Health Benefits of Self Heal + Two Self Heal Recipes
Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Forêt
4.9 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The health benefits of the self heal plant are so amazing! Sadly, self heal (Prunella vulgaris) is often overlooked or dismissed as an unwanted weed. But that’s a mistake! In this episode, I’m going to share some fascinating new research on self heal, especially in regards to skin health and cancer.
The versatile self-heal plant is also a great herb to turn to for many everyday health complaints. For example, self heal can help to relieve:
► Minor scrapes, cuts, and burns
► Sore throats
► The itchy, weepy redness of conjunctivitis
► and much more…
I’ll also share two favorite self heal recipes in this episode to protect your skin and keep you cool.
You don’t want to miss making friends with this lovely and gifted little herb!
After listening in, you’ll know:
► How self heal’s energetics inform its medicinal uses (and where to learn more about herbal energetics!)
► How to identify self heal
► How to make a delicious, demulcent, super-refreshing self heal tea
► How to make a deeply soothing and nourishing self heal skin serum (your skin will thank you)
Show snippet:
“Don’t dismiss this powerful weed! Reach for self heal to cool you down, protect your skin, heal wounds, ward off viral infections, and even to address thyroid health.”
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On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health.
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Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Herbs with Rosalie podcast, a show exploring how herbs heal as medicine, |
| 0:10.4 | as food, and through nature connection. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm your host, Rosalie de la Foray. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm an herbalist teacher and the best-selling author of the books, Alchemy of Herbs, and Wild Remedies. |
| 0:21.8 | I created this podcast to share trusted herbal wisdom so that you can get the best results |
| 0:26.5 | when relying on herbs for your health. I love offering up practical knowledge to help you |
| 0:32.3 | dive deeper into the world of medicinal plants and seasonal living. My goal is that you'll walk away from each episode feeling inspired to start working with |
| 0:42.0 | herbs in your everyday life. |
| 0:45.3 | Each episode of the podcast is available on my Herbs with Rosalie YouTube channel, as well |
| 0:50.0 | as your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:53.0 | Transcripts and recipes for each episode can be found at |
| 0:56.0 | Herbs with Rosaliepodcast.com. To get the latest news as well as fun bonuses, be sure to sign up for |
| 1:02.9 | my weekly herbal newsletter. Okay, grab your cup of tea. Let's dive in. The health benefits of self-hill are so amazing, but sadly, the Self Hill plant is often |
| 1:15.6 | dismissed as a weed. |
| 1:16.6 | In this episode, I'm sharing some fascinating new research on Self-Hill, also known as |
| 1:21.6 | Prunella Vulgaris, as well as share some favorite Self-Hill recipes to protect your skin |
| 1:26.6 | and keep you cool. |
| 1:30.3 | Western herbalists love to love weeds. |
| 1:33.3 | We hold up our golden dandelions as if they're a golden chalice and we praise the spread of the humble plantain. |
| 1:39.3 | But what about that small purple mint lurking in our lawns with a panacea-like name? |
| 1:47.0 | Self-heal heal all woundwort are all common names for Prunella vulgaris. |
| 1:52.0 | The genus name Prunella comes from the German word for Quincy, a severe sore throat caused by a tonsil abscess, |
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