Medicinal Ecologies: California Deserts – April 16, 2024

Join us for a celebration of flowers! Renée Camila covers some of her most-loved herbs in the form of flowers and ways to work with this medicine. Part two of our three part series. ⁠ Join us for our Spring Fund Drive. Help this 75 year old listener sponsored independent media public radio station thrive! The Herbal Highway has had our home on this radio station since 1997.⁠ The post Well-Loved Flowers – May 14, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join us for a celebration of leaves! Sarah Holmes covers some of her most-loved herbs in the form of leaves and ways to work with this medicine. Part one of our three part series. Fund Drive. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Hope Rivers on Unsplash The post Well-Loved Leaves – May 7, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Karyn Sanders for her tips and tricks for getting back to work in the garden at this time of year. Originally aired 05.03.2018. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.   The post Get in the Garden! – April 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Renée Camila and her guest Layla K Feghali for a conversation about embodied connection to ancestral medicine from the diaspora. Their discussion explores how colonial displacement relates to herbal traditions around birthwork, language, and belonging. Layla is a gifted plant storyteller and the author of The Land in Our Bones, which documents cultural herbal and healing knowledge from Syria to Sinai while interrogating colonialism and its lingering wounds on the cultures of our displaced world. Join us on Instagram and Facebook. The post Diaspora Medicine with Layla K Feghali – April 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join host Emiliano Lemus and guest Violet Moon for “Medicinal Ecologies,” an Herbal Highway series in which we explore the natural medicines present in California ecosystems. This month, we visit California’s deserts as well as the deserts’ unique healing herbs. Violet Moon is a clinical herbalist and native plant specialist based in Oakland, CA (unceded Lisjan Ohlone land). The post Medicinal Ecologies: California Deserts – April 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of skin health; the many factors that contribute to skin imbalances and the herbs to support this healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Tetiana Semenova on Unsplash The post Skin Health – April 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Renée Camila for an exploration of how to support the physical body during the transition from the cozy depths of winter into the sunny expansiveness of summer. Renée offers 4 plants and accompanying practices that invigorate and strengthen the pillars of holistic spring re-emergence: blood cleansing, digestive stimulation, lymphatic awakening, and adrenal/nervous system nourishment. Join us on Instagram. The post Springing into Action – April 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Chronic inflammation is the start of many diseases. Join Sarah Holmes for an investigation and exploration of inflammation; its role in our health and how it can harm us. Anti-inflammatory herbs will also be discussed. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash . The post Inflammation – March 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Has spring found you itchy-eyed and stuffy-nosed? Join host Emiliano Lemus for a show on seasonal and other allergies, including herbs for relief of symptoms and plant medicines for decreasing and preventing allergic responses. Originally aired 04.06.2021. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.   The post Allergies – March 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Sarah Holmes and her guest, Tanya Henderson of Sacred Roots Wellness for a look at preparing for spring with a focus on spring cleanses. Tanya is an herbalist, holistic nutritionist as well as a yoga instructor. Find more info [email protected] and @sacredrootswellness  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. The post Spring Cleanse with Tanya Henderson – March 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.