Down to Earth Herbalism with Tamara (Tamara)

Herbs can help resolve the underlying issue of a health condition and work towards a sustainable, long-term improvement of health. But they can also control symptoms for short-term relief in effective ways and with way fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals. Using herbs to manage symptoms can help to stop the downward spiral of health problems, but it should ideally be combined with herbs that address the actual root cause of the problem for a long-term cure. For example, a person with high blood pressure could use herbal diuretics to lower blood pressure, but this would just suppress a symptom, similar to a drug (but with fewer side effects). Ideally, this approach would be combined with herbs and foods that actually repair and strengthen the cardiovascular system, for example, hawthorn berries and garlic. Listen to the episode for more examples, and how I treated my intense neck pain last week with Lobelia tincture!

For more detailed info about the root cause of many chronic ailments and how herbs can help address them, you might consider joining my classes!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

Time for a review of my professional life as an herbalist in 2021! In this episode, I will share with you some of the greatest healing successes my clients achieved this year! We will take a close look at some of the therapeutic strategies, like balancing the doshas from an ayurvedic standpoint of view. But as always, the herbs will be the Stars of the Show! If I would measure the amount of Ashwagandha my clients combined took this year, it would be for sure in the kilos, not grams! But not only exotic adaptogens from the Asian continent have done expected wonders this year, one of my most recommended herbs this year was actually Fennel seed and other so-called carminatives that might grow wild outside for you to harvest! That's because we can't get better long term if we don't address the root cause, a typical one being digestive issues. 

Thanks to all of you for your diligence in taking your health care into your own hands and learning more about medicinal herbs! It has been a year full of healing and learning for my clients and many of my listeners. And your healing successes came from consistent effort and knowledge, not from miracle cures. Health consultations are available through my website.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast and get the chance to win a health consultation package of two sessions with me! Send me an email after you wrote the review, so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner! 

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

My Youtube Channel is called "Herbal Help by Tamara", in case you want to see the face to the voice!

Today I'm sharing some insights and practical tips for herbalists who are thinking to get started with helping people through health consultations. This episode is an interesting glimpse into the work of a clinical herbalist, a behind-the-scenes of my daily work. This is also of interest to anyone considering consulting with me or an herbalist in general. How does it work? What to expect? What is the purpose of the initial consultation and the follow-up after one month? What are some of the practical tools I use to make everything run smoothly and effectively? I'll give you a complete rundown of all the steps to ensure the best possible outcomes for my clients.

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

If you sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

Gotu Kola or Centella Asiatica is a superior nerve tonic from Ayurveda. When I had my own health challenge with Hashimoto's, Hypothyroidism, and brain fog I took Gotu Kola for over a year and after two weeks of taking it, I couldn't believe the amazing results. Gotu Kola's effect on the nervous system is pretty outstanding. It doesn't really fit into the category of calming nervines or sedatives like Lemonbalm, Lavender, Hops, Valerian, and Poppy Seed. Its effect is more long-term and it completely renews the nerve cells on a physical level. That's why I call it a nerve tonic. We have other categories of herbs, besides nervines, to address the nervous system, for example, adaptogens like Ashwagandha and Rhodiola, circulatories like Gingko, and even the anti-inflammatory herb Turmeric can be very beneficial for conditions like ADHD, anxiety, depression, focus, and memory as many scientific studies have confirmed.

For more details about herbs for the nervous system including dosages, you might consider joining my classes on Zoom!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

20% of adults in modern western societies suffer from anxiety, but luckily we have many effective herbal remedies that can help. In this episode, we cover not only herbs that are sedating and calming like Skullcap, Passionflower, Hops, Valerian, and one of my favorites from Brazil, the bark of the Mulungu tree, but we also discuss herbs to restore nerve function, like Gotu Kola (Centella Asiatica) from Ayurveda, herbs that help with stress like Ashwagandha and Rhodiola, and even herbs that balance the female hormones which often have a big influence on anxiety levels. You will also learn about supplements that are beneficial for anxiety and other mood issues. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

Is it possible to make the transition from pharmaceuticals to natural remedies? Professional Herbalist Tamara Hiller discusses the nitty-gritty of this tricky situation. Many people with chronic health conditions who are taking drugs wish to have a natural alternative for pharmaceuticals. But herbs work very differently in the body than drugs, and of course, ideally, you should have an experienced natural health practitioner to guide you through this process. Tamara talks us through different scenarios, whether you are taking drugs to lower blood pressure or cholesterol, to manage your allergies, headaches, hormones for your thyroid, or drugs to manage anxiety or depression. You will learn what are important things to consider and get some concrete examples of safe transitioning.

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

In today's episode herbalist and midwife Tamara Hiller teaches us about herbs for Pain relief. From Poppy Seed to Willow bark, some of these have inspired the pharmaceutical drugs that we have available today. Drugs work great, but they have side effects. Taking herbs in their natural form, straight from nature is not only safer but also very effective if taken in the right way and dosage. Nobody should have to suffer, so this is a timeless skill to learn for every human on this planet! Imagine, next time you have a friend over and she asks you for a pill for her headache or period cramps, you can offer her a tea and she will be introduced into the amazing world of Medicinal Herbs and their effectiveness! Of course is makes a difference what type of pain is present and what is the root cause. Is it tension, an infection, or inflammation? Depending on this it's possible to choose the right herb, and Tamara introduces you to many of them, some popular like Cannabis and CDB Oil, others more obscure and underrated like Piscidia (Jamaican Dogwood), Dipsacus and Butterbur. And others you know well, but wouldn't have thought they can help with pain like Cayenne, Arnica, Ginger, Green Tea, Valerian, Turmeric and common nutritive supplements like Magnesium and Vitamin D. 

Let's dig into the weeds! You will definitely learn a lot in this episode! 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast and get the chance to win a health consultation package of two sessions with me! Send me an email after you wrote the review, so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

My Youtube Channel is called "Herbal Help by Tamara", in case you want to see the face to the voice!

Triphala is a very ancient herbal formulation from Ayurveda. It consists of three fruits: Amla (or Amalaki), Haritaki, and Bibhitaki. According to Ayurveda and modern scientific studies, it has benefits for digestion, constipation, and rejuvenation due to its high antioxidant properties, it's good for healthy glowing skin (and you also use it externally as a face mask), supports gentle liver detox, good eyesight, colds and flu, sinus infections, allergies immune deficiencies, and blood sugar balance. It is a safe and gentle remedy that can be given to kids and elders. Ayurveda recommends taking a teaspoon mixed into water, daily, for life! It is mostly used internally, but also as a mouthwash or to brush your teeth, nasal irrigation with a neti pot, or as a hair oil.

For more detailed info about why the root cause of many chronic ailments lies in the digestive system and what to do about it, you might consider joining my classes!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

I took a combination of Rosehips, Garlic, and Ginger for the immune-boosting benefits for over two months, and in this episode, I share with you what I learned and the results on my health. I took Rosehips in different ways, a few that I harvested myself, but mainly the dried rosehips or powdered rosehips that I bought by the pound. I soaked them, had them for breakfast and in smoothies, and made really strong deep red tea. The powder does contain also the seeds which are high in galactolipids, proven to improve joint pain in several studies.

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Would you like to come to my online classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, and the reduced price is available for all who sign up before the end of December! You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! Do you have a question about health and herbs? You can also leave a voice message below.

Let's dig into the Ayurvedic concept of tridosha, or Vata, Pitta and Kapha, a system of categorization based on the five elements that can help us understand our health challenges better, and keep us balanced! I use this a lot in my clinical practice as an herbalist. Today we will talk about strategies, including herbs, to keep Vata dosha in check, but this episode will be useful to Kaphas and Pittas also. Vata can "corrupt" any dosha, and it increases as we age, so we will all get our share of it eventually. Pacifying Vata, or any dosha, is a daily task for balanced health and fulfillment in life!

Get access to exclusive videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). For the price of a cup of coffee (or herbal tea in this case!) you get my cold and flu protocol with all herbs and dosages that I posted a few weeks ago, and a video with my deep dive into Ginger, which is such a versatile and tasty herb! I show you how I make my ginger tea and other preparations and we discuss the many benefits, from immunity, over throat ache to migraines! Last week's video was about Astragalus and my favorite and very tasty way to take it and this week I show you my beautiful flowering almond trees and the medicine that hides in them.  If you join my membership program on ko-fi (monthly donation), you get access to all of these and future videos and posts, which are created to help you on your herbal learning journey and to inspire you. Let me be your guide and teacher! Thank you so much for supporting the creation of this podcast and of my Youtube Channel!

We are also starting with our case studies, this is the middle tier of the ko-fi membership, which is a very accessible way to get actual personalized health advice on a problem, which could be about your own or a friend's health issue. This is an amazing opportunity to look over the shoulder of a practicing, clinical herbalist, and watch me going through the assessment process and creating a personalized, real herbal health protocol for somebody (this could be you!). Or I can help you to identify your dosha and how to balance it! We can all learn so much from this!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. You can enter the drawing to win a free health consultation package, just send me an email after writing the review and let me know that you want to get a chance to win!

Online Health Consultations are available through my website: www.herbalhelp.net

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, brain fog and constipation might be signs that the thyroid is not working optimally. But no worries, of course, there are safe and completely natural methods, including herbs, available to us that can help with Hypothyroidism and other thyroid problems. Did you know that in most cases an under-functioning thyroid is caused by an inflammatory auto-immune disease called Hashimoto's? Yes, and that gives us a clue to the root causes of it. We have to look at digestion, inflammation, hormonal regulation, and immune function! Adaptogens come to mind, Ashwagandha, Eleuthero, but also herbs for the brain like Gotu Kola, and anti-inflammatories like turmeric can be very helpful.

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild, and my specialization is in Thyroid Health.

Take your herbal education to the next level! Get access to live herb classes, exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and health case studies through my Ko-Fi membership and donation site. This is a convenient and pleasant way to deepen your studies in Herbalism and have me as your guide and teacher by your side, on this journey. Thank you so much! Your contribution also supports the creation of this podcast and keeps me going, sharing this knowledge with all of you.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Elderberry, Garlic, Turmeric, Echinacea, Astragalus, and Ginger are some of the many herbs available to us, to make sure we have healthy and strong immunity in the colder season. But.... what to do if Elderberries are sold out again at the herb store? No worries at all, in this episode we'll dive deep into what is so special (but not unique) about Elderberries, these deep red plant pigments called anthocyanins, a type of flavonoid. Luckily we don't find them exclusively in Elderberries but also in many deep red, purple, blue, or black fruits and veggies. Just to name a few, blackberries, aronia berries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, black plums, cherries, dark grapes, pomegranates, purple cabbage, red onions, purple corn, black beans, black rice, and black soybeans. Instead of buying overpriced elderberry syrup from the pharmacy, we can find some of these alternatives in the grocery store or in nature. These plant pigments have so many health benefits, for the heart, arteries, and brain and to fight inflammation and free radicals, that it is a good idea to incorporate them into your diet on a daily basis.

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Would you like to come to my online classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, and the reduced price is available for all who sign up before the end of December! You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! Do you have a question about health and herbs? You can also leave a voice message below.

"I have tried everything." This is a phrase I sometimes hear from my clients. Looking at what they actually tried so far, which herbs and dosages, I must say, no, the herbs are definitely not to blame for the lack of results. High expectations on one herb (the miracle herb! it must exist! ...no it doesn't...), as opposed to a complete health protocol that might include several herbs and supplements to get somebody better, and also the lack of knowledge about dose, how quickly or slowly a certain herb works, and for how long you have to take it to get results are the most likely reasons why someone hasn't gotten the health results they wished for so far.

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Would you like to come to my live classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, more about adaptogens and tonic herbs, herbs for immunity and digestion. You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and to the whole class of last week and some herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! Do you have a question about health and herbs? You can also leave a voice message below.

Most deaths worldwide are caused by heart disease. Over a long period of time, cholesterol silently accumulates in blood arteries, sometimes going unnoticed or not receiving adequate attention. We should all consider prevention because of this. The underlying causes include aspects of lifestyle and food, but fortunately, there are numerous herbal therapies that are readily available and have been scientifically proven to promote cardiovascular health. For instance, the traditional heart herbs of Western herbalism include Garlic, Hawthorn, and Motherwort; the Ayurvedic herbs Arjuna and Ashwagandha; and food-like anti-inflammatories and antioxidants such as Berries, Turmeric, and Hibiscus.

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

Dive deeper into herbal studies with me! I am posting herbal inspiration videos every week or so, and at least one full herbal class or detailed case study a month for my Ko-Fi members, so make sure you are signed up! This is a fun way to learn and it supports the creation of this podcast. I appreciate your interest in Herbalism, you are helping to keep this knowledge alive!

Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Yes, I've had it, the disease du jour, the Virus that has our planet in its grip. Gladly, everything went fine for me and my family. Was it thanks to the herbs that I took, before, during and after? I think so. Spoiler alert: I don't have any miracle cure. Just reliable, solid, effective herbs that have proven themselves over and over again in scientific studies and under real-life circumstances since millennia. I will reveal all the herbs and supplements that I took to take care of me and my family in the best way that I know. This includes immune-modulating herbs like Echinacea and Astragalus, lung herbs like Elecampane, and other good and trusted herbal flu remedies like Elderflower and Honeysuckle plus effective anti-inflammatories like Curcumin, Vitamin D and C. Listen in for my full herbal Covid support protocol. Absolutely free of any trendy miracle cures and false promises.

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

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Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

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From the shamanic origins of Santa Claus to the Ethnobotany of Christmas, Herbalist & Midwife Tamara Hiller takes you on a sled-flight through the icy lands of Siberia, where Shamans stick the little red Amanita mushrooms on fir trees to dry them in sun, then put them all in the big sack, going home, entering the house through the chimney and hanging the mushrooms in socks around the fire to dry further. Just that this is not a tale, it's the true history of Northern reindeer-herding tribes and their traditions. She connects the dots to Christmas in Germany where she grew up, baking cookies spiced with Ginger, Cinnamon, and Clove with her Grandma, and to the old pagan custom of the "raw nights" which mark the darkest days of the year, the smudging of incense to cleanse the house of bad energies and the waiting and hoping for the return of the sun by our ancestors. Tamara gives us a little peek into her mixed feelings about Christmas and consumerism and why she returned to celebrating this day with her kids, filling it with meaning through the connection to the natural world and its cycles. 

