Wild Herbs with April – Details, episodes & analysis

Discover the sacred medicine of Iboga, the transformative power of this plant, and the modern-day applications of one of the most sacred plants on this Earth!

In this episode with Levi Barker, initiated Iboga plant medicine administer and retreat facilitator, you will learn:

1. The rich history of Iboga.

2. How Iboga has been revered by the Bwiti people of Central Africa for centuries. 

3. Levi's personal story of transformation with this sacred plant medicine. 

4. Iboga's healing power and modern-day applications. 

5. Learn about the offerings of the Iboga Wellness Center in Costa Rica. 

You don't want to miss out on this wild herb episode. Reception was a little off in the beginning of the episode, so you will have to increase the volume, but about mid way, Levi's voice is very clear, and you can turn the volume back down. Open your mind, and let's embark on an enlightening journey together. 

Learn more about Levi and the Iboga Wellness Center

With Love and Light, 

April Punsalan 

If you have ever been curious about Ayurveda, if you have to listen to this episode with Myra Lewin, Founder of Hale Pule, School of Ayurveda and Yoga. Myra explains beautifully the principles of Ayurveda and shares her wisdom with you. 

In this episode Myra covers:

1. The principles of Ayurveda.

2. Why overeating is harmful for the body. 

3. The wise portion size that will leave your body feeling balanced and nourished after a meal. 

4. Digestive fire and the benefits of ghee. 

Please share this episode with a friend, leave us a comment, and give us a good rating so our little wild herb show can continue to grow. 

Connect with Myra and learn more about Hale Pule's offerings:

Hale Pule, Live Nature's Wisdom

Stay Wild, Stay Human!

With Love and Gratitude,

April Punsalan 

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. 

Did you know that doctors in the 1800's had to study Medical Botany? and that many doctors could go to the field to harvest wild herbs for their patients?

Learn the hidden truths about Medical Botany! Learn in today's episode why it is critically important to bring back this forgotten field! 

I cover:

1. What is Medical Botany.

2. Why it is a forgotten field. 

3. Why it is important for this field to resurface to slow down biodiversity loss. 

4. How you can get started learning Medical Botany. 

Alright, I won't say anymore, definitely give this episode a listen. 

Leave us a comment, hit like, and share this show with a friend. 

With Gratitude,

April Punsalan 

Learn how to infuse COLOR into your food and life with Tara Lanich-LaBrie, founder of The Medicine Circle and Author! In this episode, you will learn:

1. Tara's preferred way to work with dandelion blossoms.

2. What is a oxymel and switchel and Tara's herb recommendations.  

3. Tara's connection with nettles and how she used urtication for healing. 

4. You will get to hear about Tara's AMAZING new book "Foraged and Grown" that includes OVER 100 recipes. 

Purchase Tara's book before it is even released and get 15 additional recipes sent to your inbox, you just have to email Tara at tara@themedicinecircle.com and show her your receipt:

Purchase Foraged & Grown

The Medicine Circle

Connect with Tara on Instagram

Wild Herb Academy Coastal Year-round Forage Guide

Alright beautiful human stay wild and keep foraging!

With Love and Gratitude,

April Punsalan 

In this episode, Mason Hutchison, co-founder of HerbRally, shares with you his tips on how to become an herbalist. You don't want to miss this episode, Mason shares:

1. What he learned from working with Mountain Rose Herbs for 11 years. 

2. Why he co-founded HerbRally and what HerbRally does for the herbal community. 

3. Top tips for embarking on the herbalism path. 

4. His viewpoint on accreditation in the herbalism world. 

Definitely take the time to go to HerbRally to see what Herbal Events occur near YOU!!!! 

HerbRally

HerbRally YouTube Channel

Get your FREE 13 Herbal Freebies

I hope you check out HerbRally! They are DYNAMITE! 

