Integrative Herbalism & Wilderness Medicine with Sam Coffman

07/20/23 • 41 min

The Plant Spirit Podcast with Sara Artemisia

#46 - Join us for an amazing conversation with Clinical Herbalist & Teacher Sam Coffman on how incorporating multiple paradigms in clinical herbalism can support an effective and truly integrative approach to health.
In this episode, Sam shares first-hand experiences on working with the healing power of herbs in Echinacea, Comfrey, Horsetail, Prickly Pear, and others in wilderness medicine, wilderness first aid situations, and complex clinical cases.
He also offers deep wisdom on how his journey in many different realms of life including clinical herbalism, martial arts, the Special Forces, linguistics, philosophy, music, western medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has shaped his relationship with the Earth.
Sam Coffman (MSAOM, RH[AHG]) began his medical education in the Army as a Special Forces Medic (aka Green Beret medic) in 1989. Over the years that followed, he looked toward herbalism as a way to provide sustainable health care in remote and post-disaster regions for chronic, acute and physical trauma care.
Over the following three decades, Sam’s primary goal has become the creation of an integrative medical model that embraces vitalistic, TCM and western medical approaches to herbalism into a collaboration with western orthodox models of diagnosis and treatment for acute and chronic health care conditions.
Sam has taught herbalism for over 30 years and has worked as a clinical herbalist for over 15 years. He founded and runs Herbal Medics Academy (AKA The Human Path), which offers four primary programs - Clinical Herbalism, Austere Medicine, Advanced Medicine Making, and Family Herbalism.
You can find Sam at https://herbalmedics.academy and https://herbalfirstaidgear.com
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herbalmedicsam/ and https://www.instagram.com/thehumanpath/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ahgherbalmedic
On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHumanPath
Herbal Medic book: https://herbalfirstaidgear.com/product/the-herbal-medic-book/

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Black North American Herbalism with Shereel Washington

#45 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Herbal Teacher, Dancer, and Martial Artist Shereel Washington on the vital experience and lineage of Black North American Herbalism.
In this episode, Shereel shares herbal wisdom honoring her lineage of healing with Black Elders and why having a multicultural knowledge of plants helps us to understand them more fully. She also offers historical and familial stories of plants that she loves, and tips for people who would like to connect with a more multicultural approach to herbalism.
Shereel is an instructor at the Berkeley Herbal Center, Scarlet Sage's Community Classes, the Land of Verse Apprentice Herbal Certification Program, and at the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium (NCWHS).
She is a speaker and was a guest panelist for the Sonoma County Herb Exchange Live Virtual Panel: “Honoring The Roots,” Naomi Love’s: Wise Womb Way Virtual Symposium, and a three-time panelist on Women of Color: “Do You Walk In Our Shoes'' and "Sprouting Liberation" at the NCWHS.
Shereel also teaches Dance and Qigong at the Deep Root Center for Spiritual Studies MOVE: Spirit & Rhythm Dance Program in Oakland, CA, and she is the Founder of Ixalted natural body care & botanicals.
You can find Shereel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ixaltednaturalbody/
On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ixaltednaturalbody

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Deepening Connection with the Natural World with Yarrow Willard

#47 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Clinical Master Herbalist Yarrow Willard (aka Herbal Jedi) on building relations with the natural world and bridging the connection between our internal and external environments.
In this episode, Yarrow shares deep herbal wisdom on how plants and wild spaces support the experience of grounding and realignment. He offers profound insight into how plants speak in a pattern language and the value of staying connected to a sense of childlike wonder on the plant path.
Yarrow also shares about his experience with some amazing medicinal plant teachers including Devil’s Club, Self Heal, Dandelion, Burdock, Blackberry, Hawthorn, and Plantain, and how they help with building resilience and reconnection from the inside out.
Yarrow Willard (aka Herbal Jedi) is a second generation Clinical/Master Herbalist who has spent his lifetime exploring the art and science of Plant Medicine and holistic health. As an educator, philosopher and medicine maker, he delivers rich and original content, focused on reclaiming health and deepening connection with the natural world. Yarrow's social channels and extensive collection of YouTube videos are packed with valuable knowledge and a healthy dose of inspiration.
Professionally, Yarrow is an international speaker and YouTuber by the name of The Herbal Jedi. He is Co-founder/Formulator at Harmonic Arts, Director of the Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine, and Co-creator of the Canadian Herb Conferences.
You can find Yarrow at: https://harmonicarts.ca/, https://herbconference.com/, https://herbconference.com/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herbal_jedi/, https://www.instagram.com/harmonic_arts/, https://www.instagram.com/canadian_herb_conference/
On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Herbaljedi/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Herbal_Jedi

The Plant Spirit Podcast with Sara Artemisia - Integrative Herbalism & Wilderness Medicine with Sam Coffman

Transcript

Sara Artemisia00:00:05.009

Welcome to the Plant Spirit Podcast on connecting with plant consciousness, and the healing wisdom of Nature. If you'd like to learn more on how to communicate directly with plants, visit www.learnplantlanguage.com. To register for the free workshop, that's www.learnplantlanguage.com. I'm your host, Sara Artemesia and I'm deeply honored to introduce our next guest to the show today. Sam Coffman is a Clinical Herbalist teacher and founder of