What about giving your loved ones a meaningful gift in the form of a health consultation with Herbalist Tamara? You will get a beautiful gift card to lay under the Christmas Tree. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast and get the chance to win a health consultation package of two sessions with me! Send me an email after you wrote the review, so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

My Youtube Channel is called "Herbal Help by Tamara", in case you want to see the face to the voice!

My guest Robin Rose is sharing her wisdom with us today and you can pre-order her book A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom and receive the beautiful bonus booklet Herbal Recipes for Deepening Meditation, Dreams, and Intuition. Pre-order here!

 A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom- Big Little Life Tips is filled with golden nuggets of green witch magic and silver strands of spiritual wisdom. It offers inspiring guidance to help you live authentically and vibrantly and provides practices that will support you as you grow and evolve. It draws upon teachings that the author has practiced for decades. 

Learn more about the Wild Food and Medicine workshop and the Medicinal Trees retreat in Portugal here:

https://collectivewonderherbschool.com/special-events

Learn more about using and making herbal oils in Tamara's upcoming online class by signing up for the ⁠⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠⁠!

Would you like to work with Tamara one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠to book a free 20 min call⁠ to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

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Would you like to learn more? Join the classes! Upcoming topic: Botanical Oils, Ayurvedic Herbal oils and how to make your own herbal-infused oils!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

Mushrooms are in their very own category of natural remedies, widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. They all look and taste very different and are used in specific ways. Some are delicious to cook with, and others are so hard that you need a saw to cut them! We will talk about the different ways to use them, and why they are so beneficial for our health. They can boost our immunity, help us deal with stress and fatigue, improve allergies, prevent cancer growth, and rejuvenate our brains, all of this thanks to amazing constituents like anti-oxidants, beta-glucans, lectins, and polysaccharide-K. PSK is actually the most sold anti-cancer drug in Japan. Mushrooms can even produce Vitamin D if they were exposed to the sun.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation! Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and health case studies through my Ko-Fi membership and donation site. This is a convenient and pleasant way to deepen your studies in Herbalism and have me as your guide and teacher by your side, on this journey. Thank you so much! Your contribution also supports the creation of this podcast and keeps me going, sharing this knowledge with all of you.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Our liver does a lot of heavy work for us every day, let's make sure it stays healthy! Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise, but luckily, in its early stages, it is reversible. Understanding the mechanism makes it obvious that weight control and insulin resistance play a big role. We will discuss some herbs that help us to keep our blood glucose levels stable, like bitter melon and fenugreek. You will also learn how nervines and adaptogens can have a beneficial effect. But of course, we will also look deeply into liver herbs, also called hepatics, or hepatoprotectives which are the main pillar to improving the health of our liver. Some of my favorites are milk thistle seeds, burdock and dandelion root, tap root vegetables like beets and carrots, Turmeric, Schisandra berry and Celandine!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

This week I will post a video for my Ko-Fi supporters of my tour through a Chinese Supermarket, looking for medicinal herbs and explaining what I found! And yes, they had bitter melon in the produce section! I am posting herbal inspiration videos every week, and one full herbal class a month (soon more frequently!) for my Ko-Fi members, so make sure you are signed up! This is a fun way to learn and it supports the creation of this podcast. Thank you for your interest in Herbalism, you are helping to keep this knowledge alive!

Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild, and my specialization is in Thyroid Health.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Let's look into Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome and how herbs can possibly help. This is for educational purposes only. Always seek medical help if needed. Long Covid can be serious and should not be left untreated. Let's look into some natural healing strategies that might be of benefit to strengthen your body! The herbs discussed apply to the recovery process after illness, especially ongoing fatigue, and are rooted in the wisdom of traditional systems like Ayurveda and TCM, or modern scientific research. We talk about adaptogens like Schisandra berry and Cordyceps which also support lung function and adaptogens that can give us our energy and stamina back, like Eleuthero, Rhodiola, and Ginseng. Gotu Kola is my favorite nervine from Ayurveda, it not only helps with brain fog and concentration but is said to restore loss of sense of smell and taste! 

Get access to exclusive videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). For the price of a cup of coffee (or herbal tea in this case!) you get my cold and flu protocol with all herbs and dosages that I posted a few weeks ago, and a video with my deep dive into Ginger, which is such a versatile and tasty herb! I show you how I make my ginger tea and other preparations and we discuss the many benefits, from immunity, over throat ache to migraines! Last week's video was about Astragalus and my favorite and very tasty way to take it and this week I show you my beautiful flowering almond trees and the medicine that hides in them.  If you join my membership program on ko-fi (monthly donation), you get access to all of these and future videos and posts, which are created to help you on your herbal learning journey and to inspire you. Let me be your guide and teacher! Thank you so much for supporting the creation of this podcast and of my Youtube Channel!

We are also starting with our case studies, this is the middle tier of the ko-fi membership, which is a very accessible way to get actual personalized health advice on a problem, which could be about your own or a friend's health issue. This is an amazing opportunity to look over the shoulder of a practising, clinical herbalist, and watch me going through the assessment process and creating a personalized, real herbal health protocol for somebody (this could be you!). We can all learn so much from this!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. You can enter the drawing to win a free health consultation package, just send me an email after writing the review and let me know that you want to get a chance to win!

Online Health Consultations are available through my website: www.herbalhelp.net 

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Yes, herbs can support us in aging more gracefully! Happy, healthy aging means avoiding the typical diseases that make us miserable or lead to early death. What we need are effective medicinal plants that can help us stay fit and juicy, balance our stress hormones, immune system, blood sugar, and cholesterol, control inflammation, prevent cancer, and improve bone and skin health! Adaptogens tick many of these boxes, for example, Medicinal Mushrooms like Cordyceps and Reishi, He Shou Wu (Fo-Ti), Ginseng, Ashwagandha and Schisandra. Astragalus for immunity, Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory, and Gotu Kola for nerve, skin and bone health!

Give a health consultation as a meaningful Christmas gift to a loved one! Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠⁠⁠⁠to book a free 20-minute call⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find out if you would like to book health consultations and how this would work. I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Sign up for the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Herbal Inspiration Membership on Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get access to over 20 of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs safely and effectively! Topics of pre-recorded classes are Adaptogens, Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, Ayurveda, Herbal Oils, and more!

Your monthly or one-time contribution through the Ko-Fi membership ⁠https://ko-fi.com/tamaraherbalist⁠ supports the creation of this podcast and my YouTube Channel! Thank you!

Check out the new videos on my YouTube Channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Herbal Help by Tamara⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow me on Instagram: ⁠⁠herbal.help⁠⁠

Join my ⁠⁠free herbal channel on Telegram!⁠⁠  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then ⁠⁠click this link to join my channel.⁠⁠

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the ⁠⁠contact form on my website⁠⁠. 

