Miscellaneous
Foraging for edible weeds is an accessible and inclusive healthcare skill. Pat Collins is a highly experienced herbalist, natural health practitioner and bush craftswoman with a passion for sharing her foraging know-how and instilling in people a deep appreciation of edible and medicinal weeds: nature's gifts. In this episode:How being able to support her children’s health by making at home remedies motivated Pat into studying herbal medicine formallyWhy familiarity with the abundance of edible foods around us - and how to harvest and use them - is so valuable, especially at this time in historyWhy Pat published her book The Wondrous World of Weeds (it wasn’t because writing books pays well!)“Once upon a time we were all wise women” – the need to take back our power by reclaiming our knowledge of foragingThe many uses of Chickweed (Stellaria media) and Paddy’s Lucerne (Sida rhombifolia)Weeds grow where the soil is right for them, and will tell you what is wrong with your soilHerbs in the time of COVID-19: Some of Pat’s favourite weed allies and ways to use them, to support immune and respiratory health, and to calm our nerves when “it all gets too much”Which native Australian bush foods are in season right now, how can to use it – think, lemon myrtle cheesecake and bunya nut curry (!)Pat’s views on MLM essential oil companies doTerra and Young Living, concerns about the safety of ingesting essential oils, and more affordable, practitioner grade alternatives to these brandsThe beauty of using whole herbsMenopause: How Pat views this powerful life stage, helpful plant allies, organ systems to take extra special care of, and how St John’s Wort helped Pat through her surprisingly tumultuous peri-menopausal years “If we as a culture respected our elders, we’d have far fewer problems with menopause”The call for wise, old womenLinks:Pat's Website & FacebookHigh quality, affordable alternatives to MLM essential oil companies: New Directions, Sydney Essential Oil Company, Essential TherapeuticsFunky Forest ApothecaryCasey's blogs:Chickweed: Medicine & MagicRock Your MenopauseThe Call for Wise, Old WomenSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/nondietyogi)