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The Herbalists Path Podcast brain health classes courses digestion education foraging harvesting herbal remedies herbalism herbalists path herbs immunity medicine plants podcast sustainable Sep 06, 2020
The Herbalist’s Path is a podcast on a Mission to Inspire a Movement where there’s a Herbalist in every home, again! Run by your Host Mountain Mel, you’ll hear interviews with fellow herbalists who will talk about their path to herbalism, and give you tips and tricks to take...
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Mel Mutterspaugh, Clinical Herbalist

Mel Mutterspaugh

Clinical Herbalist

I'm a Clinical Herbalist, Environmental Educator, Wilderness Therapist, Backpacking Guide, founder of herbal products company, Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods, host of The Herbalist’s Path Podcast, and the mother of a beautiful little girl and a few fur babies living and loving life up in the foothills of Mount Hood Oregon!

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