Digging deeper into VPK, or Vata Pitta and Kapha, the Ayurvedic doshas! Let's learn how we can keep our dosha in balance throughout our life, throughout the seasons and in our everyday life. There are so many choices we can take throughout our daily life that can aggravate our dosha, which means it will get worse or will tame and balance it, which is the wiser choice! What is the ideal dosha to look for in a partnership so you can balance each other out? Which of the doshas lives the longest? Who craves sweet food, who craves fatty food, and who is the most prone to addictions? I couldn't stop weaving anecdotes into this episode, but I think it will help you make sense of VPK! We'll go a bit deeper into Pitta dosha today, representing fire-water, but I cover useful info for all three doshas!

Get access to exclusive videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). For the price of a cup of coffee (or herbal tea in this case!) you get my cold and flu protocol with all herbs and dosages that I posted a few weeks ago, and a video with my deep dive into Ginger, which is such a versatile and tasty herb! I show you how I make my ginger tea and other preparations and we discuss the many benefits, from immunity, over throat ache to migraines! Watch the video about Astragalus and my favorite and very tasty way to take it, and the video where I show you my beautiful flowering almond trees and the medicine that hides in them. Last weeks video was about Eleuthero an amazing adaptogen! If you join my membership program on ko-fi (monthly donation), you get access to all of these and future videos and posts, which are created to help you on your herbal learning journey and to inspire you. Let me be your guide and teacher! Thank you so much for supporting the creation of this podcast and of my Youtube Channel!

We are also starting with our case studies, this is the middle tier of the ko-fi membership, which is a very accessible way to get actual personalized health advice on a problem, which could be about your own or a friend's health issue. This is an amazing opportunity to look over the shoulder of a practicing, clinical herbalist, and watch me going through the assessment process and creating a personalized, real herbal health protocol for somebody (this could be you!). Or I can help you to identify your dosha and how to balance it! We can all learn so much from this!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. You can enter the drawing to win a free health consultation package, just send me an email after writing the review and let me know that you want to get a chance to win!

Online Health Consultations are available through my website: www.herbalhelp.net

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

This is the second part of herbs in Pregnancy. Join Tamara, licensed midwife and professional herbalist in this in-depth discussion of herbs that safely strengthen immunity in pregnancy and beyond, and how to manage constipation herbally during pregnancy. We discuss herbs like Echinacea, Elderberry, Astragalus, and mushrooms as gentle immune tonics, and several herbs to promote bowel movements like the ayurvedic formula Triphala. You will learn how and when to best take these herbs and the exact dosing for effectiveness. If you are working as a Doula, Midwife, or you are yourself having a baby, you will find valuable time and science-proven tips in this episode. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

Let's formulate an herbal winter tea blend! Or actually, no matter what the season is currently, let's learn about some basic herbal formulation principles which take climate and season into account. This is what's in my favorite decoction at the moment and how I make it: First I boil a few slices of Ginger with Dandelion root and a teaspoon full of my so-called Chai base (freshly ground up Cinnamon, Cardamom, Clove and long Pepper/Pippali), and I simmer this for 30 minutes. Then I add my aromatic flowers and leaves, Chrysanthemum, Tulsi and Spearmint and steep for 5 to 10 minutes. To balance the bitterness I sometimes add a few green dried Stevia leaves or chopped Licorice root for sweetness. Can you guess the therapeutic benefits of this combination? How could you adapt this blend to YOUR specific needs and seasonal circumstances? Maybe you want to add a bit of Eleuthero root for more energy, Burdock to keep your skin clear through liver support, or something moistening/demulcent to balance the potential dryness of the herb blend, like Linden (Tilia) or Marshmallow root, or maybe some extra digestive support with Fennel and Anise. It's more about grasping the concept and experimenting for yourself! Enjoy!

Would you like to come to my online classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, and the reduced price is available for all who sign up before the end of December! You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other apps, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! 

Runny nose, itchy eyes and pharmaceutical antihistaminics make you drowsy? No worries, we have holistic remedies that work even better and strategies to address the root issue! Let's dig into some of the ayurvedic theories to explain hay fever and draw from the wisdom of global herbalism to get effective short and long-term relief. Some of the herbs covered are Nettle, Astragalus, Elecampane, Schisandra, Turmeric, Chrysanthemum, Elderflower, Cubeb Berry, Pippali and Guduchi, which we can choose based on their drying and warming, cooling, and/or immune-boosting action, depending on which of the doshas, Vata, Pitta and Kapha, seems most out of balance! We will also discuss some really helpful vitamins and minerals.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation! Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other!

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). Your one-off or monthly recurring contribution (membership) supports the creation of this podcast and helps me reach my goal of buying a good microphone (the one I am using is borrowed). Or just buy me a coffee (a cup of herbal tea actually) to say thanks for the podcast! Thank you so much!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Meet Kava, the herb of relaxation and good vibes! In this episode, we're diving deep into the enchanting world of Kava, the Pacific's best-kept secret for finding calm amidst the chaos. Join me as we uncover the magic behind this ancient herbal drink and its incredible benefits. We'll share stories from across the Pacific, where Kava has been cherished for generations as a pathway to tranquility and social bonding. Discover how this unique herb has found its way into modern cultures, offering an alternative to our go-go-go lifestyles.

From the soothing effects on stress and anxiety to its potential to enhance sleep and mood, Kava's benefits are simply too good to ignore. Tune in to learn the art of preparing and savoring Kava, as we explore different traditional and contemporary methods.

Kava online sources in Europe:

https://kavaeurope.eu/

https://kavaha.eu/

https://gaiastore.eu/en/?s=kava+root+powder

Worldwide:

https://www.realkava.com/

https://kavasociety.nz/

(and many other sites) these are not affiliate links

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠to book a free 20 min call⁠ to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Check out the new videos on my YouTube Channel! ⁠Herbal Help by Tamara

Would you like to learn more? Join the classes! Upcoming topics are Ayurvedic Herbs, Chinese Herbs, and how to use and make herbal-infused oils!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

This is our last part of the Ayurvedic Doshas Series! Today we'll talk about Kapha, and about anything that I forgot to mention in the last two parts! We will circle back to a few herbs for each of the doshas. To help you with your note-taking, here they are:

Vata: Ashwagandha, Haritaki, Ginger, Fennel (and all other carminatives/digestive herbs), Cinnamon, warming, moistening herbs in general. Some hot herbs can be drying, for example Turmeric and Black Pepper, so caution here.

Pitta: Amla (part of Triphala), Cucumber and Celery juice, Neem, Aloe Vera, Shatavari, Coconut Oil for Abhyanga (full body oil massage).

Kapha: Black Pepper (warming and drying! perfect) can be taken in the morning with a teaspoon of honey. Bibitaki (part of Triphala), Ginger, Turmeric, Cloves, Ginseng (warming and stimulating, win-win), and Mustard Seed Oil for Abhyanga oil massage.

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). Your one-off or monthly recurring contribution (membership) supports the creation of this podcast and helps me reach my goal of buying a good microphone (the one I am using is borrowed). Thank you so much!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. 

Online Health Consultations are available through my website: www.herbalhelp.net

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Coffee, black and green Tea, Mate, Guarana, Kola Nut, and Cacao all have something in common: Methylxanthines aka Caffeine. Coffee and Tea are the most taken herbs in the world and most of us consume them daily. What are the benefits? And are there any downsides? What are the alternatives? Herbalist Tamara digs deep into the weeds once again, in this info-packed episode! Learn about the subtle differences of tea, coffee, and cacao and some amazing herbal alternatives which do not contain any stimulants but still beat fatigue and increase your energy! Tonic herbs from Traditional Chinese Medicine like Ginseng, Schizandra, Codonopsis, and He Shou Wu. Ashwagandha from Ayurveda and Siberian Ginseng, from, well, from Siberia, aka Eleuthero root.

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

Some Herbs get suddenly and randomly trendy for no specific reason and taken out of their context, the original natural healing system that they were used in. In this episode Professional Herbalist Tamara explains why we misunderstand popular herbs like Maca root, Astragalus, and Tulsi, and use them in the wrong way, wrong dose, wrong duration, or with unrealistic expectations about their effects. One of the biggest problems in Natural Health today is the misinformation on the internet, and the abysmal imbalance between the many herbal products that we have available to us today, and the few thoroughly educated Herbalists and Natural Practitioners who could help us understand the correct applications of these herbs. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

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Take your herbs in a more effective way and to get better results, by avoiding these common mistakes! Would you like to book a health consultation for yourself or a loved one? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to book a free 20-minute call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find out if you would like to book health consultations and how this would work. I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

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Gotu Kola, Gingko, Bacopa, and many other medicinal herbs and supplements can support our brain health, sharpen our thinking and memory and even help with mental issues like ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, and Alzheimer's. So different these health issues are at first glance, many of those have the same underlying issues like lack of circulation to the brain, low-grade inflammation, and nutrient deficiencies. Luckily we have amazing natural remedies, including herbs and nutritional supplements, which have proven their effectiveness in scientific studies over and over again. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

We all know Cacao as the wonderful plant that chocolate is made of, but its benefits go way beyond that! Cacao has medicinal properties, is high in antioxidants and can energize you gently and lift your mood! I will share my experience of living for several years on a Cacao farm in Brazil, and the process of harvesting, fermenting, drying and roasting the cacao beans. You will also learn the best way to make a tea of cacao, which is not by using the nibs or beans, but by using the husk! The beans/nibs are high in fat, so water extraction (tea) is not the best way to use them. Of course, the main medicine is in the beans, which is the main part to use medicinally, and a moderate daily dose of them can give many health benefits, and tastes delicious!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

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Get access to my herbal online classes! Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! These are some of the topics that you will learn about: Medicinal Mushrooms, Herbs for Winter Depression, Cold and Flu Remedies, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

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Chances are you have asked yourself if you have food intolerances, they are so common today as a result of our modern diet and lifestyle. Symptoms range from gas and bloating to headaches and fatigue. Elimination diets can be helpful initially, but they don't treat the underlying cause, and there is the risk of developing other intolerances or even auto-immune diseases. So what can we do about this? The solution lies in a thoughtful multi-step herbal protocol, that includes repairing your digestive tract and rebalancing your immune system.

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This week I will post a new case study for my Ko-Fi supporters, one of my listeners submitted their health case to me and I made a video for all of you, to get deeper insights into the creation of a specific herbal protocol. You can also check out the new video about how to make your own herbal capsules and many other that I have posted so far. I am posting herbal inspiration videos every week or so, and at least one full herbal class or detailed case study a month for my Ko-Fi members, so make sure you are signed up! This is a fun way to learn and it supports the creation of this podcast. Thank you for your interest in Herbalism, you are helping to keep this knowledge alive!

Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild, and my specialization is in thyroid health, auto-immune diseases, fatigue, hormonal balance and digestive health.

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Adaptogens and tonic herbs in general are my favorite category of medicinal herbs, and I use them a lot for myself and clients in my health practice. They are safe and non-toxic and help us deal with stress, improve the immune system, regulate hormones, and improve our thinking, mood, anxiety, and fatigue. Absolute all-rounders to help us deal with modern life's challenges! Let's learn about the difference between central nervous system stimulants like coffee, and adaptogens. In a nutshell, coffee depletes your energy and adaptogens actually build up your energy reserves, in the long term. Some of the more known adaptogens are Eleuthero, Ginseng, Schisandra, Reishi, and Rhodiola, but there are a lot more that are less known but equally effective.

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

Would you like to come to my live classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, more about adaptogens and tonic herbs for the brain, including memory, focus, ADHD, and anxiety. You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and to the whole class of last week and some herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

The art and science of the perfect bowel movement! Do you think you don't have constipation? Think again! Let's discuss, transit time, consistency, frequency and herbs that can help us to get regular. All disease starts in the gut, so this is a serious topic. Luckily Herbalism has all the answers and many options to create the perfect gut protocol. We discuss fibers and demulcents, like psyllium, flaxseed and dried prunes, Magnesium with its osmotic action that draws more moisture to the bowels, and herbs with a laxative or purgative action like Senna, Cascara Sagrada, Aloe, Rhubarb root, and Haritaki which is an herb from Ayurveda, part of the popular formula Triphala. These herbs act on the peristalsis of the large intestine, that's why we also call them squeezers. But there is even more to perfect digestion, like Probiotics, herbs that dispel gas and enhance our digestive fire called carminatives, bitters and non-herbal ways for a better experience on the toilet, like squatting.

Get access to exclusive videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). For the price of a cup of coffee (or herbal tea in this case!) you get my cold and flu protocol with all herbs and dosages that I posted last week, and a video with my deep dive into Ginger, which is such a versatile and tasty herb! I show you how I make my ginger tea and other preparations and we discuss the many benefits, from immunity, over throat ache to migraines! If you join my membership program on ko-fi (monthly donation), you get access to future videos and posts too, which are created to help you on your herbal learning journey. Let me be your guide and teacher! Thank you so much for supporting the creation of this podcast and of my Youtube Channel!

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. You can enter the drawing to win a free health consultation package, just send me an email after writing the review and let me know that you want to get a chance to win!

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Would you like to learn more about medicinal plants and natural healing and maybe even become an Herbalist? This episode is for you! My name is Tamara, I am a professional Herbalist and I share with you my top 10 tips on how to deepen your plant knowledge in 2022! Or any time of course! To help you stick to regular times for plant studies, I have created a membership program where you get access to exclusive weekly videos with herbal study inspiration and mini-classes! You will receive an email with the link to the videos, and/or you can join my private Telegram Channel to watch the videos and ask me questions.

You can sign up under this link here, in exchange for a little monthly donation at the price of a coffee!  https://ko-fi.com/tamaraherbalist 

Some of my top tips for taking your plant learning journey to the next level are: 

• Don't try to memorize, learn by osmosis, immersion, and hands-on experience  
• Look for teachers you find inspiring and easy to listen to 
• Do the practice of the herb of the week, of the month, and of the season to get really intimate with an herb 
• Go outside and learn to identify the wild plants around you, even if you live in the city. I use an App called Plant Net 
• Create commitment to your weekly herbal study practice 
• Make herbal preparations, like tinctures, tea blends, and infused oils 
• Share what you've learned and give herbal advice to others! Don't wait until you're "ready"! Even if you know only one herb and three ways to use it, you know more than most people!  

and much more!

