Join show host Becca Kawaoka and Mary DeVries for a Q & A format episode. Today's show centers on common questions surrounding herbs and where to begin in the herb world. Conversations flow from herb supplementation form to basic constitutional patterns to make the right herb choice for the individual.

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Family: Asteraceae

History & Growing

Parts Used Medicinally

Supplementation Forms

Taste: Root, Leaf & Flower

Energetics

Actions

Organs & Body Systems Herb Acts Upon

Traditional & Current Uses

When to Reach for Herb & In What Form

Dosage & Preparation

Contraindications

Elemental, Planetary & Dosha Discussion

Citations & Recommended Reading:

1. The Healing Garden, Juliet Blankespoor

2. The Dandelion, Anne Rothfeld

3. The Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, Andrew Chevallier

4. Alchemical Herb Profile: Dandelion by Sajah Pophan (Evolutionary Herbalism & The Plant Path)

5. Dandelion Uses and Plant Monograph, Learning Herbs by Rosalee de la Foret

6. Alchemical Herb Profile: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) by Sajah Popham

Recipe of the Week: Nutritive Skin Tonic Tea

Motherwort

Leonurus cardiaca

Family

History & Growing

Parts Used Medicinally

Supplementation Forms

Taste

Energetics

Actions

Organs & Body Systems Herb Acts Upon

Current Uses (& Studies/Research)

When to Reach for Herb & In What Form

Dosage & Preparation

Contraindications

Elemental, Planetary & Dosha Discussion

Citations & Recommended Reading

- Body Into Balance, Maria Noel Groves

- Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, Andrew Chevallier

- The Healing Garden, Juliet Blankespoor

- Motherwort: The Lion Hearted Herb by Sajah Popham

- Motherwort Uses and Plant Profile by Rosalee de la Floret

- Rezaee-Asl M, Sabour M, Nikoui V, Ostadhadi S, Bakhtiarian A. The Study of Analgesic Effects of Leonurus cardiaca L. in Mice by Formalin, Tail Flick and Hot Plate Tests. Int Sch Res Notices. 2014 Sep 1;2014:687697. doi: 10.1155/2014/687697. PMID: 27433501; PMCID: PMC4897125.