addiction treatment world, understanding motivation, and training in the use of CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) skills. Dr. Wilkens’ expertise is regularly sought by the CBS Early Show; Fox News; Newsweek; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Psychology +Today.  this episode Q&A includes: • severe osteoporosis and the danger of eating raw foods.. • positional vertigo- no need to see a specialist, story medicine, slowing down and NHI's.. • variety is what makes strong and healthy people.. • explanation of hernia- hernia repair, Shouldice Hospital, loving kindness, arnica jel on bottoms of feet, hospitals not a good place for healing and energy healing.. •  eating sprouts- intolerably greedy and options for more nutritional eating.. • lactofermentation method... • circulation and cold hands and feet- stress and fear and creating safety for yourself.. • hashimoto's thyroiditis and recommendations for thyroid medication withdrawal.. • getting in touch with your body- doing a task you are not familiar with.. • and much more..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Jeanne Segal. Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., Editorial Director, has been helping individuals and families for over 40 years as an innovator within the fields of emotional intelligence, holistic health, attachment, stress reduction and relationships. She coordinated a series of conferences linking brain development to the emotional relationship between infants and their caretakers. She has written five books, which have been published in 13 languages. this episode Q&A- includes: • endometrial cancer, chemo and metal taste- slippery elm balls to neutralize poisons.. • radiation and eating carotene rich foods such as baked sweet potato and carrot juice- after radiation wakame and kombu in soup or infusion.. • medicated abortion- any time a pregnancy ends we give birth and releasing the spirit from the womb.. • improving sperm count over time with pumpkin seeds, astragalus, oatstraw infusions, zinc rich foods, avocados, limiting heat exposure and more.. • vivid dreaming and pillow with artemisia vulgaris.. • nourishing the thyroid with fucus and changes in thinking.. •  acid reflux, fruit and dietary changes.. • oatstraw bath for comforting the grieving spirit.. • vaginal fluids and yeast infection..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Karen Amster-Young and Pam Godwin. Karen Amster-Young is a marketing and public relations veteran and has amassed many PR awards, including a spot on PR Week’s “Forty PR Stars under Forty”. She is also a freelance writer and along with Pam Godwin, their blog the52weeks.com was started as a way to shake things up, try new things and get out of their respective comfort zones. Karen lives with her husband and daughter in New York City.   Pam Godwin began her career as a caseworker for a nonprofit refugee resettlement agency. After getting her master’s degree in elementary education, she taught in New York City public schools as a classroom teacher and literacy specialist. She lives with her husband and children in New York City. this episode Q&A- includes: • 1 year old with rattle in the lungs- how to make mullein milk and when and how to harvest mullein.. • we have become physical so our spirit can have experiences.. • tendons and ligaments have shortened after breaking bones- comfrey leaf infusion.. • the greater our flexibility in life the more sturdy we are.. • thyroid and fucus infusion.. • does red clover and St. Joans Wort decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills? what part of plant are you using? what form? • is shoulder surgery necessary? • circulation- fingers and toes cold to touch.. • improving the quality of your diet..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver. Dr. Elsbeth Meuth, Ed.D., was born and raised in Germany and has been developing her career over the past 40 years in the United States and Europe. Elsbeth holds a doctorate in education and a master’s degree in music. Her academic career includes associate professorships at Musikhochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany, and Berklee School of Music in Boston.She is trained as an ontological design coach employing the principles of the “Philosophy of Language” and is a certified Tantra Yoga teacher. Freddy Zental Weaver co-led creative self-discovery seminars at the Institute for Creative Living in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Hawaii. He employs the creative self-discovery approach as developed and pioneered by his father, psychiatrist and author Fred Weaver, MD. Freddy Zental has served as a teacher and district-wide human relationship counselor in the Los Angeles Unified School District and is a performing artist with a one-man show called Sexual Enlightenment currently touring the United States.  this episode - Q&A includes: • chickweed contains saponins that break open membranes around things we don't want like cysts.. • gingko contains gingkolides that kill ovarian cancer cells.. • if you're going to take something- take ownership of your decisions.. • making rose elixir.. • if you hold out for perfection you wont ever be able to do anything at all.. • egg tubes blocked and castor oil packs, red clover blossom infusion for fertility and vitex to bring down high FSH levels.. • osteoporosis and a vegan diet- infusions, eating meat and full fat yogurt..