Herbal Radio

This week on Herbal Radio, host Jiling Lin is joined by Patricia Kyritsi Howell, an herbalist in the mountains of northeast Georgia and director of the BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies. Patricia recently published the second edition of Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians, a guide to 44 native North American herbs. She also leads tours to Crete, focusing on herbs and traditional cuisine, and supports emerging herbal practitioners through her virtual course, Crafting Your Herbal Practice. Listen in as Patricia and Jiling discuss: One of Patricia's favorite ways to cultivate relationships with plants as beings Writing and self-publishing her book twice, Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians Some of the plants in the book, and plants unique to southern Appalachia Expanding the uses of plants Food as medicine in Greek culture Preventative herbalism for our complex times 🎥 Check out the video version of this interview on YouTube: Visit Patricia Kyritsi Howell: 💻 Website: PatriciaKyritsiHowell.com 📸 Instagram: @botanologos 📱 Facebook @Patricia Kyritsi Howell 📚 Get Patricia's book: Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians: Second Edition 🌿 Crafting Your Herbal Practice Course: https://www.yourherbalpractice.com/ ~~~ 🪷 Jiling Lin is an acupuncturist and herbalist in coastal southern California. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com— and get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template and Five Phases (五行) outline. Join her newsletter for seasonal beauty— and updates on her coming book! (Publication 2028) ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! 📖 Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

Meghan Henshaw, herbalist and ethnobotanist who teaches, wildcrafts, and runs Ocotillo Herbals. Julia Orquera Bianco, artist and herbalist exploring migration and memory through plant-based art. They discuss their zine Flora's Daughters, cyanotype plant printing, weaving ancestry and oral traditions into plant work, women's hidden labor in botany, and collaborative, place-based plant projects.

This week on Herbal Radio, we are joined by Andrea Miller, a passionate Earth steward and Sustainable Forestry Director at Rural Action, an environmental nonprofit organization based in Appalachian Ohio. Tag along with us as we explore: Rural Action: who, what, where, and why Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database Finding medicinal herbs in unexpected urban areas How the pandemic sparked an increased interest in forest farming Hockings College: get an associate degree in forest farming! United Plant Savers & Rural Action: how industry can support medicinal plant conservation As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about Andrea below! 🌲 Andrea Miller has roots that run deep in Appalachian Ohio. As a child, she spent countless hours on her great-grandparents' farm in southeastern Ohio. Her great-grandmother was a ginseng steward and maintained a massive garden—interests that inspired Andrea to earn a degree in conservation biology from Bowling Green State University, followed by a master's in herbalism from Maryland University of Integrative Health. After college, Andrea worked in Maryland for a time, managing the university's herb garden and serving as the garden curator at Dr. Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden. After living in Maryland for four years, she returned to Appalachian Ohio, where she worked for three years at Companion Plants, a medicinal plant nursery. In 2021, Andrea began managing the Sustainable Forestry Program at Rural Action, and in 2024, she was promoted to Director of the program. In addition to her work at Rural Action, Andrea serves on the board of directors for the Athens Conservancy and the Native Foods Education Organization, and the leadership committee of the Southeastern Ohio Chapter of Women Owning Woodlands. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, cooking, and spending time with her cat, Kiwi. 🎥 Watch the video version to this episode here: https://youtu.be/MDQ7HzUm8hc ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! 📖 Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

