Today on Mushroom Hour we have the privilege of speaking with Monica Wilde. Monica is a forager, research herbalist and ethnobotanist. She lives in Scotland in a self-built wooden house on 4 organic acres where she is encouraging the growth of medicinal and foraging species to create a wild, teaching garden. She is also a Research Herbalist specializing in Lyme disease & co-infections, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Monica holds a Master’s degree in Herbal Medicine, she is a Member of the Association of Forager and a Member of the British Mycological Society. I’m excited to learn from someone who embodies such deep natural wisdom on how to nourish both our bodies and Gaia through wild food and wild medicine.

TOPICS COVERED:

Childhood in Kenya & Connection to the Wild
Disconnection in Post-WWII Western Society
The Wisdom of Plants
The Language & Biosemiotics of Plants
Tenets of Herbalism
Ancient Roots of Herbalism
Herbalism and Pharmaceuticals
Money as a Religion
The Body as a Collection of Microbiomes
Understanding Lyme Disease
Shepherding Wild Plants & Mushrooms
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Reciprocity with the Natural World
Lessons Learned from a Wild Food Diet

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Monica Wilde Website: https://monicawilde.com/
Monica Wilde Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicawilde
Monica Wilde IG: https://www.instagram.com/monicawilde/
Wild Medicine Substack: https://wildmedicine.substack.com/
Napiers Herbalists: https://napiers.net/
Monascus purpureus (Red Rice Yeast): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monascus_purpureus
Heracleum sphondylium (Common Hogweed): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_sphondylium
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum
Zach Bush: https://zachbushmd.com/
Lyme Disease: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease
Łukasz Łuczaj: http://thewildfood.org/
Pilosella officinarum (Mouse Ear Hawkweed): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilosella_officinarum
Association of Foragers: https://foragers-association.org/
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist Conk): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum

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