Join Karyn Sanders for her tips and tricks for getting back to work in the garden at this time of year. Originally aired 05.03.2018. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
The Herbal Highway
1:00 PM Pacific Time: Tuesdays
The Herbal Highway enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal medicine and alternative choices to standard medical practices for healing. In order to have balanced life, The Herbal Highway actively supports and promotes Indigenous land rights, protection of sacred sites and the sustainability of the Earth as integral parts of individual, community and global healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
Hosted and produced by Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes. Additionally hosted by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila.
The Herbal Highway aired its last episode on February 4th. We are delighted to share that hosts Renée Camila and Emiliano Lemus are continuing the journey as producers and hosts of a new show called Planting Medicine. Same time, same place (Tuesdays at 1pm PT on KPFA).
Join Renée Camila and her guest Layla K Feghali for a conversation about embodied connection to ancestral medicine from the diaspora. Their discussion explores how colonial displacement relates to herbal traditions around birthwork, language, and belonging. Layla is a gifted plant storyteller and the author of The Land in Our Bones, which documents cultural herbal … Continued
Join host Emiliano Lemus and guest Violet Moon for “Medicinal Ecologies,” an Herbal Highway series in which we explore the natural medicines present in California ecosystems. This month, we visit California’s deserts as well as the deserts’ unique healing herbs. Violet Moon is a clinical herbalist and native plant specialist based in Oakland, CA (unceded … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of skin health; the many factors that contribute to skin imbalances and the herbs to support this healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Tetiana Semenova on Unsplash
Join Renée Camila for an exploration of how to support the physical body during the transition from the cozy depths of winter into the sunny expansiveness of summer. Renée offers 4 plants and accompanying practices that invigorate and strengthen the pillars of holistic spring re-emergence: blood cleansing, digestive stimulation, lymphatic awakening, and adrenal/nervous system nourishment. … Continued
Chronic inflammation is the start of many diseases. Join Sarah Holmes for an investigation and exploration of inflammation; its role in our health and how it can harm us. Anti-inflammatory herbs will also be discussed. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash .
Has spring found you itchy-eyed and stuffy-nosed? Join host Emiliano Lemus for a show on seasonal and other allergies, including herbs for relief of symptoms and plant medicines for decreasing and preventing allergic responses. Originally aired 04.06.2021. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
Join Sarah Holmes and her guest, Tanya Henderson of Sacred Roots Wellness for a look at preparing for spring with a focus on spring cleanses. Tanya is an herbalist, holistic nutritionist as well as a yoga instructor. Find more info HapiRootsInc@gmail.com and @sacredrootswellness Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
In the final episode of our Black Herbalist Voices series, host Renée Camila interviews Karen Rose about community care and the significance of apprenticeship. They explore the relational energetics of community care within the body, as expressed within our skin and in healing touch. Fund drive. Follow The Herbal Highway on Facebook and Instagram @theherbalhighway.
Continuting our Black Herbalist Voices series, host Sarah Holmes interviews Michele E. Lee, author of Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traiditonal African-American Healing. Ms. Lee shares some of her process in writing this book; taking oral histories from elders, transcribing hours of recordings and writing a comprehensive herbal. She also shares some remedies … Continued