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true that no sugar is better for most of us! sometimes there is a place for a little bit of it in the context of a healthy diet or, for example, if it helps avoid hypoglycemic effects from drinking a strong nutritive tea throughout the day/between meals (which may occur for some people) - or a little bit if a yummy sauce that makes people enjoy eating healthier foods like veggies, or the occasional splurge to enjoy cultural food ways and social time. But definitely we would be healthier to limit or completely avoid sugar

Many herbalists do prefer it powdered and that is a great way to take it - often in warm fatty milk to deliver it for nervous system. But I often do work with it as tincture and definitely find it beneficial in that form too. Dose wise it’s easier to get more from powder but I find 1-2 ml tincture has plenty of activity for supporting energy, thyroid, mood. If you wanted it’s iron though then powder would be better since alcohol doesn’t do a good job extracting minerals. I find it’s sufficient for steroidal saponins (the main adaptogen constituents) and many other constituents. I usually do 1:5 dry coarsely ground root in 50 or 60% alcohol (100 proof is 50%). I find Indian is more potent/energizing/stimilating/thyroid boosting than the USA grown in VT or OR, which is gentler. I like both and will vary which I use based on the person.

So glad you enjoyed it! <3

Cool! Thanks for the tip

cool, thanks for the tip! it's not something I'm familiar with

Thanks for that feedback! Such great herbs and only so much I can cover in these 1-1.5 hour classes. I’ll keep that in mind but you might want to 1. Sign up for the free HerbRally class this week and then you can ask questions if time allows, 2. Sign up for my upcoming sleep mini course - it’s 4 classes x 2 hrs each and I plan to cover more herbs especially in the last two classes of the series. It’s free if you have the promo code in my book. And the ebook is on flash sale for just $3.99 right now so a huge bargain! Ebook is at a.co/d/gjiYT9t and I sell signed print copies via wintergreenbotanicals.com/book/ the sleep mini course is at wintergreenbotanicals.myshopify.com/collections/livestream/products/sleep-mini-course and the HerbRally free class registration on my classes page at wintergreenbotanicals.com/classes/

Also I DID cover the key aspects of skullcap towards the end of this talk ;)

If you want short, simple videos, there are probably better herbal teachers for that. I'm known more for oversharing than brevity, which works for some people but not others. There are so many great herbal teachers, each with a different style that will speak to one or another. (And some days I'm more focused than others. This was my first class of the year and in a new home and different tech, so still getting into the groove. I did it for free as a way to give myself a dry run to get things going.)

My pleasure! I do have a sleep video already available but the upcoming live HerbRally one should be lots of fun and good info

That’s a broad question with no real answer and not really appropriate for YT comments, sorry.

I would recommend asking your doctor or a skilled herbalist or naturopathic doctor who better understands your situation.

Awe jim, thank you! We were singing your praises this weekend! 💚🌱sounds like lots of great folks are headed your way for the GLHF! I hope to make it next year!

💚🌱enjoy!!

Sounds delicious! 💚

It IS available on kindle - I just double checked. Maybe it had not yet released or if you're using an app on your phone - you can't buy kindle books within the app (an annoying tech thing). But I just double checked on the website and it is listed there for sale amzn.to/4cFbOBk

@@MariaNoelGrovesit will be released on April 30th. I was trying to buy it yesterday.😊 I decided to buy the paperback today instead of waiting.

My pleasure!

I’m anxiously awaiting the order - they should arrive here today! Took longer than I expected. I’ll email everyone once they’re shipping.

​@@MariaNoelGrovesJust received my book today. It did not arrived damaged. I can't wait to read it. ❤❤❤

@@rachelsweets Yay - so glad to hear! So far no one's ever received a damaged book (as far as I know!) but these are a different size than the others so glad to hear it arrived safely. Enjoy! :)

Thank you so much and yay for the course! The content for the Sleep book is largely pulled from the first two, so if you have them you probably have (guessing here) maybe 75% of the content. I did add some new stuff especially in the intro info chapter and expanded profiles, some new recipes

My pleasure - so glad you enjoyed it! <3

Oh that's so lovely to have access to plants/wild/land AND community senior living! I hope to find someplace cool like that when I get older. :) Definitely be mindful of sustainable wildcrafting practices and land history (including contamination, heavy metals) when wildcrafting. As far as harvesting, we usually do a harvest very early in the season while the stems are still tender and they don't need to be removed. If you harvest as they get bigger and stems are sturdier, it's better to remove the leaves. (The stems get very tough and stringy, which may not be pleasant. They have used nettle stem fibers to make durable hemp-like fiber and ropes.) And, you will want to harvest in spring/before they flower. By the time they get to flowering age, the leaves may develop constituents that are a bit irritating the the kidneys.

You can actually see pics of a sample harvest and process in this older IG post of mine at instagram.com/marianoelgroves (main page) and the specific link to the post with photos you can scroll through at instagram.com/p/COB-DB3HQbG/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Thanks! Love naturopathy! Enjoy your "final" studies and new practitioner path <3 I do agree - school is never out for the life long student. I am always wanting to learn more. :)

thank you! so glad to hear!

Cool! I've done vinegars but have not done oil (I assume as a culinary??) due to the risk of botulism in herb-infused oils if you don't consume them within a week. We're so microbe-prone out here in this climate. Alas I don't think we have nettle in the new home but perhaps I'll plant some (to the chagrin of my husband) this spring!

@@MariaNoelGroves no I'm sorry, as a topical to use either the oil or to convert to a salve.

oh cool! tell me more - what do you find it helpful for as a topical salve/oil?@@creaturesgreatandsmall9957

@MariaNoelGroves Histamine related rashes especially when paired with Goldenrod, stings, burns, vulnerary, anelgesic, antiflammatory. I love pairing this infused oil with other herbs too and I don't have much too back this up other than theory but I feel like when it's infused fresh it possibly Infuses the folic acid in the oil. That seems to work as a strong synergist for other herbs it's paired with.

very cool! I will totally have to try that next timeI have the chance to harvest fresh nettle! (between the new house and heading out of country for most of spring, may not have the chance this spring but hopefully soon) I've never worked with nettle this way and have made a note in my "to make" files to try it. Thanks for sharing!@@creaturesgreatandsmall9957

yay! so glad you found it helpful!

Yay! FYI the #s are a theoretical calculation in that it's the approx/max (recorded) content in the dried herb that you use to make the tea... but we don't really have much data to tell us how much truly gets extracted into a cup of tea. (The only study I've seen was on nettle tea and while hardy any was extracted it was such a flimsy tea - just a tiny bit of dry herb and about 4 min steep - that it's not a good representation of the way we make nutritive teas.) I'd LOVE someone with nutritive analysis equipment run tests to see how much mineral extraction actually occurs in the various tea styles vs the crude plant.

Thank you! Totally understand - menopause can be a challenging time for some (I certainly had my own challenges, but herbs were helpful) 💚🌱