🌿 What's Your Favorite Herb Right Now? 🌿 On today's episode of Herbal Radio, we are excited to share our first-ever mini episode! Each month, we will be asking our guests thought-provoking, herbally inspired questions to gather unique perspectives on a wide array of topics. Tune in with us to hear a collection of their answers and reflections—different voices, diverse experiences, and plenty of herbal wisdom along the way. In this mini episode, you'll hear from: Lucretia VanDyke, Lindsey Feldpausch, Donette Lowe, Asia Suler, Selima Harelston Lust, Jessicka Nebesni, Pamela Spence, and Maria Noel Groves. Want to share with us what YOUR favorite herb is right now? Have a question in mind you're itching to have answered on the show? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what we should uncover next in the vast world of herbalism. Check out our other episodes featuring these guests below! Plant Stories | Featuring Lucretia VanDyke Interviews on Herbal Radio | Featuring Lucretia VanDyke Holistic Herbalism for Interconnected Health | Featuring Herbal Academy The Bloom of Online Herbalism Education | Featuring Lindsey Feldpausch Black Herbalists Collective | Featuring Donette Lowe Mirrors In the Earth | Featuring Asia Suler Herbal Gut Health | Featuring Maria Noël Groves Body into Balance, with Maria Noël Groves | Tea Talks with Jiling ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, host Jiling Lin is joined by Alex Williams. As a clinical herbalist and founder of First Curve Apothecary and Greenspell School of Ecological Herbcraft, Alex offers herbal consultations, herbalism classes, and plant walks throughout the Chicago region, supporting those he works with in cultivating rest, genuine self-care practices, ecological awareness, and a deep sense of embodied aliveness. Join Alex and Jiling to explore: Bioregionalism: principles of bioregional herbalism How bioregional herbalism applies within urban—and all—contexts. Alex's favorite bioregional plants of his bioregion How to apply bioregional herbalism to your own life and home Visit Alex Williams at: 🌿 Greenspell: https://greenspell.org 🪻 First Curve Apothecary: https://firstcurveapothecary.com 🍃 Check out the companion article to this podcast in Alex's online herbal knowledge base: the Virtual Garden 🎥 Watch Alex's video interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IeJ1mBF0jx4 ~~~ 🪷 Jiling Lin is an acupuncturist and herbalist in coastal southern California. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com— and get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template and Five Phases (五行) outline. Join her newsletter for seasonal beauty—and fresh updates about her coming book! (Publication 2027/ 2028) ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, join host Tommy Nevar and the Seattle-based herbalist who weaves her knowledge of herbalism, motherhood, and mental health into her practice, Cassidy Moss. Tag along as we explore: Reconnecting with yourself after becoming a mom Herbs to support an anxious mind and body Importance of community for parents and children Leaning on foundational herbalism during and after pregnancy Nutrition and herbalism for postpartum depression As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about Cassidy below! ⬇️ 🪻Cassidy Moss is a Clinical Herbalist in Seattle, seeing herbalism clients worldwide through her business, Moss Herbalism. Her path into herbal medicine began in the garden as a young girl and evolved into a lifelong pursuit of plant-based health - rooted in science, tradition, and real-world practice. After moving to the Pacific Northwest, she became immersed in organic farming and permaculture on Whidbey Island, and began studying wildcrafting, plant ecology, sustainability, and herbal cultivation. She has three children and as a parent and a person pursuing natural health strategies, Cassidy began managing a naturopathic clinic in Seattle while completing her training as a clinical herbalist. Working alongside naturopathic doctors has further expanded her knowledge of integrative care, pathophysiology, and the therapeutic use of botanicals. Cassidy has a special interest in women's health, mental health and stress resilience, pregnancy and postpartum support, and optimizing neurodivergent minds through botanical medicine and lifestyle supports. Today, through Moss Herbalism, she offers personalized herbal consultations that draw from years of study, clinical collaboration, and land-based wisdom. She specializes in creating practical, holistic wellness plans that fit into modern life, helping clients reconnect with their health through medicinal plants and evidence-informed strategies. 📱 Find Cassidy on social media! Instagram @mossherbalism YouTube @mossherbalism 🌿 Book a consult with Cassidy: https://mossherbalism.com/ 🍃 Check out the Moss Herbalism resource page: https://mossherbalism.com/links-menu/ 🎥 Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/25Y6GtVVmjo ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, we are joined by host Lucretia Van Dyke, and the spiritually attuned clinical herbalist who has found herself guided on an ancestral path to unite the Black herbalist community, Donette Lowe. Join us as they explore: Spiritual herbalism: cultivating connection between person and plant Alchemizing ancestral medicine as a poisoner in the Hoodoo tradition Food as medicine: onions, collard greens, and everything in between Customizing care aligned with the individual's lifestyle Donette's calling to connect the Black herbalist community Herbalism and social media: the real herbalist vs. the reel herbalist As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about Donette and Lucretia below! ⬇️ 🌸 Donette (Títílọlá) (she/they) is the clinical herbalist behind Honeybalm Health and founder of the Black Herbalists Collective (BHC), an association of Black herbalists. For a decade, she has been a spiritual student of plants, formalizing her medicinal studies at the Land of Verse with certifications in Clinical Herbalism and Plant Spirit Medicine. Recognizing that wellness is holistic, her work is rooted in healing justice as she practices as a spiritualist, medium, and energy weaver. Standing firmly in her ancestors' footsteps, she is a poisoner in the Hoodoo tradition, Òrìṣà and Ifá devotee, and ritualistic student of African Traditional and Diasporic religions. Based in Raleigh, NC, Donette currently teaches holistic herbalism for Black herbalists, facilitates healing justice workshops, and continuously deepens her academic research of our ancestral practices. 📱Find Donette on social media! Instagram: @blackherbalistcollective & @honeybalmhealth 👚 Want to support Black herbalists? Shop BHC tees and totes! 📝 Read Donette's article for the Mountain Rose Herbs blog! What is African-American Herbalism? 🌻 Lucretia VanDyke began her herbalism journey as a little girl mixing herbs, clays, and muds on her grandparents' farm. Today, Lucretia VanDyke has been in the herbal industry for over 20 years. As a holistic educator, speaker, herbalist, ceremonialist, spiritual light coach, intuitive energetic & reiki practitioner, diviner, storyteller, artist, and world traveler, Lucretia has accumulated over 3000 hours of training. She has studied with indigenous healers and some of the greatest minds of our time. Lucretia has been a holistic esthetician & healing arts practitioner for over a decade focusing on integrating indigenous healing rituals, plant spirit medicine, and meditation into modern-day practice. Lucretia brings her vivacious spirit and message of self-love in her work to inspire others to embrace their unique beauty and purpose. Her work with herbs and sacred practices honors women's wholeness through grief work, sexual trauma, ancestor connection, womb healing, self-empowerment, food alchemy, and holistic skincare. She is currently collecting stories throughout the south while working on expanding her BIPOC community healing arts and herbal education program. 📱Find Lucretia on social media! Instagram: @lucretia.vandyke 📚 Get your hands on a copy of Lucretia's Book! - African American Herbalism ~~~ 🎥 Watch the video version of Donette's episode here! - https://youtu.be/drPqcOOPhtM Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, we are joined again by the educator, gardener, author, and 2022 recipient of the Grants 4 Plants program, Tyrone Ledford. Join host Lucretia Van Dyke and Tyrone as they explore: Navigating life through trauma: adolescence into adulthood Community gardening to grow awareness of wellness How enslaved Africans cultivated American agriculture Bridging the gap between the person and the plant Tyrone's new book, Cultivating Abundance in Harsh Climates: A Guide to Desert Gardening As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about Tyrone and Lucretia below! 🌿 Tyrone Ledford, a native from Compton, CA received his Bachelor's Degree from California State University, Fullerton in Child & Adolescent Development with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education. He later received his Master's Degree from Pacific Oaks College in Human Development/Social Change. Tyrone has almost 15 years of experience in teaching early childhood education, and is currently a full-time child development professor for Cerro Coso Community College. Tyrone, who is the co-founder of Holistic Divine Innovations, founded and organized the Ridgecrest Community Garden and Herbal Zen Garden. Tyrone has been gardening intentionally for 10 years, and grows a combination of fruits, vegetables, and herbs for both culinary and healing power. Tyrone's experience extends as far as growing herbs to create his own teas, and tinctures, and educating communities on how to grow their own food and how to use plants for its nutritional value and medicinal properties. Tyrone's goal is to introduce individuals to the natural resources our earth provides, and to increase fresh organic food resources throughout communities. Tyrone hopes to help you create a sustainable garden because he believes health is wealth. 