Health Consultations are available through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! 

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

Buy me a coffee, or actually, a cup of herbal tea! Your donation makes the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel possible! Your regular monthly donation (membership) is greatly appreciated and gives you access to exclusive weekly videos with herbal inspiration like mini-classes, herb walks, plant preparations and the practice of the herb of the week! You can also ask me your questions! I am here to be your guide and teacher on this exciting learning journey! Sign up for the membership or give your one-time donation under this link.

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Liver cleanses and detoxes are widely popular and discussed on the Internet and it can be difficult to weed out the myths from the truth. Professional Herbalist Tamara shares insights about effective, liver-supporting herbs and strategies from Ayurveda, TCM, and Phytomedicine. Which health conditions benefit from liver rejuvenation and detox, and which type of person should be careful which harsh detoxes, based on their body type and pre-existing conditions like blood sugar issues. Tamara shares her recipes for Turmeric Golden Milk, Kitcharee, and combining vegetables for juicing. Tipps about laxatives like Fiber and Triphala, and liver herbs that might grow right outside your door like Dandelion and Burdock root make this episode a valuable resource kit for listeners interested in natural remedies.

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

The herbs I take every day vary with time and the seasons but these are some of the herbs that I'm currently taking every day: medicinal Mushrooms like Cordyceps, Reishi and Lion's Mane, Dong Quai and He Shou Wu, two pretty amazing herbs from Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guggul, Aloe gel, Ashwagandha and Nutmeg (widely used in Ayurveda), and now in summer for its refreshing properties: Hibiscus cold-infusions with green Stevia leaf! Not to forget my digestive herbs, Fennel, Anise, Flaxseed, and Triphala or Haritaki! I will explain why and how I take these herbs and hopefully inspire you to take your herbs on a daily basis!

Not sure which herbs would be good for you to take, on a daily basis? Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠to book a free 20 min call⁠ to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Check out the new videos on my YouTube Channel! ⁠Herbal Help by Tamara

Would you like to learn more? Join the classes! Upcoming topics are Ayurvedic Herbs, Chinese Herbs, and how to use and make herbal-infused oils!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

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Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

Ashwagandha is an amazing herb for stress, anxiety, insomnia, energy and stamina from Ayurveda, but its popularity in the west also leads to many misconceptions. There are ideal and less ideal ways to take it, wrong assumptions about dosage and a lot of confusion about possible side effects. Let's shed some light on this outstanding herb for the benefit of our health! Ayurveda is part of my extensive, in-depth training in Herbal Medicine and Ashwagandha is an herb I almost can't imagine practicing without. It has helped to turn around the health of many of my clients, always embedded in a personalized health care protocol. But I see a lot of misconceptions about it being spread on the internet which I will address in this episode.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation! Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other!

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). Your one-off or monthly recurring contribution (membership) supports the creation of this podcast and helps me reach my goal of buying a good microphone (the one I am using is borrowed). Or just buy me a coffee (a cup of herbal tea actually) to say thanks for the podcast! Thank you so much!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

I enjoy making my own skin moisturizer out of tropical butters like shea butter, cacao and cupuaçu butter, melting those, and adding luxurious plant oils like Argan, Jojoba, and Seabuckthornfruit Oil for a creamy consistency. I don't have to add any preservatives or emulsifiers because I don't add water to those creams. Instead, I spray my face with Rose Water or Witch Hazel Hydrolate before applying the face balm for added moisture and a toning, pore-refining effect. Lavender and Cistus grow abundantly around me, so I use them to make my own herbal-infused oils, which I use directly as a body oil, or in my creams. Some oils have strong medicinal properties, you don't even have to infuse herbs into them, like Andiroba and Copaiba Oil from Brazil, and many others. Learn more about herbal oils in my upcoming online class by signing up for the ⁠⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠⁠!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: ⁠www.herbalhelp.net⁠ Or click on my calendar ⁠to book a free 20 min call⁠ to get your questions answered directly or just for a meet and greet! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

Check out the new videos on my YouTube Channel! ⁠Herbal Help by Tamara

Would you like to learn more? Join the classes! Upcoming topic: Botanical Oils, Ayurvedic Herbal oils and how to make your own herbal-infused oils!

If you sign up for the ⁠Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi⁠ you will get the Zoom link to upcoming classes, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for the Nervous System, Medicinal Mushrooms, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you! Classes include a Q&A part with me, to answer all of your herbal questions, and to share which herbs you are taking and your experience with them so students can learn from each other in a classroom setting. We are a really lovely group of people from different parts of the world and would love to welcome you!

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! 

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram!  You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. 

Visiting Scotland and marveling at the juicy blackberries, rosehips, hawthorn, and elderberries led me to ponder about the history of Western Herbalism and our relationship to the plants that grow around us. Why do we use the pants we use? What is our role in preserving and passing on the knowledge? How did our perception of health and healing change through history? And, where are we now?

I visited the amazing Scottish Wild Food Festival organized by a team around Rox Madeira who I found through listening to her podcast "The Sage's Cabin". It was lovely to meet her and her family at the festival, and we enjoyed taking part in so many activities, from herb walks to workshops and trying wild foods and herbs in beautiful nature. I'm so thankful for this experience.

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! I will also share some herb pictures from my Scotland trip! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

Would you like to come to my live classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, more about adaptogens and tonic herbs for the brain, including memory, focus, ADHD, and anxiety. You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and to the whole class of last week and some herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and see if we are a good fit! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help

If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

Luckily we have many very effective herbs for sleep available that can help with the occasional or even chronic Insomnia. I love resolving people's sleep issues with herbs, because not only they are so happy to have found a cure, but they also turn into firm believers in the power of herbs! We discuss plants like Valerian, Hops, Passionflower, Chamomile, Poppy Seed, Lavender, Wild Lettuce, Skullcap, and supplements like Melatonin, Tryptophan and 5HTP. You will learn how to use them and for which situation they are best suited. You will also learn how to use my favorite sleep herb, which is the only one that not only puts you to sleep but also keeps you asleep for 8 hours straight. You might have it in your kitchen and with my detailed instructions on how to safely use it, you can try it out tonight! 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

Youtube Channel: "Herbal Help by Tamara"

Why I don't like to be called a homeopath, by mistake, because being an Herbalist I work in a way practically opposite to what Homeopathy is based on and both systems have pretty much no overlap at all. What is the allopathic model versus the homeopathic model, and what are the striking differences of both systems. Why I stopped using homeopathy, not because I have anything against it, but because discovering real, actual herbs that have a smell, taste, color and form are so much more satisfying and often also more effective or let's say appropriate in certain situations. How do we know which therapies are important for each health complaint and type of person? 