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions. this episode Q&A- includes: • Susun tells a story of developing a cough after her fathers death- she asks how is this cough serving you? what do you need to cough up? • menopause, thyroid, hysterectomy.. • hysterectomy with removal of the ovaries is castration.. • palpitations and anxiety- motherwort and daily meditation practice.. • algins in seaweed bind to radioactive isotopes in the body to help remove them.. • story medicine- have you asked you wise healer within for a story? • multiple cavities in children- get them filled! • how much herb for infusion for a year? • red clover infusion, fertility and progesterone.. • linden infusion and making a second brew.. • oat straw is the herb of desire and brings back libido.. • what do you mean by sex? intercourse and real personal satisfaction..  • motherhood and feeling trapped- we are prisoners of our own thoughts.. • mullein flower oil for ear infections... • inflammatory reaction to bug bites? try eliminating pepper from the diet..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Nicki Scully.Nicki Scully has been teaching healing, shamanic arts, and the Egyptian Mysteries since 1983. During her first visit to Egypt with the Grateful Dead in 1978, Nicki experienced an epiphany that transformed her life. She deepened her focus on healing and began delving into the hidden shamanic arts of Egypt. She is now a lineage holder in the Hermetic tradition of Thoth, her teacher and mentor. With Thoth she developed Alchemical Healing, a comprehensive healing form that is practiced by thousands of practitioners internationally.Nicki lives in Eugene, OR, where she maintains a healing and shamanic consulting practice. She is the author of numerous books.   this episode Q&A- includes: • toothpaste? use yarrow, echinacea or blood root tincture and brush for 2 minutes.. • bad breath? try tongue scrapping.. • upcoming hysterectomy- call HERF- more than 90% of women that call do not need a hysterectomy. keep your ovaries!! • hypericum perforatum is the only medicinal hypericum variety- tincture and oil turn bright red.. • ingrown hair- discutient herbs to soften skin- red clover oil or chickweed oil.. • deep wound- want it to heal from inside out..yarrow or plantain.. • facial hair- New Menopausal Years- Hairy Problems.. • how much nourishing herbal infusion to drink? Susun's goal is to drink 1 quart per day.. • no nutrition available from raw foods.. • acne in teenage boy- remove keloid scarring with calendula oil.. • partially ruptured ovarian cyst..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dorene Petersen. Dorene Petersen, BA, Dip.NT, Dip.Acu, RH (AHG), is President and Founder of the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS). She regularly lectures and presents at conferences on herbal medicine, holistic health, and aromatherapy, and has appeared on various TV and radio shows. Dorene’s articles about herbal medicine and aromatherapy have appeared in publications worldwide. Her white paper presented at the 2012 AAIC Asian Aroma Ingredients Congress & Expos on US Trends in Aromatherapy can be downloaded here: www/achs.edu. Dorene is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild and in 2009 was awarded the Professional Service Award from the International Herb Association for her outstanding contributions to the herb industry. this episode Q&A- includes: • tincturing dried and fresh plants.. • keratosis on the scalp- red clover oil and sap of celandine.. • cataracts surgery- prepare by drinking nourishing herbal infusions, non inflammatory diet and asking for loving support from friends.. •  the allantoin in comfrey is found mostly in the hard parts: most in roots, 2nd most in flower stalks, next most in leaf midribs.- how to dry.. • safety of comfrey.. • liver strengthening herbs- dandelion, chicory, yellow dock and milk thistle.. • linden flower, leaf and harvesting.. • ovarian cysts and iron level success story!! • blessed thistle and milk thistle- same plant? all parts of the thistle are edible and artichoke is in the same family and holds the same properties.. • call out to your archetypes to find them..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Ana Holub. Ana Holub, MA, teaches the healing power of forgiveness as a counselor, author, poet and peace educator. She holds a BA in Peace Studies and an MA in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law. Ana is also a certified Domestic Violence counselor and Radical Forgiveness coach. She’s deeply inspired by her daily study of A Course in Miracles, meditation and yoga. Over the past twenty years, she has worked with women, men, teens, couples, government, prison inmates, at-risk families, non-profits, businesses, and schools. Ana's recent book is called Forgive and Be Free: A Step-by-Step Guide to Release, Healing and Higher Consciousness. Her books, CD and E-Courses are available on her website: www.anaholub.com this episode Q&A- includes: • menopausal hormonal changes- why not to cleanse the skin, how and why maintain bone health.. • we live because we eat the bodies of other beings- plants and animals.. • being malnourished and a vegetarian diet.. • can you allow yourself to feel both abandoned and cherished? choosing your path of empowerment or being a victim.. • epilepsy- drinking infusions, cranial sacral therapy and acupuncture.. • endometrial cancer, chemotherapy, nausea- protecting liver with milks thistle seed tincture and nourishing the gut with slippery elm balls.. • and much more..