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The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook by James Green – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the book, The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook, A Home Manual by James Green.  If I had to rely on only one book on medicinal herbs and their use it would be this book. This book is hard to describe in a way as it is almost a dichotomy in itself.  On one hand it is extremely easy to read and highly approachable.  … Continue reading →

Episode-2262- Sara Chana Silverstein on Herbal Medicine

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Sara-Chana Silverstein is a master herbalist RH (AHG), classical homeopath, a board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), businesswoman, keynote speaker, wife, and mother of seven children. She is regularly featured on TV news shows discussing how people can integrate alternative and conventional medicine. She is a consultant to many pediatricians, surgeons, obstetricians, midwives, and is a guest lecturer for residents at New York-area medical schools. Besides being a Master Herbalist, she is also trained in classical homeopathy and am a International Board-Certified Lactation/Breastfeeding Consultant (IBCLC) where she has helped over 18,000 babies successfully breastfeed. As a doula, she has helped deliver over … Continue reading →

Episode-70- TSP Rewind – Making and Using Herbal Medicines

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally, Episode-1769- Making and Using Herbal Medicines and was first published on April 19, 2016. The following are the original show notes from that episode. Today we are going to cover Making and Using Herbal Medicines.  Note the making and using are not 100% connected.  What I mean is not only will I cover how to make your own and use those but also some off the shelf stuff you can buy and use as well. Sometimes you can’t get a certain herb, … Continue reading →

Episode-2125- Getting Started with Herbalism

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When I mentioned this show in passing a few weeks ago I figured it might have some interest, it turned out to have a LOT of interest so today we will take a dive into this subject.   Let’s start out with something that should be self evident.  Man has been using herbs safely for thousands of years, for as long as recorded history for that matter. Now there have always been “doctors”, “shamans”, etc with specialized higher knowledge.  At times genuine and at times not so much.  The key is though while there have always been some with specialized knowledge … Continue reading →

Episode-2113- Cat Ellis on Self Reliance though Herbal Medicine

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Cat Ellis is an herbalist and preparedness author from Southeastern, MA.  Cat is the author of Prepper’s Natural Medicine and Prepping for a Pandemic, and teaches evidence-based herbal medicine courses for self-reliance. Cat is also an urban homesteader, beekeeper, and midwifery student.  In addition to being a long-time fan of TSP, Cat Ellis hosts a weekly online radio show, Herbal Prepper Live, every Sunday evening on www.PrepperBroadcasting.com. She joins us today to discuss why people need to become more self-reliant by learning herbal medicine.  Our medical system is just as vulnerable as any other of our systems.  The CDC estimates … Continue reading →

Episode-1769- Making and Using Herbal Medicines

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Today we are going to cover Making and Using Herbal Medicines.  Note the making and using are not 100% connected.  What I mean is not only will I cover how to make your own and use those but also some off the shelf stuff you can buy and use as well. Sometimes you can’t get a certain herb, sometimes a more professional preparation of extraction is better, sometimes well you just need it and don’t have the time to make it. Remember that today show was chosen in the new voting poll for the shows on Tuesday, they are always … Continue reading →

Episode-1456- Sam Coffman on Herbal Medicines

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Today we are joined by former special forces solider and wilderness survival trainer Sam Coffman of TheHumanPath.com to discuss survival training, permaculture, rebuilding after collapse and more. The Human Path is an ecology-based, wilderness-survival and wilderness-living school offering a huge variety of outdoor, bushcraft classes (outdoor fitness, wilderness and primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self defense, teamwork and leadership, primitive engineering, permaculture certification, aquaponics, green building and much more) in both the San Antonio and Austin areas of Texas. Sam joins us today to discuss the role of herbal medicine in disaster scenarios and in everyday life.  Including his … Continue reading →

Episode-837- Matthew Stein on Prepping, Herbals, Self Reliance and More

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Matthew Stein is the author of When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival (Chelsea Green 11/16/2011). This book has received excellent advance praise from experts on survival and disaster preparedness. Stein is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. As the owner of Stein Design & Construction, he has built hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes.  The mechanical engineering side of his firm specializes in product design and development. Among other things, Mat has designed consumer water filtration devices, solar PV roofing panels, medical bacterial … Continue reading →

Episode-689- Dr. Kyle Christensen on Herbal and Alternative Remedies

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Join me today as I welcome Dr. Kyle Christensen who is one of the people behind our sponsor Western Botanicals.  Kyle is a Doctor of Chriopractic (D.C.), a Master Herbalist (M.H.) and a Naturopathic Doctor (N.D.). Today we will be discussing treating common and acute problems with herbal and natural remedies.  We will also discuss abuses in modern medicine and by the FDA along with our individual responsibilities to care for ourselves and demand more from our conventional doctors. Dr. Christensen created Western Botanicals with a sincere desire to establish “an herbalist in every home”.   Western Botanicals assist’s people in … Continue reading →

Episode-594- Herbal Actions Part 4

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Today we wrap up the four part series on Herbal Actions.   An herbal action is the specific effects any herb has on a body.  Most herbal guides list these actions and understanding them will improve your effectiveness with herbs. On this episode of The Survival Podcast we will review 10 more of 40 primary herbal actions which will wrap up our 4-part series. Today we cover the following ten herbal actions alterative, anticatarrhal, anti-oxidant, astringent, demulcent, emollient, febrifuge, glactagogue, hypnotic and stomachic. Join Me As We Discuss the Follow Actions and Corresponding Herbs Alterative – Gradually restores health and vitality … Continue reading →