Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist Lucretia Jones Lucretia has been working and learning with plants for over twenty years and was first introduced to the wise woman tradition while living an artist's life in New York City. Her father had passed away three days prior to the World Trade Center collapse in 2001, and that uncertainty sent her on a quest to find more autonomy and connection with the natural world. Lucretia loves connecting people with plants. As a wise woman herbalist, her favorite times are spent meeting new and old plant friends wherever she happens to be. Sharing those relationships with other humans led her to create House of Lukaya in 2003. House of Lukaya, is a mobile and online source for offerings including plant medicine workshops, incense twists and other handicrafts, and a pocket Guide to Nourishing Herbal Infusions which she self published in 2018. Lucretia joined the board of Herbalist Without Borders in 2015 and is also on the planning team for the Black Tiny Home Festival, two organizations that are bringing communities together with nature as their guide. In 2019, she and her partner purchased land in Virginia where they are building a homestead from scratch. Throughout several changes in lifestyle and location, Lucretia has been making infusions consistently for many years and is excited to share her journey with you. She welcomes your communication at her website houseoflukaya.com, on Instagram @houseoflukaya, and at patreon.com/houseoflukaya.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Certified Psychotherapist Frances Pitt. Frances Pitt is founder of Frances Pitt Speaks, LLC, an International Professional Speaking and Training business. Frances brings twenty-five plus years of combined experience as an entrepreneur, professor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, Mosaic Diversity Trainer and Religious Science Practitioner. This experience allows her to speak and train with authority. She addresses some of the unspoken thoughts and behaviors of her participants, due to her many years as a Certified Psychotherapist. Frances most frequent requested seminar on a national and international level is “The Greatness You Are Seeking Is Also Seeking You.” According to Frances, this principle works when you apply it. This is scientific and spiritual laws working as one unit! Looking within to acknowledge blockages that one may or may not be aware of that are keeping one from reaching one’s highest possibilities is one of the areas addressed! Frances first entrepreneurial experience was the Co-creator of the Universal Counseling Clinic where she worked as the Associate Director and as a Psychotherapist. She later Worked as a Financial Planner for the fifth largest insurance company in the US and consistently received the Outstanding Presentation Award. She attributes her speaking skills from early training from various training she received from Les Brown .

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Carrie Kenner. Carrie has been helping people have babies since 1980. Her role as mother and grandmother are the most important teachers in her life. But the biggest impact she has on the world is as a birth doula trainer. Carrie has trained over 2000 doulas since 2004, and the ripples of love and support that all those doulas provide in the world help support her mission of "a more peaceful world by promoting healthy birth”. Carrie’s approach to doula training, urban farming, parenting and life is to do what you love, share your passion, and make all your actions lead to racial and social justice. Carries website is www.bigbellyservices.com this episode Q&A includes: • fever with cough- honey, proper dosing of echinacea, licorice, mullein.. • people that get colds and flus in their younger years have less cancer because their immune systems get a chance to work.. • elderberry tincture and yarrow tincture to prevent colds and flus.. • people that are not celiac that avoid gluten have higher incidence of type 2 diabetes.. • people who avoid dairy are more likely to have hip replacements.. • most important food for people with skin issues is full fat plain yogurt.. • soreness in the lymph nodes under the breasts- cleavers tincture or poke root tincture.. • elderberry kills flu virus's, linden infusion prevents colds and flus.. • psoriasis- linden infusion and hypericum oil.. • if your belly fat giggles and you can pinch it, embrace it.. • cancer- screening, treatment, recurrence..

Susun Weed answers your health questions followed by an 30 minute interview with real people making change. This weeks guest interview is with Carrie Aulenbacher. Carrie was born, raised and live in beautiful Erie, PA. Carrie is currently the Executive Administrative Assistant for the CEO of one of the largest family-owned logistics, trucking, and warehousing corporations, Lake Erie Logistics and Benco Leasing, in Erie where she has worked for the past 15 years. When she's not writing romance, she works for iUrban.org magazine and Fridge Magazine as a contributing writer and also enjoys working with other authors in customizing FB pages for them or doing author audits. this episode Q&A includes: • no liscensure or certification of any kind for an herbalist in the United States.. • Susun is a supporter of home herbalists using the herbs that grow right outside their door and sharing that knowledge freely- herbal medicine is peoples medicine! • invest in people being healthy.. • cold sore and herpes infections- hypericum oil and tincture.. • white pine needle can be harvested anytime of year.. • FDA and raw milk.. • 48 hours after rain to harvest herbs between the hours of 12pm and 2pm.. • burdock infusion and echinacea infusion to completely rid the body of herpes infection.. • when giving alcohol tincture to a cat always put in milk or cream.. • identifying flowering plants out of Peterson Field Guide • milk thistle tincture is a powerful protector of the liver from chemicals in the environment.. • when we know what we want we can attract that to us.. • carbon monoxide is not a pollutant to the plants.. • radiation is heavy and it sinks- cannot spread.. • only kelp seaweed has algin.. • wanting to conceive.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions