When Nature Becomes Your First Aid-Kit | Featuring Sam Coffman
Release Date: 11/22/2024
When Nature Becomes Your First Aid-Kit | Featuring Sam Coffman
Herbal Radio
Austere Medicine (pronounced aw-steer) – the practice of remote field medicine in wilderness, post-disaster situations and emergency situations. This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the best-selling author, US Army and US Special Forces Medic Veteran, clinical herbalist, austere medicine specialist, wilderness survival expert, and all-around badass, Sam Coffman. Listen in as Thomas and Sam dive into an engaging conversation surrounding what austere medicine is, why this realm of study is invaluable to every survival-enthusiast and herbalist alike,...
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The Art & Impact of Seed-Saving | Featuring Bevin Cohen
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This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the passionate writer, fellow podcaster, seed-saver extraordinaire, and owner of Bevin Cohen. Listen in as Bevin and Thomas explore the art of growing plants from harvested seeds, and how this timeless practice can deeply enhance our relationship with the plant allies that surround us. If you want to dig deeper into Bevin’s work with us, check out his featured article on seed-saving in our latest release below! As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are honored to have you...
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The Double-Edged Sword of Plant Identification Apps | Featuring Shana Lipner Grover
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This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are joined by our long-time dear friend that will likely be no stranger to many of our listeners—Shana Lipner Grover! As a highly acclaimed clinical herbalist and educator, Shana joins us for a conversation on the upsides and downsides of plant identification apps, and the advantages of leaning on regional herbalists to gain knowledge on the flora, fauna, and funga surrounding us. Listen in as Shana shares an entertaining yet cautionary tale on the potential dangers of using plant identification apps, and why these apps should...
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Herbal Oracle Decks | Tea Talks Roundtable
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In this Tea Talks Roundtable, Jiling discusses Herbal Oracle Decks with herbalists and . Listen in as Maia, Wolf, and Jiling explore: What oracle decks are, and how they might help deepen our relationships with plants, ourselves, and the world Maia and Wolf’s processes for creating their oracle decks Oracle cards as doorways into the collective unconscious Art as a layer-cake of meaning and symbolism Conversations with the land Bridging known and unknown realities through doorways to magical engagement Paying attention as a celebratory evocation 🌿 MAIA TOLL is the...
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This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are featuring a dynamic duo wife-husband team on a mission to enhance the human connection with the natural world, Allison Poklemba and Michael Kauffman. Allison and Michael are the Founders of , an independent publishing company that explores books on natural history, ecology, and the western landscape. Today, Allison and Michael will be sharing their combined insights and knowledge on the vast ecology that surrounds our world, and how bettering our understanding of plants can help us to foster a better understanding of ourselves....
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Mobile Herbal Clinics | Tea Talks Roundtable
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Thinking Outside the Recyclable Box | Featuring Sonya Carlson
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This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the passionate leader of a non-profit organization that is very near and dear to our hometown, right here in Lane County, Oregon: Sonya Carlson of . In this episode, Sonya and Thomas dive into how waste reduction goes far deeper than simply recycling alone, and by bringing communities together, we can all take hold of our collective and individual responsibility to care for our Earth. Through Sonya’s leadership, educational outreach, hands-on workshops, and community engagement, BRING understands that carving the...
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Asian American Herbalism | Tea Talks Roundtable
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In this Tea Talks Roundtable, Jiling discusses Asian American Herbalism with herbalists Erin Masako Wilkins and Zoey Xinyi Gong. We explore: East Asian medicine views of food as medicine Eating through the seasons — from an East Asian medicine perspective How to integrate herbs into food Everyday recipes for everyday healing Current trends in East Asian medicine in popular culture Learn more about these herbalists below: 🌿 Erin Masako Wilkins is an Asian American herbalist and acupuncturist who has treated patients for years and teaches virtual and in-person workshops. Her...
