Episode 151: Magnolia with Leslie Williams

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Episode Summary

This is the first time I’ve sat down with Leslie, and I enjoyed listening to her winding story of learning about herbs through the decades!  I was equally amazed by the extensive information she shared about the medicinal benefits of magnolia.  She really opened my eyes to the gifts of this beautiful, ancient tree.

Leslie shared several ways to work with magnolia, including her recipe for Magnolia Bark Oxymel (and you’ll hear how Leslie uses it both internally and externally). You can find a beautifully illustrated recipe card for Leslie’s oxymel in the section below.

When might you turn to magnolia?  Here are just a few ways this stunning tree can be worked with to benefit your health:

► To help moderate diabetes

► As a pain-relieving tea or ointment

► To help quit smoking tobacco

And there are so many more benefits to this wonderful tree medicine!  Tune in for all the details.

By the end of this episode, you’ll know:

► Which parts of the magnolia tree are used in medicine-making

► Three different digestive issues that can be helped by magnolia

► How magnolia can help you get a good night’s sleep

► The types of pain that can be relieved by magnolia

► Five different ways of working with magnolia for food and medicine, including a yummy pickle!

► and so much more…

For those of you who don’t know her, Leslie Williams, RH (AHG), M.Ed. (UGA), is an experienced herbalist who finds wisdom in conversations with trees and rivers. She believes that herbalism is the best work in the world, full of both delights and heartaches. Growing up in the woods and swamps of north Florida, she spent her childhood plowing with a horse and wildcrafting meals. Leslie is trained in basic Five Element Theory and Ayurveda, as well as rural Southern herbalism, and has spent years reading worldwide clinical research. With 58 years of Zen meditation and many years in recovery, she brings a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to her practice.

I’m excited to share our conversation with you today!

What You'll Learn from This Episode

• [01:10] Introduction to Leslie Williams
• [2:46] How Leslie found her plant path, including her takeaways from reading ancient herbal texts
• [28:00] Magnolia’s medicinal gifts
• [36:22] Magnolia Bark Oxymel recipe, and other oxymels Patricia loves
• [40:49] Pickled magnolia flowers
• [41:41] Leslie’s current herbal projects
• [44:28] What Leslie wishes she knew when she began her herbal path
• [48:50] Herbal tidbit

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• Website | Ordinary Herbalist
• Facebook | Leslie Williams

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