Motherwort Benefits with Maria Noël Groves
Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Forêt
4.9 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Motherwort benefits us in so many ways and can be especially supportive for the “overworked and unappreciated,” as my guest, Maria Noël Groves, shares in this episode. Please join us to hear about the gifts of motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca). You’ll also receive Maria’s motherwort tincture recipe, which she has aptly named: Motherwort Calming Relief Tincture.
Maria Noël Groves is a clinical herbalist who runs Wintergreen Botanicals Herbal Education Center and clinic, nestled in the pine forests of New Hampshire. Her business is devoted to education and empowerment via classes, health consultations, and writing with the foundational belief that good health grows in nature. She is the author of the award-winning, best-selling book Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care as well as the book Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies.
Listen in for:
► How motherwort excels in supporting the nervous system, without creating a sedated feeling
► How can you make a potent tincture with fresh herbs?
► Does motherwort have side effects on the thyroid gland?
Here is one of my favorite takeaways from our conversation:
“One of the many aspects of motherwort that I really adore is the way that it helps support us when we are feeling anxious or just our emotional stability is a little bit off and it has benefits with long term use. But even in the moment, within minutes after taking the tincture, I and many of my clients will notice this immediate kind of grounding action.”
I've long respected Maria's work and herbal offerings, so it was a personal pleasure to have her on the show. Thank you for joining us today!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Herbs with Rosalie podcast, a show exploring how herbs heal as medicine, |
| 0:10.8 | as food, and through nature connection. I'm your host, Rosalie de la Foray. I'm an herbalist teacher |
| 0:17.1 | and the best-selling author of the books, Alchemy of Herbs, and Wild Remedies. |
| 0:21.9 | 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 |
| 0:32.4 | 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 |
| 0:42.1 | herbs in your everyday life. |
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| 1:03.0 | my weekly herbal newsletter. Okay, grab your cup of tea. Let's dive in. I've long respected Maria's work and herbal offering, so it was a personal |
| 1:13.5 | pleasure to have her on the show. For those of you who don't already know her, Maria Noel |
| 1:19.1 | Groves is a clinical herbalist who runs Wintergreen Botanicals Herbal Education Center and |
| 1:25.0 | Clinic, nestled in the pine forests of New Hampshire. Her business is devoted to education and empowerment via classes, health consultations, and writing with the foundational belief that good health grows in nature. She is the author of the award-winning bestselling book, Body Into Balance, an herbal guide to holistic |
| 1:44.8 | self-care, as well as the book, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies. Learn more about Maria and herbs at |
| 1:51.3 | wintergreen botanicals.com. Welcome to the podcast, Maria. Thanks so much for having me. Oh, I'm so |
| 1:59.6 | excited to have you here, and I'm so excited to talk about the herb you're chosen. But first, I'd love to hear a little bit more about you and what pulled you into this beautiful herbal world. Yeah. I was thinking about it. I have like a couple different origin stories when it comes to my, you know, how I dealt into the world of herbs. So I won't share all of them, but I'll share a few that are pertinent, I think. Just, you know, I didn't grow up in a family that used herbs, but my mother is a very holistically minded nurse who has a garden and had that Reader's Digest books. I don't know if any, if you or any of your listeners know about this, |
| 2:35.2 | but it's the Reader's Digest, like Magic of Medicine of Plants. And in my, you know, growing up in the |
| 2:40.7 | 80s, that was a popular book that people had on hand. And I remember looking at it just thinking, |
| 2:46.0 | like, it's so cool that plants have these superpowers. But we never actually worked with the plants |
| 2:51.5 | medicinally. It was just more of knowing that such a thing existed and thinking it was neat. |
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