In this episode, we go deep down the rabbit hole, from the very subtle therapies to the most invasive the modern medicine has to offer, how to weigh if there are appropriate to use, because of course, invasive therapies like surgery, suppressive pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy and radiation also erode our health, but might be necessary to save lives. Why I don't like natural medicines to be called alternative or complementary, as if the currently dominant model of modern medicine would be a superior choice in any case, which of course it isn't, given the inevitable side effects. But also because natural medicine can do things for our health that modern medicine cannot do, and vice versa. So they are not interchangeable. This episode is a bit less practical, more meta and philosophical, but I hope you enjoy it, it's definitely a discussion worth having to deepen our understanding of health and natural medicine. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

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Our nervous system, digestion and immune function are three areas to pay attention to during the holidays. Adaptogenic herbs help us to deal with stress, calming nervines keep everyone chill during family gatherings, and it's a good idea to take some carminative herbs to help us digest all that nice yummy food to minimize the damage and regret. Don't leave your herbs at home in case you go traveling, this is a time when you probably need them the most!

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Would you like to come to my online classes on zoom? We have exciting topics coming up, and the reduced price is available for all who sign up before the end of December! You can ask me your questions directly, in class, that's what I most enjoy about these classes, that we can actually discuss and interact. Please sign up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi and you will be notified about the next classes. You also get access to the recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos and mini-classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way!

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Of course, I couldn't really limit this to 5 herbs! So here are the 5 herbal categories that I think everybody should know how to use, to survive modern times! We have our adaptogens, digestive herbs (three different sub-categories here), calming nervines, which are what everybody thinks of when you hear the word nervines, but there are actually also stimulating nervines, not only calming ones, and last but not least, herbs for pain. These should get you through 95% of everything that might come at you in life!

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Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and posts through my ko-fi donation site (like Patreon). Your one-off or monthly recurring contribution (membership) supports the creation of this podcast and helps me reach my goal of buying a good microphone (the one I am using is borrowed). Thank you so much!

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

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Is a daily multivitamin enough or a waste of effort? Can we get all our nutrients from food or why do so many people, even in the modern world, have sub-clinical nutrient deficiencies? In this episode, health professional Tamara Hiller explains how she has changed her view on supplements over time because of the latest research and her direct experience and she talks about the results she sees in the health of her clients in her daily work. Which nutrients are we usually most deficient in, in our western societies of the overfed but undernourished? Learn how we can use intentional high-doses of nutrients to treat specific conditions in an almost pharmacological but very safe way. What is orthomolecular medicine and where do supplements fit into an overall health protocol that includes medicinal herbs and how to individually adapt dosage ranges for each person's need. An in-depth discussion by Licensed Midwife and Professional Herbalist Tamara Hiller.

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

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Licensed Midwife and Professional Herbalist Tamara gives you the ins and outs of drinking Red Raspberry Leaf Tea in Pregnancy, which dose should women take in which trimester of pregnancy, and how to exactly prepare the tea for maximum benefits. We discuss how to make nourishing herbal infusions from mineral-rich herbs to create our own potent mineral supplement in pregnancy. We talk about Anemia and the pros and cons of treating it with herbs or with supplements in pregnancy and what helps with morning sickness including tips on how to support the liver. This episode is helpful for anybody working with pregnant women, Doulas, Midwives, and for the pregnant Mums themselves. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

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Medicinal Mushrooms can be a powerful part of an herbal health protocol. Let's look at some case studies of my clients, to illustrate how mushrooms fit into a health plan and can help to address the underlying cause of immune system imbalance, allergies, skin conditions like asthma and eczema, memory loss, brain function, anxiety, insomnia, cancer prevention, and fatigue.

Here is the link to the in-depth class about medicinal mushrooms!

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Come and join the monthly herbal online classes! Our next topic is the nervous system and we will dive deep into herbs like Gotu Kola, Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Rhodiola, Gingko, Valerian, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Kava e Lavender. Each of these herbs works in a totally different way, so it's important to understand how we would exactly use them. Ayurveda gives us good insights into the underlying root causes of nervous system imbalance and how this is related to digestive issues. What you will learn applies to nervousness, stress, anxiety, moodiness, and insomnia, but also seemingly unrelated problems like digestive, hormonal, skin, allergies, and other imbalances that can have their origin in a nervous system imbalance.

Mark your calendar and join me live to get your questions answered!

Monday 13th of March (part 1), Monday 17th of April (part 2) (recordings will be available)

Time: Lisbon-London 6pm / Berlin 7pm / Los Angeles 10am / New York 1pm

If you are already signed up for the Herb Student Membership on Ko-Fi you will get the zoom link, the recording of the class, and you will immediately unlock the video recordings of 20plus of my herbal videos, classes, and herbal case studies! A lot of great material to help you learn and deepen your understanding of medicinal herbs and empower you to use herbs in a safe and effective way! Topics of past classes are Herbs for Winter Depression, Cold and Flu Remedies, Immune Support, Hormonal Balance, Herbs for the Brain, and more!

I'm looking forward to being with you!

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You can take your herbs in many different ways, as tea, decoction, in form of a tincture, or encapsulated to just name the most commonly used preparations. And there are huge differences in the therapeutic effect, depending on the herb, and the form of taking your herb is not always interchangeable. Traditional Chinese Medicine uses mainly decoction, a form of tea where you boil the herb for several hours, which is a practical way to use herbs for the usual higher doses in TCM. In tincture form, you basically dilute your herb with alcohol, and you might not be getting a sufficiently high dose if you take only a couple of drops per day. Tinctures are practical for very potent herbs, where the dose doesn't have to be high, or when you don't have time to make tea, and for traveling. Ayurveda, on the other hand, uses often herbs in powder form, which also has certain advantages and disadvantages. The good old basic tea or infusion might be one of the most ancient ways of taking your herbs, but don't think you can always rely on the small amounts that are in the average tea bag. This might not be enough to get a therapeutic effect, and dried bulk herbs by the pound might be the way to go! You will definitely learn a lot in this episode! 

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Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

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Which herbs are safe to take in pregnancy and is erring on the side of caution our best bet? Midwife and Herbalist Tamara explains different considerations in this important and tricky issue. So we do agree that we have to be cautious about emmenagogues in pregnancy. But herbs that bring on menstruation are not necessarily abortifacients and what is exactly is an emmenagogue anyway? Herbal literature doesn't always agree on that. Do animal model studies have any practical value at all or are they not transferable to humans in real life conditions? What about historical actual experience with herbs, what if science contradicts it? Are we losing our tools, the herbs, if women listen more to unfounded warnings on the internet than listening to actual experts? Hope you enjoy this deep-dive into the subject, no easy answers guaranteed but with a lot to think about and research further! 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

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Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

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Let's discuss some herbs that can help with fatigue, exhaustion and even complete burn-out. Exhausted mom syndrome anyone? Being tired in itself might not be a dangerous health concern, but we also shouldn't ignore it until the point of no return. Fatigue can be seriously depressing and keep us from living our full potential. To understand the mechanism of fatigue we can get great insights from Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, both have a much more holistic view of health than our modern western approach. In TCM there is the concept of Jing and Chi, forms of energy. Chi is renewable, but regarding the Jing, we have only a certain amount from birth on, and we are constantly leaking Jing. The goal is to slow down the leaking of Jing through food, herbs and lifestyle changes! A similar concept in Ayurveda would be Ojas, a form of concentrated energy stored in the body. We will discuss types of food that replenish ojas. By the way, fasting and certain detoxes can also deplete ojas, so they are not advisable if we are in a current state of deep-seated fatigue. On the herbal side, we discuss adaptogens which are amazing in restoring our strength and stamina and making us more resistant to stress. Some can be quite energizing! A good long-term fix for low energy levels.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation! Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other!

