Materia Medica: Burdock

Materia Medica translates to materials of medicine. Our material today is burdock. I'm also talking about how a plant's healing abilities reach beyond the physical into our heart and spirit. You can find the full nettle profile HERE but here's a quick episode recap: * emotional and spiritual qualities of burdock * considerations for growing burdock for food and medicine * energetics and actions * using burdock in cooking * herbal burdock preparations * specific indications for burdock as medicines Mentions: Sajah Popham The School of Evolutionary Herbalism Stephen Harrod Buhner The Institute of Gaian Studies Matthew Wood's Institute of Herbalism Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website at: theherbalbakeshoppe.com Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram: If you enjoyed this episode, please SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW where ever you like to listen to podcasts! And if you have time, kindly leave me a rating and review. ps… please be kind please excuse my amateur podcasting skills this is new for me and i promise to keep getting better --- ABOUT DINA --- Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters in college and a 17 year old son finishing up high school. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.