Herbs and chronic illness

🍀 WYLDE is a collection of episodes in English, where I - Lieve Galle, a Belgian herbalist and wild plant forager since 2002 - talk with fellow herbalists and foragers in Europe. 

Anita Wasik is a Polish medical herbalist and biomedical scientist, based in Finland.
She specialises in chronic illness, with areas of focus including environmental illness, digestive problems, hormonal disbalance, pain and fatigue, and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
Always with a personal and holistic approach.
And it all started with being chronically ill herself, as she will tell you in this inspiring conversation.

About how herbs were always a part of her life and childhood memories of her grandparents using them as first aid.
About her career path from medical science to herbal medicine.
About the traditional Polish herbal practices that influenced her and how Polish folk medicine blends herbalism and spirituality.
About the need for more scientific research into herbs and plants.
About the different political and legal approach to herbal medicine in Western and Eastern EU-countries, and more specifically the differences between Poland and Finland.
About the importance of observing and listening to get to the root cause of chronic illness.
About the process of healing and not providing quick fixes.

And lots more.



You can find more information about Anita and her work here: https://www.anitawasik.com/
Or you can follow her on Instagram: @dranitawasik

Music by Eva LaRuna

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