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and health case studies through my Ko-Fi donation site. Your one-off or monthly recurring contribution (membership) supports the creation of this podcast and helps me reach my goal of buying a good microphone (the one I am using is borrowed). Or just buy me a coffee (a cup of herbal tea actually!) to say thanks for the podcast! Thank you so much!

Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel.

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

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Send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?

In this episode, I talk about adaptogens, what they are and how this category of herbs, which are mainly roots, work for our health. Ginseng is the classic adaptogen, or tonic herb, as it would be called in Traditional Chinese Medicine, but there are many other herbs that have similar benefits, like Ashwagandha, Rhodiola and Eleuthero which is also called Siberian Ginseng. We talk about similarities to the concept of Rasayanas in Ayurvedic Medicine and Kidney Yang Tonics in TCM, and I also mention the herb Shatavari which is maybe not a full adaptogen in the strict definition, because it has a more specific action on the female hormones whereas adaptogens have a more broad action and help with stress. But anyway, you will learn a lot about Adaptogens in this info-packed episode and how to use these herbs in the correct dose for optimal health results!

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

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Let's raise awareness for hormonal fluctuations in the lives of women that make us cyclical beings, but let's not normalize period pain and PMS, because for those we have effective and safe herbal remedies! Let's talk about Vitex (Agnus Castus), Shatavari, and Dong Quai as hormonal regulators, but also liver herbs to reduce the effects of toxic estrogen metabolites like milk thistle seeds and supplements like DIM and sulforaphane, and also really important, our gut microbiome/estrobolome, which we can improve by eating a fiber-rich diet and taking probiotics if necessary. For period cramps we have herbs to regulate blood and circulation, and to lower inflammation, like hawthorn berries and rosehips! And of course, calming herbs and nervines like chamomile, hops, valerian, and adaptogens to support our mood and stress response like Rhodiola and Ashwagandha. No one has to keep suffering from PMS and period cramps!

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Let me take you beyond the usual Chamomile and Lemon Balm! As a mom, herbalist and midwife, I will share some of our favorite family herbs for each phase of childhood including real-life tips on how to actually get these herbs into your kids. I asked my children to share their favorite herbs with you!

Are glycerites a necessary replacement for tinctures? Can kids swallow capsules? My favorite Chinese Herb for kids, Astragalus, which is so easy to incorporate into food, because it actually tastes good. How not to waste money on expensive kids' products. How to figure out the appropriate dose for kids. Which categories of herbs should be avoided? Digestive remedies, help for cuts and scrapes, garlic ear oil, cures for pain, and mushroom powders for immunity! We cover a lot of ground here, and this is not the usual repetitive advice you'll find when searching herbs for kids on the internet!

Please recommend this episode to your friends who are parents! Getting kids started on herbs early in life, pays off in the long run!

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Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other!

Get access to exclusive weekly inspirational herbal videos and health case studies through my Ko-Fi membership and donation site. This is a convenient and pleasant way to deepen your studies in Herbalism and have me as your guide and teacher by your side, on this journey. Thank you so much! Your contribution also supports the creation of this podcast and keeps me going, sharing this knowledge with all of you.

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

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Improving our mental health, sleep and overall health are some examples of how Herbalism can help us get through this pandemic, which goes way beyond possible treatments for Covid. We all have had our share of despair, financial worries, loneliness or anxiety, and these are definitely areas where herbs can shine! Dig into the weeds with me and let us explore some concrete ways how herbs can help us with their uplifting, calming or sedating effect when you need a good night of sleep or get relief from depressive feelings and anxious thoughts. We are all in this together and it has been a long time. By the way, studying Herbalism can be a great way to soothe your nervous system, so that's another way to help with our pandemic aches and pains and get more self-reliant in our personal health care! In this episode, you will learn about herbs you might have never heard of, like Kapikacchu (Mukuna pruriens), or Gokshura (Tribulus Terrestris), and also meet some old friends like Rhodiola and Nutmeg. On a side note, but somehow I got carried away to talk about this today, you will also learn why our libido is an important health indicator and how to boost it naturally! I also share why I want to see the herb Tribulus not only on the male athletes' supplements shelves because this herb is important especially for women! We also sometimes need to boost our testosterone to lift our mood, self-esteem and yes, increase our libido.

Listen also to episode #6 titled "I've had it!" where I share with you the detailed Covid protocol that I used when I and my family came down with the Delta Variant of Covid last July. Many of you have asked me to get a pdf with all the dosages and herbs that I had mentioned written out, so I did that and want to make it available to all of you! You can have it for totally free, just write me an email through the contact form on my website or Instagram.

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Many people suffer from gas, bloating, belching or acid reflux also called GERD, on a regular basis. Some even consider these "minor issues", or normal, but in reality, these are serious indicators that things are not going as they should in your digestive system. These symptoms can indicate that you have reduced absorption of nutrients in the gut, and they can get worse over time and even lead to more serious health issues down the line like food intolerances and auto-immune diseases. Luckily, we have effective and safe herbs to get our gut health back into balance! In this episode, Herbalist Tamara talks about Ayurvedic theory around our digestive fire, which can help us understand why things go wrong and how to address them. You will also learn about supplements like Magnesium and Probiotics and how they work. 

Health consultations are available through www.herbalhelp.net.

Dive deeper into Herbalism with me! Get access to my exclusive weekly posts and videos with herbal inspiration for your plant studies! I will take you on herb walks, show you how to formulate herbs and make preparations, including mini-classes about what I call the herb of the week, herb of the month, and herb of the season practice which, if practiced regularly, will give you direct hands-on experience. Join the membership program for the price of a coffee a month and let me be your guide and teacher on your learning journey! You can also ask me questions.

Support the creation of the Podcast and Youtube Channel with your one-time or monthly donation! Thank you so so much!

Leave a review of this podcast here, to let others know about the show!

Write me through my contact form on my website www.herbalhelp.net or through messages on Instagram: herbal.help. I love to get feedback from my listeners!

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We had a few heat waves this summer, so I had plenty of opportunities to try out herbs and foods to stay cool! I made cold infusions instead of hot teas with cooling and moistening herbs like Hibiscus and Rose, and switched my regular body massage oil to cooling coconut oil. Ayurveda gives us lots of insights into the energetic qualities of herbs, and this includes how foods and herbs affect our body temperature. I will review a list of dietary recommendations for Pitta, because as we know Pitta is hot and wet, so this can give us some ideas about how to adapt our diet and herbal protocol during summer (Pitta time!). I will also mention some herbs for the lungs that are helpful if you have been close to a wildfire. In this case, we can combine cooling and demulcent herbs with lung tonics and expectorants. Plantain, Mullein, Licorice, Linden, Thyme, Coltsfoot, Elecampane, Schidsandra berry, Nettle, Cordyceps, Vasaka, and Astragalus come in very handy during emergencies like this.

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Would you like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through the contact form on my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help!

YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara

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If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link.

This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice.

Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast?