SG564: Grow Your Own Apothecary with Herbalist Jodi McKee

How did you come to be an herbalist?

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You began your journey with an herbalism class. Is that how most people start on this path?

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I once knew a herbalist who, like you, had a sick child and found herbs that helped cure her daughter. Is that a common story among herbalists?

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People are skeptical when it comes to herbalism, they’re just not as familiar with it, how do you overcome that?

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Let’s go back and talk about the yarrow plant. Are we talking about the common yarrow with the yellow blossom? Should I give those to my children whenever they have a bruise?

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Have you found that if you can understand the plant’s original name, you can also understand some of the medicinal properties it has?

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Let’s talk a little bit about boneset. It’s a common native plant here in Minnesota.

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Walk us through how you’d made a boneset tincture.

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What kind of alcohol are you using when you start that tincture?

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As you’re doing these tinctures/remedies, do you realize you need to plant a lot more things?

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What’s the base oil that you use when making your herb remedies?

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When you’re using plantain weeds, how do you use it? In a form of an oil?

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By this time the show airs, I’ll be two weeks post-op on my rotator cuff surgery. Any advice?

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When it comes to solomon seal, do you need to use all of the root system or can you save some of it for regrowth?

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Enula campana (also known as horse hele and elf dock), I had never heard of this plant before. You gotta talk to me about this particular herb.

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Now, you mentioned burdock. Pigs go crazy for burdock, but what can you do with burdock exactly?

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What recommendations do you have for hot flashes?

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Tell me more about motherwort.

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What do you do with creeping charlie?

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Also, tell me more about elderberries.

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Do you have a top list of plants and herbs that you’d recommend everyone should use?

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What do your parents think about all of this? You mentioned that they were both gardeners.

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What advice do you have for someone who wants to be a herbalist?

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You mentioned that you have a herbal teacher come from France, what’s that all about?

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Do you have any favorite websites to follow?

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