Herbs: 'Planting Medicine,' Pot (Pacifica)

Pine needles are full of Vit. C and phytochemicals

Pine needles can make a fast natural soda 😮

The herbalism and plant medicine show (KPFA)

"Planting Medicine" airs Tuesdays at 1:00 pm on KPFA.org (Berkeley) and KPFK.org (Los Angeles).

"Planting Medicine," formerly "Herbal Highway," enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal (plant) medicines by sharing voices of traditional, holistic healers and their shamanistic healing practices.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus (aka "Emilia No-Lemus") and Renée Camila.

Planting Medicine originates in the San Francisco Bay Area, each Tuesday at 1:00 pm on 94.1 FM in the Bay and 90.7 FM in the Los Angeles Basin and online at kpfa.org and kpfk.org.

Call the LA studio at (818) 985-5735 and the office (818) 985-2711. Listen LIVE.

• Available for listening after the show at kpfk.org/archive.
• Today's show: Medicinal Berries: Host Emiliano Lemus dives into the world of medicinal berries. Join them to learn about the special healing properties carried by these wondrous fruits.
• (Please don't call in with questions about drugs. This is a serious show about herbs and legal medicinal uses. And if you do call, don't laugh like Beavis & Butt-Head.)

15 Victorian drugs for kids and Brits

(Gaslight Diaries) Shocking plants (heroin, cocaine) and chemicals used as 'medicine' in England

World of herbs is bigger than pot

Good vs. Bad Bud: Differences to Notice

(Cannabis Guy) Oct. 10, 2025: Cannabis Guy breaks down the four signs of quality cannabis — look, smell, and feel. What frosty trichomes really mean, how terpenes reveal top-shelf flower buds, and how to avoid the classic signs of mids. From dull, dry buds to sticky, aromatic flower that burns clean and smooth, this is a complete guide to spotting good cannabis every time. Whether a grower, buyer, or just tired of getting burned by low-grade bud, this video teaches how to identify real quality legal pot.

• Chapter 1: The Look: Visual cues reveal most of a bud’s story. Good: vibrant greens and purples, orange pistils, shimmering frost of trichomes. Trichomes are cannabinoid and terpene factories. Structure and density—tight, compact buds = good growing conditions. Contrast with bad weed: dull, brownish, yellow, moldy, airy, or leafy. Warning: buds with seeds, excess stems, or gray fuzz.
• Chapter 2: The Smell: Aroma is a major quality indicator. Good: bold, distinct scents like citrus, pine, diesel, or berries—driven by terpenes with good preservation through proper curing. Bad weed: smells like hay, grass, or wet cardboard → poor curing. Stale, bland, or ammonia-like smells = old or wet-jarred weed → bacteria/mold risk.
• Chapter 3: The Feel: Texture reveals quality. Good: sticky, springy, and resinous—snaps when broken. The “snap” test is proof of proper drying and curing. Airy/hollow buds = poor lighting or low nutrients. The ideal feel = sticky, dense, but not brittle.
• Info: When it comes to bad vs. good, knowing how to tell good flower apart from trash is key. More

Good plant gone bad: Cocaine market now bigger

• VIDEO: Truth about dangers and possible benefits of homegrown marijuana (free of toxic pesticides in legal weed)

Thom Hartmann: Weed reverses aging?

If Black don't crack and Asian don't raisin, could THC in cannabis be part of the reason?

Smoke THC, who TCH? (Thom in 2004)

Thom Hartmann or TCH (Thomas Carl Hartmann, born May 7, 1951) is now pro-THC? The American is a progressive radio personality, author, businessman, and nominal liberal [pro-Bernie, pro-Hillary, pro-Democrat] political commentator [1, 2]. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, "The Thom Hartmann Program," since 2003 and between 2010 and 2017 hosted a nightly television show, The Big Picture. More

• AUDIO: Brain boost from THC in weed? When you think of cannabis, improving brain health might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, you’ve probably heard the old trope that cannabis fries your memory... (The Mercury News)

• THC in cannabis reverses the ageing of the brain (greendorphin.com)
• Thom Hartmann Show, May 26, 2025; A Brain Boost from THC? (The Mercury News, May 26, 2025); Dr. Teh (via greendorphin.com), 2019; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Moving beyond COVID lies (Dr. B. Ardis)

Moving Beyond the COVID-19 Lies: Restoring Health and Hope for Humanity (Dr. Bryan Ardis)

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Recovering from long COVID

Guest Dr. Bryan Ardis (thedrardisshow.com), is a nutritionist, doctor of chiropractic, and alternative medicine practitioner.

In this audio, he shares his groundbreaking research into the treatment of "Long COVID," as well as how we can identify and eliminate toxins (krait snake venom proteins, heavy metals, nanobot technology) in the human body to heal properly.

Reflecting on the devastating impact of the pandemic (plandemic), Dr. Ardis notes that there are "7,000,000 people dead...and 1.6 to 1.9 million of that total came in the United States," which has less than 3 percent of the world's population.

His personal connection to the crisis began when he lost his father-in-law due to what he said was "a very ill-advised hospital protocol" involving the antiviral drug Remdesivir (which he dubbed "Run, death is near"), which he claims has a higher death rate than no treatment at all.

Dr. Ardis criticizes the commonplace narrative that COVID originated from a bat, suggesting instead that "labs like Wuhan are [purposely developing and] designing more deadly [gain of function] pathogens."

He also calls attention to the ongoing symptoms stemming from Long COVID, stating, "Millions around the world currently are battling ... trying to recover their own health."

He cites a January 2023 study where Long COVID patients wearing a 7-milligram nicotine patch for only six days experienced a complete disappearance of their symptoms, which include the loss of taste and smell, brain fog, and insomnia.

• Natural plant nicotine (not cancerous, chemically-treated corporate cigarettes or other smoked or chewed tobacco products) is a healing herb.
• Bungarotoxin from krait snakes is a cause
• Another major cause is king cobra venom
• Ozempic and Wegovy are Hila monster venom (a segment of protein in a sea of chemicals that will spur on "turbo cancer")
• There is NO mRNA in the miracle Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and other Big Pharma firms, according to their own science, as they try to prove they are not responsible for people contracting the pandemic. So it was all a bunch of lies, and the goal of the "plandemic" was to get shots in arms at all costs, as people gave in to the terror
• VIDEO: Foreign Protein Cleanse (thedrardisshow.com)

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Further, the study found no dependency or adverse effects from the patches, he reports. Dr. Ardis also notes that smokers are less affected by COVID due to nicotine's binding to viral proteins, similar to venom proteins and peptides from snakes like the king cobra.

Dr. Ardis further contends that government censorship and misinformation have obscured the effectiveness of real nicotine, as well as the drug ivermectin (which binds to nicotine receptors).

• What is the antidote? There's more than one (thedrardisshow.com)
• Doc's Healthy Kids Daily Chewable Multi-Vitamin (60 Count) Berry Flavor (thedrardisshow.com)

He also highlights the importance of dietary supplements, particularly Zinc and Vitamin C, in bolstering immunity. During the pandemic, "Zinc was the Number One thing everybody should have been taking to prevent worse health outcomes," he says.

• AUDIO: coasttocoastam.com/show/2024-11-03-show
• Recovering from Long COVID | Coast to Coast AM
• Dr. Bryan Ardis, G-Man Noory, Coast to Coast 11/3/24; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly