Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Teana David.  Téana David is committed to nurturing the wisdom of the body.  She is the Director of Pilates Education at David Barton Gym Astor Place in New York City, where she teaches one-on-one apparatus sessions, mat classes, and leads Pilates teacher training courses.  Like her mentor, Joseph Pilates, she was a competitive gymnast growing up and studied many dance disciplines including ballet, tap and modern. Téana is an advanced Yoga practitioner of 18 years, is certified in Thai Massage, and recently completed a live-out Herbal Medicine apprenticeship with Susun Weed in the Wise Woman Tradition. She holds an MFA from the Buddhist-inspired Naropa University where she studied contemporary performance techniques with an emphasis in Somatic Movement. Téana's Pilates certification is in the lineage of Pilates elder Carola Trier and augmented by Irene Dowd's comprehensive Kinesthetic Anatomy course.   this epis

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Robert Weil. Dr. Bob discusses all aspects of sports medicine, shoes, youth safety, health, wellness, and sports performance for both adults and children.This includes injury prevention, current sports news, plus information in all areas of Sports Medicine - mental and physical - with an emphasis on the role of the foot and the use of orthotics. Dr. Bob is the host of The Sports Doctor, heard on http://www.healthylife.net, Wednesdays at 3 pm CT.  He was also formerly on WDCB 90.9 FM in Chicago for more than 20 years. His Sports Doctor newspaper column is also published in The Aurora Beacon News and the Naperville Sun. this episode Q&A includes: • cyst on breast or infected hair follicle? • 5 year old taking poisonous herbs with h pyrlori- important bacteria- can be present with no problems.. • keep in your heart and mind that your children are perfect- a gift every parent can give.. • effects of sauerk

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Angelo E. Volandes. Angelo is a physician and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also the founder of Advance Care Planning Decisions, a nonprofit organization devoted to encouraging The Conversation through the use of videos. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. Through his vocation as a physician and the work of his nonprofit, Advanced Care Planning Decisions—which encourages The Conversation through patient videos—Volandes has dedicated his life to establishing a new standard of care. THE CONVERSATION is the essential guide that has long been missing from American medicine. It will embolden patients and inspire doctors to advocate for the choices that promote peace of mind and improve quality of life, because a life well lived deserves a good ending. this episode Q&A includes: • sleepless nights and menopause- nourishing adrenals with nettle infusion, stay in b

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Brigitte Mars. Brigitte Mars is an herbalist from Boulder, Colorado, with over 40 years’ experience in natural lifestyles. She is the author of  The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine, Country Almanac of Home Remedies, Addiction Free Naturally, The Sexual Herbal, The HempNut Cookbook, Rawsome!, and Healing Herbal Teas. She has a  private practice, helps out at Pharmaca,  and has a local weekly radio show on KGNU called Naturally. Check out her website http://brigittemars.com this episode Q&A includes: • infusions are food stuffs we have as normal part of our diets- rotate through all five! • eczema- plantain and comfrey leaf or comfrey root infusion soaked in.. • dog- skin irritation and hair loss- plantain oil.. • symbolic death state- menopause more powerful transition than puberty.. • walnut looks like a skull- connected to third eye and protection.. • ask a friend to be a guardian to cover your back..

Susun Weed answers 75 minutes of herbal health questions. this episode Q&A includes: • birth control and birth control pills.. • making tinctures from fresh and dry plant material of usnea, osha and echinacea.. • during menopause- unless you have a problem that is going to kill you, stay away from doctors.. • syndrome- collection of symptoms- not a disease.. • PCOS is genetic, you are born with it.. • sabal palm- medicinal? • poke root can damage your kidneys- not to be taken in large doses.. • 'Down There' for information on herpes.. • Barrett's Esophagus- slippery elm and dandelion.. • rheumatoid arthritis- movement, pain management and astragalus.. •  sugar in the diet.. • acne, yarrow and koalin clay.. • and much more..  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions and 30 minute interview with Robin Fre. this Q&A includes: • spiraea is aspirin containing salicylic acid- Susun is more likely to reach for hypericum or skullcap.. • rudbeckia- interchanegable with echinacea- harvest as late in fall as possible.. • 33 years old and trying to conceive for 4 years.. • foot fungus- hysterical hygiene, soak in white vinegar, horsetail, goldenseal powder.. • making tincture with dried and fresh plant material.. • lead in soil and harvesting plants.. • being in menopause- no such thing as perimenopause.. • phytosterols in food- red clover is safe.. • nourishment through story medicine.. • taking care of your ovaries- gingko..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with EagleSong Evans Gardener .  EagleSong Evans Gardener dances her mischief in the hedge, the veld, that luminous place between wild and tended. She is a 3rd generation northwesterner raised on salmon and cedar long enough to find a root and love for a place she calls Home. EagleSong is a practicing herbalist in the wise woman tradition and a lifelong gardener. She is most at home cultivating life and watching things grow. Working with apprentices for over 25 years, her “Healing From the Ground Up” community centered herbal apprenticeship is a 9 month journey for the rigorous adventurer. EagleSong is known for her wit and kitchen table wisdom and her incessant need to go outside and play! She stays busy these days weaving the Pacific Women's Herbal Conference back into being and teaching at her home place, RavenCroft Garden and the flumdiddley kitchen school. Learning opportunities with EagleSong can be found online

