Herbs with Rosalee Podcast By Rosalee de la Forêt cover art

Herbs with Rosalee

Herbs with Rosalee

By: Rosalee de la Forêt
Listen for free

Curious about the healing nature of plants? You're in the right place. I’m Rosalee de la Forêt and I'm passionate about helping people discover the world of herbalism and natural health. On this 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. My goal is that you’ll walk away from each episode feeling empowered, knowledgeable, and inspired to start working with herbs in your everyday life. Sometimes you’ll sit down with just me and other times I may have special guests join the conversation. We’ll hear what their favorite herb and recipe is for the season. All you have to do right now is make sure you’re subscribed to this podcast in your favorite podcast player so you don’t miss a thing.Copyright 2026 Rosalee de la Forêt Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • Linden Myths You Should Stop Believing

    Linden Myths You Should Stop Believing
    Jul 7 2026

    Linden is one of my favorite tree medicines, but it's also surrounded by a few common misconceptions.

    Here, I unpack three myths that may be keeping you from getting the most out of this remarkable herb.

    ► Why linden is much more than a calming bedtime tea

    ► Which parts of the tree are traditionally used beyond the flowers

    ► What research suggests about harvesting linden from urban areas

    If you'd like to keep learning about linden, I'd love to share my free Linden Monograph, which also includes one of my favorite summer iced tea recipes featuring linden, lemon balm, and oat straw.

    And if you enjoy this way of studying herbs, you'll love my Herbal Energetics Course. It includes more than 60 detailed herb monographs, along with practical tools to help you understand herbs through the lens of energetics.

    Get the monograph and the recipe, and join the waitlist through here.
    Show more Show less
    4 mins
  • The Medicinal Spice You Probably Underuse: Cardamom for Digestion, Mood, and More with Missy Rohs

    The Medicinal Spice You Probably Underuse: Cardamom for Digestion, Mood, and More with Missy Rohs
    Jul 8 2026
    Most of us think of cardamom as a baking spice—but what if it's actually one of the most delightful herbal medicines in your apothecary?Many of us know cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) as the spice that makes chai, pastries, and coffee taste extraordinary. But as Missy Rohs shares in this episode, cardamom is so much more than a delicious ingredient. Together, we explore its gifts as a digestive remedy, aromatic medicine, antimicrobial herb, and even what Unani Tibb medicine calls an exhilarant—an herb that gently lifts the spirit and helps us become more open to joy. As Missy beautifully puts it, cardamom "lets the sunshine in."Along the way, we swap favorite ways to work with cardamom—from coffee and bitters to savory dishes, tinctures, and even medicinal-strength infusions. We also take a delightful detour into saffron (because it’s hard to stay focused on just one of the many amazing herbs out there!), another treasured spice that pairs beautifully with cardamom and offers its own dose of wonder.Be sure to download your beautifully illustrated recipe card for Missy’s Delightful Persian Love Cake—a stunning celebration of cardamom, saffron, rose, and pistachios that’s sure to become a favorite. You’ll find your copy here.By the end of this episode, you’ll know:► Five herbal preparations for working with cardamom—and why using it in culinary preparations can be just as medicinal!► A simple trick for getting even more aroma and flavor from your cardamom► An unexpected savory pairing with cardamom that might just inspire your next meal► Tips for growing and harvesting your own saffron (hint: there’s a reason it’s so expensive to buy at the store!)► and so much more…For those of you who don’t know her, Missy Rohs has run the Arctos School of Herbal Studies in Portland, Oregon for two decades. Her classes focus on sustainability, accessibility, and land connection, with special attention to community care. In Missy's plant medicine practice, pragmatism is queen. Common weeds, native plants, kitchen remedies, and ephemeral fungi are all part of her repertoire.Cardamom may already live in your spice cabinet—but after this conversation with Missy, you may find yourself reaching for it much more often!----Get full show notes, transcript, and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comWould you prefer watching this episode? If so, click here for the video.You can find Missy at ArctosSchool.org.For more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!Working successfully with herbs requires three essential skills. Get introduced to them by taking my free herbal jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!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.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----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 Herbalists 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.
    Show more Show less
    51 mins
  • Pleurisy Root: Healing Land, Monarchs & Lungs with Linda Shanahan

