19 episodes

Welcome to the Wild Herbs with April Podcast where we unpack and uncover the healing properties of wild herbs so you can heal naturally with the plants beneath your feet.

Wild Herbs with April April Punsalan

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 25 Ratings

Welcome to the Wild Herbs with April Podcast where we unpack and uncover the healing properties of wild herbs so you can heal naturally with the plants beneath your feet.

    #19 The antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory sweet wormwood with James Kishlar

    #19 The antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory sweet wormwood with James Kishlar

    In this episode, you will get to hear from James Kishlar, the founder of Atelier temenos, a herbal company that specializes in the growing, selling, and processing of sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua). In this episode, James shares with you:

    1. How he manages his osteoarthritis with sweet wormwood.

    2. What ailments sweet wormwood has been effective at relieving.

    3. The struggles he faced trying to work with the Western medical society. 

    4. How he has shared his product with naturopathic doctors and the results.

    5. The effects of sweet wormwood on diabetes and high blood pressure.

    6. His time spent in Haiti and a little bit about the Moringa tree. 

    I highly recommend their products. I am not an affiliate marketer, but love to share a good herbal product when I magically come across one.

    Check out their sweet wormwood products:

     Atelier temenos

    Last, but not least, the Wild Herb Membership, In Season is OPEN! I'd absolutely love to connect with you and see you flourish through foraging wild herbs. The membership is only $25 per month and my hope is that the membership will truly pay for itself though free greens and medicine.  

    Start Learning Today!

     

    Stay Wild!

     

    With Love and Gratitude,

    April Punsalan 

    • 45 min
    #18 Mulberry, Nature's Multi-vitamin

    #18 Mulberry, Nature's Multi-vitamin

    I am super pumped to share with you why Mulberry (Morus alba) is my FAVORITE wild herb to forage in April. In this episode, I share:

    1. The life history and range of mulberry.

    2. The vitamins and mineral profile.

    3. The healing properties of the leaves.

    4. Why everyone, including you, should drink mulberry leaf tea.

    If you want to learn how to identify, forage, process, and make mulberry tea and mulberry matcha, click the link below to download your FREE In Season video.

    Nab a Free In Season Mulberry Video

    Please share this episode with a friend or a loved one that you know has a mulberry tree.

    Happy Foraging and Stay Wild!

     

    • 18 min
    #17 Avocado Dye and Natural Dyes with Liz Spencer, The Dogwood Dyer

    #17 Avocado Dye and Natural Dyes with Liz Spencer, The Dogwood Dyer

    Liz Spencer, the Founder of The Dogwood Dyer, has over 15+ years of experience in natural dyes. Liz holds an MA from the London College of Fashion where she focused on sustainable fashion.  Today, she teaches online natural dye workshops and classes. 

    In today's episode, Liz shares:

    1. How to reduce your fashion footprint. 

    2. The issues with fashion consumerism in the U.S.

    3. Why animal fiber is often better than plant or synthetic fiber. 

    4. How to dye with avocado pits and avocado skins. 

    I know this episode will inspire you to give natural dyeing a try and will inspire you to reduce your fashion footprint. 

    The Dogwood Dyer Offerings:

    A Year in Natural Dyes

    Online Workshops

    Wild Herb Academy Offerings:

    In Season Wild Herb Membership

    Sending you lots of LOVE this Spring Season!

    Stay WILD!

    With Love,

    April Punsalan 

    • 44 min
    #16 Sacred Heart Pine Resin with Mathew and Jenine

    #16 Sacred Heart Pine Resin with Mathew and Jenine

    Did you know that inside ancient pine trees occurs pockets of liquefied pine resin? Mathew and Jenine share with you the benefits of this ancient heart pocket tree resin. In this episode, you will learn:

    1. How Pruitt's Tree Resin Ministries manifested into this world. 

    2. A brief introduction of what is ancient pine resin. 

    3. What this heart pocket resin can be used for and on.

    4. How the pine resin helped heal Jenine's wounded thumb. And much more. 

    I highly recommend getting some of the pure super Coco pine resin, click the link below:

    Pruitt's Tree Resin Ministries

    For free shipping, enter Wildherb at checkout. 

    Thank you! 

    Stay Wild,

    April

    P.S. in 6 days the wild herb membership, In Season, opens! 

     

    • 47 min
    #15 Sweet Wormwood (Artemisia annua) with Dr. Pam Weathers

    #15 Sweet Wormwood (Artemisia annua) with Dr. Pam Weathers

    You don't want to miss this episode with sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) expert, Dr. Pam Weathers.

    Dr. Pam Weathers has been studying, researching, and experimenting with sweet wormwood for 25+ years. In this Wild Herb podcast, she shares:

    1. How she grows sweet wormwood in her lab and home to have the effective concentration of phytochemicals. 

    2. History of use of sweet wormwood in China and Chinese Medicine. 

    3. How the trichomes of sweet wormwood contain the medicine and phytochemical artemisinin. 

    4. How ingesting the whole plant of sweet wormwood increases the bioavailability of artemisinin more than the isolated artemisinin compound. 

    5. How Dr. Pam Weathers has used sweet wormwood to overcome lyme disease.

    6. Why medicinal plants don't recieve the funding that they deserve. 

    And much more. 

    I learned so much for Dr. Pam Weathers in this episode. Definitely give this episode a listen. 

    If you want to purchase high quality sweet wormwood, check out atelier temenos, purchase sweet wormwood from atelier temenos

    If you want to donate to Dr. Pam Weather's lab, 

    Go to this weblink

    https://impactapi.causeview.com/Thunder/actionpage/c005859a-ffad-4b9d-8d0c-f414096506cd  

    Choose designation “Other”

    Then specify it should go to the “Ararat Fund for Artemisinin Research”.

     

    Stay Wild! 

    If you loved this show, share with a friend.

     

    With Love and Gratitude,

     

    April Punsalan 

    • 45 min
    # 14 Leave it to Cleavers

    # 14 Leave it to Cleavers

    Cleavers! In this episode, I share with you why I am crazy about cleavers and why as my friend Kristina Wildes says, I "leave it to cleavers".

    Listen to learn:

    1. When and where to forage cleavers.

    2. How to identify cleavers.

    3. Medicinal properties of cleavers. 

    4. How I connect with cleavers.

    5. How they heal my urinary system.

    6. Why they are cleansing and detoxifying to your lymphatic system. 

    and much more. 

    Nab your FREE Cleaver Forage Guide Below, it includes the Cleaver Water Recipe. 

     Nab Your FREE Cleaver Forage Guide and Recipe

    I am visualizing you finding a large cleaver patch and you making the cleaver water/juice, so your body gets the green flush it needs this spring.

     

    Stay Wild! 

     

    With Love and Gratitude,

     

    April 

     

    P.S. Leave us a comment and/or if you love the show, give us a 5-star ratings, it will help our small show grow and help more people re-connect to the Earth through the use of wild herbs. 

     

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

cgutti71 ,

Loving every episode

Such great interviews with inspiring teaching. Love learning and growing and reconnecting to the world around us.

CHS City ,

Wild Herbs are Awesome!

Thank you April for your work and I will check out Wild Herb Academy

vasilycp ,

Awesome Podcast

Great show! Can’t wait for more episodes! Highly recommend following 🪴full of plant knowledge!

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