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Sandra Bevacqua. Dr. Sandra Bevacqua, a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, has worked as a research scientist at both the university and government levels.  Most recently, Dr. Bevacqua has focused on developing educational programs in the field of Holistic Women’s Health. Frustrated by the lack of options available to women faced with pelvic health concerns she developed The Pelvic Health Transformation Program, Pregnancy and The Pelvic Floor, and The Mystery is Over! Understanding Female Sexual Health in which women of all ages receive the complete education and the techniques needed to naturally recover from pelvic floor discomfort, pain and loss of function due to organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain syndrome, as well as sexual misunderstanding or dysfunction. this episode Q&A includes: • poke root tincture- only one drop at a time!! considered a poisonous plant- use minuscule amount.. • an

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Renee Mollan-Masters. Renee worked as a speech pathologist in the Fountain Valley School District and in her own private practice for 10 years. During this time she created with other teachers a reading remediation program which was later used statewide. While teaching a College Success Class at Orange Coast College in Southern California she developed the You Are Smarter Than You Think program. For 10 years during the 90’s she surveyed nursing students all over the country. this episode Q&A includes: • man on flomax wanting herb to help prostate- saw palmetto tincture.. • interstitial cystitis- comfrey leaf infusion.. • psoriasis- autoimmune disease- work with immun system, no processed foods, no essential oils- hypericum oil internally, tincture internally, astragalus and linden infusions.. • night shade family plants are some of the healthiest in the world.. • immune system is two armed- one to deal wi

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Annabel Ascher. Annabel Ascher is known as the Frugal Goddess. She specializes in simple and practical advice on saving money in an unsure world. Annabel started The Frugal Goddess blog in 2010 at the height of the great recession, to help regular folks realize that a good life is still possible even in tough circumstances. Annabel started cooking at the age of eight and often made meals for her large family. This led to a lifetime passion for cooking from scratch and for food in general. More recently she has been exploring the environmental impact of agriculture and the economic effects of the need for food on the middle class and the new poor. She is the author of “Whole Food at Half Price—30 Days to Healthy Eating Without Breaking the Bank”. this episode Q&A includes: • lichen sclerosus- autoimmune disorder- exhausted immune system on overdrive-astragalus, mushrooms and well cooked foods.. • acid reflux-

Susun Weed answers 120 minutes of herbal health questions. this episode Q&A includes: • dehydrated sick baby- NHI's and elderberry or elderflower.. • menopause and heart palpatations- motherwort and be gentle with yourself.. • mineral supplements are incredibly detrimental to our health.. • addicted to laxatives- yellow dock, fiber, fluid.. • difference between stomach and intestinal pain.. • if you do not have celiac disease, avoiding gluten in shooting yourself in the foot.. • yogurt is the most impotant thing for a person with digestive issues to consume.. • don't waste your money on probiotic pills or enzymes.. • herpes simplex 1- hypericum tincture and oil.. • DCIS is not breast cancer.. • back pain and knee pain- comfrey leaf infusion strengthening to ligaments and tendons.. • low iron levels- eat red meat, liver and yellow dock tincture.. • hydrogen peroxide kills cells..  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions with no guest interview this week. this week Q&A includes: • infusions- drinking and making.. • trusting your body.. • dermatitis- nourish your liver with herbs like dandelion and burdock • don't pay so much attention or you will freak out! • why Susun does not eat soaked and sprouted seeds and nuts.. • susun has a strong adversion to alfalfa.. • be brave enough to see disaster is on the way and take steps to prevent it.. • very dry skin can be a sign of diabetes- get a home test to see if sugar is in the urine.. • garcinia indica- the weight loss herb- no food or herb has been proven to have a direct effect on weight loss.. • fungal skin infection- horsetail infusion applied topically.. • and much more!