Wild Herb Academy Offerings:

Join Medical Botany 1

FREE Wild Herb Academy Year-round Forage Guide

Please share this episode with anyone you know that LOVES herbs and give us a good rating and leave us a comment to help grow our small, but mighty show. :)

With Love and Gratitude,

April 

You don't want to miss this episode with Andrea Olsen, Professor Emerita of Dance who held the John Elder Chair in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. In this episode, Andrea shares with you:

1. What is embodiment and why it is important to inhabit the body.

2. Why the Body and Earth connection important to our health and happiness.

3. Why she completed one of my favorite books, "Body and Earth, an Experimental Guide".

4. Andrea shares embodiment practices that you can incorporate into your life today.

And much more. Andrea lives an embodied life and is an amazing teacher, dancer, and writer.

Please share this episode with a friend and if you love this episode, leave us a comment. It gives me more energy to keep showing up knowing that your listening.

Definitely take the time to connect with Andrea:

Body and Earth

Body and Earth Events

Andrea Olsen's Homepage

P.S. Registration for Medical Botany 1 is open and will only be offered once this year. If you want to learn medicinal plants, you definitely want to join this course. 

Medical Botany 1

Stay Wild! 

With Love and Gratitude,

April Punsalan 

In today's episode, you will learn about the first vascular plants on this Earth, the Ferns.

You will learn:

1. What makes ferns special and unique.

2. You will learn fern botany, distribution, and a little about the diversity of ferns across the globe. 

3. The medicinal properties and uses of ferns.

4. How I work with the fern ally Equisetum, Horsetail.

5. Why you should learn and connect with medicinal ferns and fern allies.

Ferns are my absolute favorite group of plants to learn and connect with, you don't want to miss this episode! Share with a friend! 

If you want to learn more about ferns, check out our favorite course Medical Botany 1

Stay Wild!

With Love and Gratitude,

April Punslan

In today's episode, you hear from Jalen Gordon, one of the last Gullah bush medicine man in America. 

Jalen discusses in this interview:

1. The sacred indigenous and Gullah wild herb life everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium).

2. How his love for plants and nature started at 7 years old. 

3. The struggles he faces as an African American foraging in the wild. 

4. How his family, especially his Mom, and culture shaped and helped him become a medicine man. 

Please share this episode with a friend so we can increase the awareness of how African Americans, especially males, are discriminated against while foraging and hopefully, through this awareness we can decrease the frequency of discrimination in this country.  Also, so we can spread the beauty and wisdom of the Gullah culture in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. I am blessed to be in their presence. 

Connect with Jalen: Jalen's Instagram Account

P.S. Registration for my ALL time favorite course, Medical Botany 1, is opening January 29th, 2024. The course begins February 13th, 2024. I hope to see you in there. Go to Medical Botany 1 to check out the course and be the first to know when it opens. 

Stay Wild, 

April 

I am pumped that you want to learn more about the most beneficial and sustainable cup of tea-YAUPON. 

Today, you get to hear from Bryon White, Yaupon expert, and one of the souls responsible for bringing America's only caffeinated tea, Yaupon, back to the surface after nearly being forgotten for thousands of years. 

In today’s episode, you will learn:

1. What is Yaupon.

2. Why it should be the caffeinated beverage of choice in America. 

3. The health benefits of Yaupon.

4. Why is was nearly forgotten and how the Yaupon Brothers give back to southeast indigenous tribes and Nations.

5. How Bryon turned his passion for Yaupon into his life work. 

6. Exciting news about Yaupon and the Yaupon Brothers.

Give America's only caffeinated tea a try, click the link below:

Check out the Yaupon Brothers!

 Please share this show with a friend! We need to spread the benefits and sustainability of Yaupon! We need to make it the American tea of choice. 

If you love learning about underused wild herbs, hit subscribe. Thank you for tuning in! 

With Love and Gratitude,

April Punsalan

P.S. Registration for Medical Botany 1 will open January 29th, 2024.  Check it out: Medical Botany 1