Season 7 Episode 9:
Cottonwood Benefits

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Episode Summary

While many swoon over its amber balsamic scent, the cottonwood tree (Populus spp.) is more than just a pretty smell. For thousands of years, cottonwood has been used as medicine and to make a variety of tools.

I honestly can’t imagine my life without this powerful tree and cottonwood bud oil (also called Balm of Gilead oil), which I use in practically all of my herbal salves, creams, and body butters.

With this episode you’ll also receive FREE access to a downloadable recipe card you can refer to again and again for how to make cottonwood bud oil of your own.

After listening in, you’ll know:

► How to work with cottonwood bud oil medicinally

► How I discovered that cottonwood is an amazing preservative

► The super-cool way researchers studied Poplar trees as a potential treatment for warts… and the intriguing results

► What you need to know to ethically harvest cottonwood

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What You'll Learn from This Episode

• [01:09] Introduction to cottonwood (Populus spp.)
• [05:03] Cottonwood energetics
• [06:10] Common ways herbalists use cottonwood today
• [09:19] Interesting scientific studies about cottonwood
• [13:31] How to identify cottonwood
• [15:26] Working with cottonwood medicine
• [18:36] Safety when working with cottonwood
• [19:17] Cottonwood bud oil recipe (Balm of Gilead oil)
• [25:20] Cottonwood herbal tidbit

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Resources Mentioned

• Rooted Medicine Circle
  
• Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine
• Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal