Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Judy Dean. Judy Dean is a board certified diagnostic radiologist who has specialized in women’s imaging for over 25 years.   She was a fellow in ultrasound and body imaging at Stanford University, and subsequently a faculty radiologist at Stanford.  Dr. Dean has been in private practice since 1987. Because of her interest in ultrasound she joined a research project in 2005 for ultrasound detection of breast cancer, and has co-authored peer-reviewed publications on the results of that trial. To date Dr. Dean has interpreted over 10,000 Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound studies, and detected dozens of small occult invasive breast cancers using ultrasound. She has three daughters and lives with her husband, who is also a physician. WEBSITES: www.sonocine.com, www.eachonetellone.com this episode Q&A includes: • omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids.. • having a relationship with a plant and understanding if it is natu

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Samara Gaev. amara Gaev is a New York based activist, educator, theatre director, and performer. Her work has taken her to Zimbabwe, Senegal, Hawaii, Brasil, Peru, Cuba, and throughout the U.S. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Truthworker Theatre Company, a social justice based hip-hop theatre company for high school and college aged youth in NYC. Samara is honored to be the Resident Artist/Scholar at Columbia University’s Teachers College: Graduate School of Education. She serves as an educational specialist, teaching artist, and artist in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She is also the National Education Director for Question Bridge. Her work is political, spiritual, transformational, and examines class, race, the PIC, patriarchy, hetero-normative codes and culture, and systems of oppression that not only excuse, but enable cycles of violence. this episode Q&A includes- • when we shor

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 skul

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 healt

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 ver

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 in

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

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

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

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.. • vari

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, avoc

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 expe

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 An

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

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 hysterect

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- p

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-

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Louise LeBrun. Louise is the founder of the WEL-Systems Institute and creator of the WEL-Systems body of knowledge, including Quantum TLC™, The CODE Model™ and CODE Model Coaching™ Certification.  The WEL-Systems® approach to accelerated evolution is a tested, refined, proven and replicable process that has been available for close to 25 years.  Author of 5 books and creator of more than 40 unique audio products, Louise's commitment to her own continuing evolution ensures that her curiosity is fed and her discoveries are shared. Louise shares the belief that the future of the world is in the hands of women! this episode Q&A- includes: • honey as a wound healer.. • feldenkrais method exercises.. • moving from heroic tradition to wise woman tradition.. • chod practice from tibetan buddhism to feed your hungry demons.. • 7 medicines created for chronic problems wanting a holistic approach- serenity, story,

Susun Weed answers 120 minutes of herbal health questions. this episode Q&A- includes: • chickweed is a great healer of the eyes- softening and cooling and freshly boiled comfrey leaf poultice heals sores of any size.. • problems sleeping and alternatives to melatonin- skullcap, hops and california poppy.. • vast majority of indigenous peoples have broken sleep patterns- artifact of industrial revolution to sleep in one long stretch.. • appendectomy and laparoscopic surgery- nourishing herbal infusions, massage, calendula oil.. • edible marijuana- not a huge issue.. • Juliette de Bairacli Levy and animal healing.. any of things Susun writes about for people can be used for animals as well. • transgender, being two spirited and dangers of taking hormones your body is not creating.. • possible stomach ulcer- Russian ulcer cure recipe of cabbage and potato juice to kill the bacteria that causes ulcer..  • 6 year old with shingles in eyes and hypericum tincture dosage.. • clicking in the back- anim

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mary Elizabeth Hoffman. Mary gives fast paced direct readings focusing on creative, empowering solutions to life's challenges. She uses astrology, tarot and psychic intuition.  Mary has led workshops and trips to sacred sites around the world since 1986 on such subjects as astrology, personal growth, earth energies, earth changes, lost civilizations, prophecy, sacred geometry and alternative healing.  this episode Q&A- includes: • poke root salve is a escharotic which erodes the skin allowing cancer and other infections to come out.. chickweed helps to dissolve cysts.. • nettle infusion rebuilds veins so they are like those as a teenager, legs up the wall massaged with herbal oils also relieves veins.. • persistent vaginal infection, possible undiagnosed chlamydia and lots of information talked about and found in Down There: Sexual and ReproductiveHealth the Wise Woman Way • poison ivy and witch hazel.. •