In this episode you’ll hear herbalist Nicole Telkes talk at the 2019 Free Herbalism Project in Eugene, OR in October.
Commonly used during the winter months, fire cider is a beloved traditional herbal remedy that has become the center of a legal controversy. Learn the recipe with common variations, and hear how you can make your very own batch at home. Nicole also touches on protecting traditional herbal remedies and traditions (not trademarks) in the future.
Nicole’s webiste: http://nicoletelkes.com/
Fire Cider Recipe Book: https://amzn.to/33J7e0W
Nicole Telkes believes strongly in herbalism being “the people’s medicine” and enlists her students and any interested parties in fulfilling her goal of putting “an herbalist in every home.” As a deep ecologist, she focuses on “weedcrafting” bioregional native and naturalized plants in herb practice. She has a great passion for the green path and education.
Nicole has taught classes and presented at conferences and symposiums including The Native Plant Society of Texas Symposium; The American Herbalist Guild National Symposium; Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference, International Herb Symposium; and the Moonflower Herbfest.
She has provided clinic support for WTO Seattle, Common Ground Health Clinic, and Sundance Free Clinic in northern Arizona. She has also been published in Earth First! Journal, Plant Healer, and the American Herbalists Guild newsletter. In 2016, she founded a chapter of Herbalists Without Borders. She was a founding member of the Traditions Not Trademark Campaign to free Fire Cider. Nicole is the author of the book the Medicinal Plants of Texas.