    Pleurisy Root: Healing Land, Monarchs & Lungs with Linda Shanahan
    Jul 15 2026
    What if one medicinal herb could change the way you think about healing—not just in the body, but across entire ecosystems?Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa), also called butterfly weed, is often thought of as a lung herb. But as this conversation with herbalist, farmer, and nurse Linda Shanahan reveals, this brilliant orange wildflower has a much bigger story to tell—one that stretches from monarch butterflies to microbiomes.In this episode, Linda shares the remarkable story of transforming a chemically treated sod farm into a thriving wildlife sanctuary where native plants, pollinators, birds, and beneficial insects returned together. Along the way, we explore pleurisy root's medicinal uses, why it's such an important plant for monarch butterflies, and how thinking like an herbalist invites us to see connections everywhere, from restoring habitats to supporting the microbiome within our own bodies.This episode’s “recipe” card is something a little different: a guide to creating your own Monarch Medicinal Mini Garden. You can learn how to create a beautiful habitat that nourishes monarch butterflies while incorporating native medicinal plants into your landscape—find your copy here.By the end of this episode, you’ll know:► The surprising scent of pleurisy root that strongly hints at who it’s meant to help► How pleurisy root can support specific respiratory conditions in ways that conventional Western medicine simply can’t► Special considerations for using pleurisy root medicinally► Practical tips for successfully growing milkweed from seed► Why planting milkweed alone isn’t enough—and what monarch butterflies really need to thrive► and so much more…For those of you who don’t know her, Linda Shanahan is an herbalist, registered nurse, and community health educator who co-owns an organic herb farm and farm-to-bottle apothecary in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with her husband, Eric. Together, they cultivate and craft herbal extracts rooted in ecological integrity and bioregional connection.Linda’s journey began over 25 years ago apprenticing with herbalists Howie Brounstein and Steven Yeager in Eugene, Oregon, where she first discovered the profound spiritual nourishment found in wildcrafting and the intimate dialogue between people, plants and place.This conversation with Linda is a beautiful reminder that every medicinal herb exists not in isolation, but within a web of relationships. I hope it inspires you to deepen your own connections—with the plants growing around you and the ecosystems that sustain us all.----Get full show notes, transcript, and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comWould you prefer watching this episode? If so, click here for the video.You can find Linda at BluestemBotanicals.com.For more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!Working successfully with herbs requires three essential skills. Get introduced to them by taking my free herbal jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!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.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----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 Herbalists 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.
    Show more Show less
    47 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
All stars
Most relevant
I have followed Rosalee since 2018 and particularly this year, I have looked forward to my Wednesday inbox with her new podcast. I am guessing this has been available on Audible for a while, but I didn't know until a couple weeks ago and I am over the moon! This is the easiest way for me because I am an Audible addict and love that I can press play and not worry about accidently hitting the wrong button and having it turn off or being taken to someplace else like the popular video platform I had been using. Hooray and jubilation to find that I can access my favorite podcast right here! Thank youuuuuuuu! - Kat

Thank goodness for Rosalee

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I am so happy to have discovered Herbs with Rosalee. I love this podcast for several reasons. Rosalee is very knowledgeable and experienced in the information she so freely shares with us. Another reason being that I get to learn about other herbalist and herbs from their experience. I have added a lot of knowledge to my own herbal path because of this podcast and I am so grateful that it exists.

Top notch quality herbal podcast

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It is so difficult finding trusted information on herbs. Rosalee is one of my all-time favorite people to learn from. Her voice is soothing, and her energy vibrant, as she extends her love of herbs towards those accepting.

Rosalee put my passion into overdrive!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.