Rosemary Gladstar Medicinal Herbs

Now that Fall has lifted its voice and gifted us with allergies. The first step is to hit the drug store and load up on man made chemicals. There are easier and less expensive alternatives. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Rosemary Gladstar. Spending hours in the cough & cold aisle of your local pharmacy, wondering what the difference is between a suppressant, an expectorant, and a decongestant, only to get home, dose yourself, and realize you just spent twelve bucks on something for a stuffy nose when you have a runny one? With so many brands, so many variations by the same brand, and so many scary stories of pharmacological side effects, it’s almost impossible to leave a drug store feeling confident about what you inevitably just paid too much money for. This is only one of the reasons why more and more people are returning to the ancient healing art of herbalism, and there is no better instructor in the practice of simple, safe, and effective natural medicine than ROSEMARY GLADSTAR. One of the most trusted and well-respected herbalists of her time – known as the godmother of modern herbalism – Gladstar demonstrates how easy it is to make safe, all-natural, low-cost healing remedies for common ailments in her new book, Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide. Ideal for those embarking on an organic lifestyle or seeking to take better control of their health, Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs documents how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use 33 of the most common and versatile healing plants. Easy-to-follow recipes produce such remedies as aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress relief. With full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions for drying, preserving, and incorporating these herbs in teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, oils, liniments, and even pills and capsules, Gladstar introduces the fundamentals in a straightforward manner, enabling anyone to take a gentler, less expensive approach to managing everyday, non-emergency health problems in the home. Rosemary will discuss: •Tell us a little bit about herbal medicine. What is it? Who should use it? Is herbal or natural medicine better than going to the doctor? •Cold and flu season is coming up – if we don’t pick up a packet of TheraFlu at the pharmacy, what should we do instead? •And what about all the stress and anxiety and general craziness that we experience during the holidays? Are there natural methods for coping? Stress reduction or even ways to help keep our energy up? •What are your favorite herbs for this time of year? Your favorite recipes? •How hard or easy is it to make our own remedies? Where do we get ingredients? Is this something that anyone can do? •What about side effects? •Does it really work? What would you say to the skeptics? •What’s the difference between taking vitamins and supplements you can buy at the pharmacy and using herbs and crafting medicines? •What advice would you give someone if they were considering trying an herbal remedy? •What is the best way for someone to learn more about herbalism and natural healing? About the author: Author bio: Rosemary Gladstar has been studying and teaching about herbs for more than 40 years. She is an educator, activist, and entrepreneur, serving as director of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, the International Herb Symposium, and the Women’s Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of native American herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional Medicinal Herbal Teas and currently leads herbal educational adventures around the world. She is the author of many books, including Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide and Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Remedies for Vibrant Health, as well as Herbal Healing for Women, Herbs for Common Ailments, Herbs for Stress & Anxiety, Herbs for Children’s Health, and Herbs for Men’s Health. She lives in East Barre, Vermont.