Free Medicine in Your Yard: 4 Medicinal Weeds Popping Up Right Now

About this episode

This episode explores four powerful medicinal weeds that are commonly found in spring and their health benefits.

Spring is here, and that means some of the most powerful medicinal plants on the planet are popping up in your yard, your garden edges, and along your favorite walking paths. And most people are either pulling them out or walking right past them. In this episode, you'll meet four spring weeds that can have amazing benefits to your health: dandelion root and leaf, nettles, cleavers, and chickweed. You'll learn what they do, why they matter this time of year, and how to actually prepare them s...

People in this episode

Host: Mel Mutterspaugh

Topics covered

• medicinal plants
• weeds
• health benefits
• spring herbs
• natural remedies

Keywords

• medicinal weeds
• dandelion
• nettles
• cleavers
• chickweed
• natural health
• spring plants

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: dandelion root, dandelion leaf, nettles, cleavers, chickweed

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