🌻 Lucretia VanDyke began her herbalism journey as a little girl mixing herbs, clays, and muds on her grandparents' farm. Today, Lucretia VanDyke has been in the herbal industry for over 20 years. As a holistic educator, speaker, herbalist, ceremonialist, spiritual light coach, intuitive energetic & reiki practitioner, diviner, storyteller, artist, and world traveler, Lucretia has accumulated over 3000 hours of training. She has studied with indigenous healers and some of the greatest minds of our time. Lucretia has been a holistic esthetician & healing arts practitioner for over a decade focusing on integrating indigenous healing rituals, plant spirit medicine, and meditation into modern-day practice. Lucretia brings her vivacious spirit and message of self-love in her work to inspire others to embrace their unique beauty and purpose. Her work with herbs and sacred practices honors women's wholeness through grief work, sexual trauma, ancestor connection, womb healing, self-empowerment, food alchemy, and holistic skincare. She is currently collecting stories throughout the south while working on expanding her BIPOC community healing arts and herbal education program. ⬇️ Check out Tyrone's video interview below! ⬇️ https://youtu.be/OTeaXyq12Z4 ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! 📖 Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, Jiling is joined by Luke and Linda Black Elk. Luke and Linda are food sovereignty activists and teachers of traditional plant use, gardening, food preservation, and foraging. They are currently based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and spend their time collecting and preparing traditional foods and medicines for communities in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and beyond. Join us to explore: Commonly used herbs for community care in the Twin Cities right now How local communities are self-organizing mutual aid Herbs and food as medicine for protest-care, emotional support, and other forms of care in chaotic times Visit Linda Black Elk at: 📱 Facebook: @Linda Black Elk 📸 Instagram: @linda.black.elk 📧 Email: linda.black.elk@gmail.com Check out resources from Linda and Luke: 🌿 North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) 📘 Book: Turtle Island, by Sean Sherman 📗 Book: Held by the Land, by Leigh Joseph ~~~ 🪷 Jiling Lin is an acupuncturist and herbalist in coastal southern California. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com— and get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template and Five Phases (五行) outline. Join her newsletter for seasonal beauty— and updates on her coming book! (Publication 2028) ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal shipped straight to your door! 📖 Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bond between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿

This week on Herbal Radio, join Lindsey Feldpausch, Selima Harlston, and Pamela Spence with host Jessicka Nebesni for a conversation on holistic herbalism. In this episode we'll explore: Holistic health: interconnectedness over isolation The bigger picture of wellness within holism Herbal education leading to connection Expanding on community through virtual learning The upcoming 2026 Virtual Herbalism Conference by Herbal Academy As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about the Herbal Academy Team below! ⬇️ 🌿 Herbal Academy is a global leader in herbal education—since 2011 they have brought a diverse array of online courses in herbalism to over 175,000 students worldwide. A cross-section of Herbal Academy's educational team are three of the Academy's lead herbalists, joining together for this conversation: 🌻 Lindsey Feldpausch, RH(AHG) is a clinical herbalist, educator, Assistant Director at the Herbal Academy, and the host of the Herbal Academy's Virtual Herbalism Conference. Find Lindsey on Instagram @plant.matters and on her website: https://plantmatters.org 🪻Pamela Spence, MNIMH is a medical herbalist, longtime clinical practitioner based in Scotland, and a Lead Herbalist Educator at Herbal Academy. Find Pamela on Instagram @pamelaspenceherbalist and on her website: https://pamelaspence.co.uk 🌸 Selima Harleston Lust is a clinical herbalist, medical astrologer, co-founder of Iwilla Remedy, and a Lead Herbalist Educator at Herbal Academy. Find Selima on Instagram and YouTube @iwillaremedy and on her website: https://www.iwillaremedy.com Together, Lindsey, Pamela, and Selima each bring a distinct clinical herbalist background and shared passion for making herbalism education accessible, meaningful, and relevant in today's world. 🌿 Click here to sign up for Herbal Academy's FREE 2026 Virtual Herbalism Conference! 📱 Social links: Instagram @herbalacademy Instagram @herbalismconferences 🎥 Check out the video interview to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vZ9NyWnYng4 ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door! Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok 🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