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Gail Sheehy. Gail Sheehy is the author of sixteen books, including the classic New York Times bestseller Passages, named one of the ten most influential books of our times by the Library of Congress. A multiple award-winning literary journalist, she was one of the original contributors to New York magazine and has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1984. She returns with her inspiring memoir — a chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking “girl” journalist in the 1960s, to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all, to one of the premier political profilers of modern times. A popular lecturer, Sheehy was named AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving in 2009. She lives in New York City. this episode Q&A includes: • chickweed and comfrey for opening up oil glands in eyes.. • removing skin cancer with Mohs and calendula oil around stiched area... • PCOS and wanting to conceive.. •

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Dr. Shaelyn Pham. Shaelyn Pham is a psychologist, author, speaker and coach, she reveals why the world needs more selfish people in THE JOY OF ME: Uncover Your Loving Self Through the Art of Being Selfish.  Dr. Pham is about to challenge everything you think you know about selflessness and happiness. The Los Angeles-based psychologist declares that despite what your parents probably taught you about the values of sharing and compromising, adults who take care of their own needs first have more self-confidence and may make better parents and spouses.  this episode Q&A includes: • eczema treatment- yarrow tincture, honey and aloe.. • 3 year old with inflamed  uncircumcised penis red and inflamed- anti infective such as echinacea internally and topically.. • autoimmune disease is an exhausted immune system.. • nourishing herbal infusions, bone broth, elderberry infusion and sauerkraut for the flu.. • if you want

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with David Flink. David Flink was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD at the age of 9. He was a member of the first generation of students to receive special education services and accommodations. In 1998, he co-founded Eye to Eye, a national mentoring organization for students with learning disabilities, where he holds the title of CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer). In his new book, THINKING DIFFERENTLY: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities. Website:  http://www.davidflink.com/ this week Q&A includes: • pregnant nursing mother wanting to abort using tansy- herbs are not safe or effective to terminate a pregnancy- go to an abortion clinic.. • gallbladder problems- it's the fats you're eating not the sugar.. • mucous keeps us free from infection- slippery elm, comfrey leaf and linden infusions, plantain seed, purslane.. • desire to keep eating for since of security? try taking a walk

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her brother Steve Shaft. Steve Shaft is the creator of Terra Gifts  and is the owner of LS Shaft's Farm. He is a farmer, gardening consultant,  silversmith, duck herder, dog lover, & accomplished culinary artist.Terra Gifts are made from  resources found in nature. Our skin care products contain no petroleum products, no synthetics, no alcohol & no added water. Find Steve's Rejuvenation cream at the Wise Woman Bookshop. this episode Q&A includes: • what does imbalance mean? • using milk thistle seed tincture as a protective and dandelion as a consistent nourisher of the liver.. • gathering your own generous dandelion relieves anxiety of not having enough.. • dangers of drinking raw green drinks.. • making a tincture of cannabis for pain may be ineffective- try passionflower, california poppy and skullcap tinctures.. • just in case potting may weaken pelvic floor and one may try squatting over a t

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. AnnMarie Thomas. AnnMarie is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Her teaching and research focus on engineering design, particularly as it relates to PK-12 education. With her students, AnnMarie explores the playful side of engineering exploring topics such as Squishy Circuits, the Engineering of Circus, and toy design. She is the mother of two young makers.  AnnMarie is the author of the recent book Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation, a book for parents and other educators—both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today’s youth to be makers. this episode Q&A includes:  • vaginal steams- why are you doing it? • St. John's wort and St. Joan's wort are the same thing- Hypericum perforatum  • hyperic

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mitzi Weinman.  Mitzi Weinman is the founder of TimeFinder, which offers practical approaches to personal productivity. As a coach, workshop leader, and professional speaker, she helps people develop good habits and techniques to reduce stress which can result from not planning, procrastinating, feeling disorganized, and overwhelmed, and rushing to get things done, at work and/or at home. Since 1989, TimeFinder’s programs have provided  ongoing support and professional and personal development to hundreds of companies, individuals and associations including New Balance, Reebok, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Pearson Education and Marriott University. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and lives in Needham, Massachusetts, with her husband, son and dog. this episode Q&A- includes: • PCOS- treatment to achieve fertility.. •

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Michael Largo. Michael Largo is the author of God’s Lunatics, Genius and Heroin, The Portable Obituary, the Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, and three novels. His latest book is THE BIG, BAD BOOK OF BOTANY: The World’s Most Fascinating Flora, an entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world’s most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore. He is the former editor of New York Poetry and the researcher/archivist for the film company Allied Artists. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish.   this weeks Q&A includes: • making herbal medicinal vinegars • explanation of dosing different herbal tinctures • 4 types of plant poisons- alkaloids, glycosides, resins and volatile oils • why to make infusions, cook greens for an hour and the difference between seasoni

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rita Moran. Rita has been a healer for over 25 years. She first became introduced to healing in 1972 at the age of 8 when her mother took her to her first initiation of Transcendental Meditation, closely followed by yoga and the Ayurvedic diet. At different points in her life, she  has also been made deeply aware of a "knowing", where all her senses were heightened and she could see and know the person without them telling her their issues. As a result of thi s she studied energy healing and became a Reiki Master and has studied with different yogic healing traditions over the last 3 decades.    this episode Q&A includes: • trying to conceive and miscarriage- red clover infusions plus nettle,oatstraw infusion and vitex tincture.. • Susun's have a Healthy Heart course.. • taking care preparing for surgery- anti infective herbs, homeopathic remedies, loving kindness and pain killing drugs.. • harvesting net