What happens when someone who spent years fixing broken healthcare systems realizes plants might be part of the solution? You get Monica Pastrana of Bellebrook Botanicals.
Monica is a community herbalist, healthcare professional, and homesteader in rural Wisconsin who built her herbal product line from three simple, food-like remedies and a clear mission: get effective, approachable plant medicine into people's hands.
What's in this episode:
- How a healthcare career led Monica straight to herbalism
- The morning she cut the tip of her finger off processing yarrow, and how that plant helped
- Burdock root and the stubborn skin issues it cleared
- Talking herbs with medical professionals without losing the relationship
- The bonfire analogy for inflammation every herbalist should be using
- Monica's seasonal herbal making classes on her Wisconsin property
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