A couple months ago jim mcdonald answered over 80 questions from the HerbRally audience.
We went ahead and released each answer as its own podcast episode. This way you can pick and choose which Q & A you’d like to hear.
You’ll find each topic below, as well as links to both Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you don’t listen to podcasts on either of those, no worries! Just go to your podcast player of choice and you’ll find it there.
You can read jim’s answers HERE.
You can listen to the full episode HERE.
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Ask an Herbalist | jim mcdonald
jim mcdonald recalls the first relationship with a plant he had as a kid
If you could only have 5 herbs growing in your backyard, what would they be?
What can I do to support you for once?
How do I find out what I can take while breastfeeding?
What is your favorite resource for learning herbalism?
What difference and/or similarities do you believe herbalism has in the present day compared to 50, 100 or even 200 years ago?
jim mcdonald tells us how herbalism changed his life
jim mcdonald’s most profound journey with a plant
How jim mcdonald works the business side of herbalism
jim mcdonald shares some of his funniest herbal moments
How does jim mcdonald find a healthy balance in his life?
How jim mcdonald became an herbalist
Does jim have a COVID protocol?
How long did you study plant medicine before feeling qualified to call yourself an herbalist?
jim’s burdock story
How does jim remember all of his herbal info?
jim’s burdock story part 2
The importance of herbal energetics
3 herbs in jim’s first aid kit
A northeastern analog for osha root
What jim does daily to practice his craft
3 herbs jim would plant in his yard
The tells that indicate switching herbal remedies
jim’s thoughts on using local plants
jim’s thoughts on dried herbs
jim’s thoughts on herbal remedies vs. western medicine
jim’s practice: most important aspect and most important plant
What being an herbalist means to jim mcdonald
jim mcdonald on smoking herbs
How jim incorporates herbs into his daily life
Communicating with plants
How jim retains so much clinical herbalism information
What healing means to jim
How do you know the potency of your herbal concoctions?
Who jim goes to for health advice
How jim vets his herbal information
jim’s dream for the future of herbalism
Plantain…one of jim’s favorite herbs
One of the most versatile herbs
What herbs are good for focus?
If you could only save one medicinal plant, what would you choose?
Is there ever a place in life for modern medicine, or is eating our weeds the answer?
jim answers a question about kidney failure
Recommended books for the beginning herbalist
jim’s approach to sustainability in herbalism
Good advice for the beginning herbalist
The herbal industry needs this the most right now…
Entrepreneurship and herbalism
How do you handle someone who questions the material you’re teaching?
A question about tea blending
jim recommends bitter herbs
How to live an authentic herbalist life
5 herbs for everyone’s apothecary
How to share your joy of herbalism with others
Did jim choose the herbalist path, or did it choose him?
A reason jim chose to be an herbalist
What keeps jim inspired as an herbalist
What advice does jim wish he had as an herbal student?
Cannabis
A question about herbal formulation
Another question about retaining herbal info
How can herbalists address climate change?
Introducing children to herbalism
Herbs and bone health
A question about helping others with herbs
jim’s advice for herbal first aid kits
More advice for beginning herbalists
A question about overharvesting
Herbs for hemorrhoids
The herb that surprised jim
