The School of Modern Herbal Medicine

10/30/2024

An important principle of effective herbalism is to match your remedies to people rather than the diseases they've been diagnosed with. In this video Kadhya and I discuss why this is important and how to do it.

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10/02/2024

Sunflowers are a source of edible seeds and oil and a remedy for dry cough. Their leaves are astringent and the flower essence of sunflower can aid balanced self-esteem.

Native to North America sunflowers have spread around the world and are widely used for both their edible seeds and oil. They are also underutilized as a plant medicine and can be used to help with dry irritating coughs, help with colds and aid a weak and stressed nervous system. Energetically they....

09/25/2024

I've long been fascinated with the energetics of different plant families. This was a great discussion about this topic with my good friend Patricia Kaminski of Flower Essence Services (FES). She has some amazing insights on this topic.

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09/23/2024

Chlorophyll makes plants green and is a valuable aid to human health. It's a natural deodorizer, aids detoxification, and aids blood flow. Read more https://stevenhorne.com/article/Chlorophyll-The-green-blood-of-plants-that-helps-the-red-blood-of-people

09/20/2024

I decided to feature a wild plant good for food, medicinal, and survival this week. Read about the many uses you can make for cattails. https://stevenhorne.com/article/Tasty-Cattails-A-wild-plant-useful-for-food-medicine-and-survival

09/11/2024

An herb is an herb is an herb, right? Wrong. The same herb can act in slightly different ways when taken in different dosage forms, such as capsules, tinctures, infusions, decoctions, etc. That's because different methods extract different parts of the plant. Watch this discussion with Thomas Easley and I to learn more.

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09/11/2024

An herb is an herb is an herb, right? Wrong. The same herb can act in slightly different ways when taken in different dosage forms, such as capsules, tinctures, infusions, decoctions, etc. That's because different methods extract different parts of the plant. Watch this discussion with Thomas Easley and I to learn more.

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09/03/2024

In my continuing conversations with Kimberly Balas about bloodwork, we discuss the problem of anemia. The fact that the body is low in iron doesn't mean that iron supplements are going to fix the problem. So, in this episode of Healthy Conversations Kim and I discuss how she reads bloodwork and determines the nutrients that are actually needed to help assimilate and utilize the iron so get where it needs to go and do what it needs to do. https://youtu.be/AA15tx_qX6g?si=O_UcjmPXQ9cIHQxc

09/03/2024

Mugwort is an interesting member of the Artemisia genus. It has some interesting nervous system properties and may help with dyslexia and intelligent, but ungrounded, people. https://stevenhorne.com/article/Mugwort-A-bitter-and-aromatic-herb-with-a-strong-affinity-for-the-female-reproductive

08/28/2024

Many people suffer from various levels of anxiety, a vague sense of nervousness and fear. In this Healthy Conversations podcast, I discuss strategies for helping reduce anxiety with herbalist Brigette Mars.

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08/21/2024

Hippocrates said "Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food," but few people prescribe food to help heal various ailments. Ellen Tart-Jensen is the exception. She routinely recommends specific foods to help people heal. Watch this informative video to learn more.https://youtu.be/xge8Kqu8tIc?si=HktDTe3rG05kpz9f

08/16/2024

I've used flower essences to help people deal with all kinds of mental and emotional problems with great success. In this podcast, Patricia Kaminski of Flower Essence Services and I discuss how flower essences work. Don't miss this interesting discussion of how plants can help us heal on a higher level.

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