The Holistic Herbalism Podcast

It’s not just for lattes anymore: the ubiquitous pumpkin spice blend is in fact an herbal formula! The standard pumpkin…

Ryn leads off this week with a variety of herbs to try reducing the ringing in the ears called tinnitus.…

Caregiving is exhausting, thankless, necessary work, and becoming increasingly more common. In the first half of this episode, Katja shares…

This week we bring you a podcast we originally aired on the HerbRally podcast as its inaugural episode, last July,…

If back-to-school means the nest is empty, you may want some herbal support! Katja shares her favorite allies for this…

This week, Ryn leads off with some thoughts on salad: why it’s often boring and nutritionally deficient, and how to…

In this episode both Ryn & Katja have things to share related to sleep. Katja leads off with a listener…

This week, a case of histiocytoma on a dog’s paw leads Katja to talk about wound care for animal companions.…

The world’s on fire, no one wants to admit they’re occasionally catastrophic, and sometimes all you want to eat is…

Introverts & extraverts, as patterns of personality, each have their strengths and weaknesses. In this episode we’ll discuss herbal allies…

A listener asked us what would be our five favorite tinctures to have on hand, so this week we’re each…

Katja’s daughter Amber is off to summer camp this week, so she shares with you the list of things they…

This week we share some practical first aid herbalism for burns and sprains. Whether you’re hiking far out in the…

Katja & Ryn discuss how these “exotic spices” came to be ubiquitous among Americans, and how we can learn from…

Ryn leads off this week with a discussion of herbal affinities – the ways in which herbs may be centered…

This week Katja had a bit of back pain, and has some thoughts to share with you about how this…

Katja this week reflects on a bit of wisdom surrounding downtime, and on the ways in which stress management can…

Katja shares a hard-fought lesson: that health is not equivalent to merit, and that as herbalists it’s important for us…

Since it’s Herbstalk’s 2018 Herb of the Year, Katja wants to finally give Tulsi its due with a quick monograph…

After seeing Rising Appalachia the other night, Katja wanted to sing! She sang so much she gave herself a sore…

Katja shares her thoughts on herbal supports for those who are coping with eating disorders. Herbs can help reduce anxiety,…

Ryn describes a method you can use to expand your understanding of energetics by comparing ailment profiles and the herbs…

This week Katja has some thoughts about the number of syllables in neuraminidase and what it means to be a…

Turmeric is a great herb and an effective anti-inflammatory, but it’s not the be-all end-all it’s sometimes made out to…

This week Katja talks about the herbs that defined taco seasoning in her Texas upbringing, and their qualities when as…

No, that’s not an herbal tea pairing suggestion! This week, Katja sets off on a 100-day experiment with schisandra berries,…

This week Ryn walks you through a short movement sequence he finds helpful when his low back gets tense, and…

This week Katja shares some allies who’ve helped out with the (several!) kinds of pain which accompany her braces –…