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Ethnobotanist Heidi Bohan has over 18 years experience working as an educator of native plants, horticulture, woodworking, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge of the Pacific Northwest. Her new book is The People of Cascadia: Pacific Northwest Native American History. We discuss many ways to use plants in your life.

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http://www.herbenergetics.com/ This is the first module of our upcoming course, Herb Energetics, a webinar series with Kiva Rose. Visit our site to watch a video lesson of this podcast. We'll get back to our usual HerbMentor Radio format next time around. http://www.herbenergetics.com/

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Raylene Ha`alelea Kawaiae`a is a long time teacher of Hawaiian way of life, has been a kumu (teacher) hula for over 30 years. She teaches hula and Hawaiian culture as a way of life to people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. Her lineage has brought her an understanding of the traditions of her heritage.

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Discover herbs though the songs and stories of Doug Elliot.  We talk herbal mentoring in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina plants, mushrooms and more. Doug is author of Wildwoods Wisdom: Encounters with the Natural World, Woodslore: Stories, Lore, and Truth Stranger Than Fiction About the Natural World, Wild Roots: a Forager's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Roots, Tubers, Corms and Rhizomes, and most recently, Swarm Tree: of Honeybees, Honeymoons and the Tree of Life.

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Dr. Ryan Drum visits from his remote island in the Northwest to discuss sea vegetables kelp uses, and sea weed recipes. Medicinal uses of sea weeds such as kelp and thyroid issues, as kelp is a thyroid remedy. Discover the health giving properties of this bounty of the sea.

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Christopher Hobbs is author of Peterson's Field Guide to Medicinal Plants of the Western U.S, Women's Herbs, Women's Health, Herbal Remedies for Dummies and many other books. We discuss his upbringing, answer herbal questions and discuss learning botany.

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Jim McDonald returns to HerbMentor Radio to discuss herbal energetics and how to treat fevers naturally as well as home remedies for fever. Covers fever remedies for adults and a great children fever remedy. Jim also clearly covers diaphoretics, what they are, and when to use what type.

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Paul Bergner is the director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, editor of the Medical Herbalism Journal, creator of MedHerb.com author of many herbal books including The Healing Power of Minerals, Special Nutrients and Trace Elements, The Healing Power of Echinacea and Goldenseal, The Healing Power of Ginseng and the Tonic Herbs, and The Healing Power of Garlic. He teaching herbal vitalism and in this podcast Paul lays a wonderful foundation for learning about herbs as he gets to the heart of herbal medicine...nature.

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Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir returns to HerbMentor Radio for a Special Report on the h1n1 virus, herbal remedies and natural care. Heather covers swine flu prevention, natural remedies for h1n1 such as elderberry, and the herbal misinformation being spread.

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Brigitte Mars is an herbalist, author, raw foods chef, and nutritional consultant. She is author of  The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine, Addiction-Free Naturally, Beauty by Nature, Natural First Aid, Dandelion Medicine, Healing Herbal Teas, Rawsome!, and Sex, Health and Love. In this episode, John and Brigitte discuss the herbal doctrine of signatures.

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