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Environmental Grief & Herbalism | Featuring Emily Ruff
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This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are sharing an awakening conversation surrounding the intersection of herbalism and grief with the author, educator, non-profit leader, and environmental advocate, Emily Ruff. Driven by her profound dedication and compassion, Emily sits down with us to dissect the individual and collective impact that environmental grief has on our communities, and how redefining its influence may play a key role in re-establishing a symbiotic relationship with our planet. We’ll explore how this can be accomplished by leaning on our plant allies...
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The Herbal Doula, with Marie White | Tea Talks with Jiling
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Marie White is an author, plant educator and environmentalist whose work focuses on medicinal herbs, relationship between people and plants, climate, and community care. She is the author of The Intimate Herbal ('22) and The Herbal Doula ('24), both through North Atlantic Books. 🌿Listen in as Jiling and Marie discuss: Marie’s new book, “The Herbal Doula” The herbs Marie recommends folks have handy when expecting or raising youngsters How herbs can be allies amidst climate change Self-care tips for doulas and other caring professions or individuals The garden as a space to...
info_outlineAustere Medicine (pronounced aw-steer) – the practice of remote field medicine in wilderness, post-disaster situations and emergency situations.
This week on Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the best-selling author, US Army and US Special Forces Medic Veteran, clinical herbalist, austere medicine specialist, wilderness survival expert, and all-around badass, Sam Coffman. Listen in as Thomas and Sam dive into an engaging conversation surrounding what austere medicine is, why this realm of study is invaluable to every survival-enthusiast and herbalist alike, and how a bit of herbal education, wilderness experience, and a survivalist mindset could very well save someone’s life someday–-even your own!
As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at [email protected] to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
Learn more about Sam below! ⬇
🌲 Sam Coffman (MSAOM, L.Ac., RH[AHG], W-EMT) began his medical education in the US Army as a Green Beret Medic (18D) in 1989. Over the years that followed, he dedicated himself to being able to work with botanical medicine as a successful method to provide sustainable health care in remote and post-disaster regions for chronic, acute, and physical trauma care. Since that time, Sam has taught herbalism for over 30 years and has worked as a clinical herbalist for over 15 years. His herbal and acupuncture clinic/apothecary are now located in Taos, NM along with his school.
In 2007, Sam founded Herbal Medics Academy (AKA The Human Path), which offers five primary herbalism programs – Clinical Herbalism, Austere Medicine, Advanced Medicine Making, Community Herbalism, and Family Herbalism. Sam has developed over 1200 hours of curriculum, in addition to other curricula developed by the 20 instructors working for his school part-time. As a few of the curriculum highlights of his school, Sam teaches the integration of herbal medicine with both functional medicine and austere medicine together with two medical doctors who also specialize in those areas. At the new Taos campus, Sam teaches many on-site medicine courses including WFA and WFR certification, CERT certification, wilderness survival, TECC certification, and a 12-day Herbal and Off-Grid Medicine Experience (HOME) course together with Dr. Steve Pehrson MD. Sam and his wife Suchil also co-founded Herbal Medics in 2011, which is an outreach organization that gives their students and interns an opportunity to work in the field while providing free health care and education to underserved communities. They have worked in Nicaragua, Mexico, and all over the USA to provide post-disaster relief and free herbal clinics, education, and sustainable medicine/food projects for underserved communities.
Sam currently serves on the board of Taos Search and Rescue (TSAR) and is also part of the canine search and rescue team together with his Belgian Tervuren dog, Lucy. His book, Herbal Medic, has been in the top 3 best-selling books for Storey Publishing for the past 2 years. His new book under Storey Publishing is titled, Survival Gardening, and is being released in January 2025.
⛑️ Find out how you can get your hands on a copy of Sam’s best-selling book below!
Herbal Medic: A Green Beret's Guide to Emergency Medical Preparedness & Natural First Aid
🌾 Preorder a copy of Sam’s upcoming book releasing in January 2025 below!
Survival Gardening: Grow Your Own Emergency Food Supply, from Seed to Root Cellar
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