osadha natural health, llc
Herbalism, medicinal mushrooms, foraging
Anna marija helt, Ph.D
herbalist~biologist
practicing since 2009
~HERBALISM In durango or wherever you are~
About Marija
Marija grew up running wild in the woods. (Well, at least ’til sunset.) She’s a research scientist-turned-clinical herbalist, practicing since 2009. Marija studied botanical medicine with Pam Fisher at the Berkeley Herbal Center (formally the Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies), with Kathi Keville at the Green Medicine Herb School, and for shorter stints with other herbalists. … (read more)
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- Become acquainted with the “plant allies” and foods that best fit you.
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Durango Online Herbarium is up & contains 60+ fungal species. Plants are next...
I’m uploading over a decade’s worth of wild plant and mushroom photos, along with where they’re found and some additional basic info. I’ve started with fungi, and next will be plants. For now, entries are arranged alphabetically. Keep checking back to see the new uploads. You can use the search feature in the upper right corner to look for specific mushrooms or plants. Note that many of the mushrooms and plants featured are not edible or medicinal so don’t assume you can stick ’em in your mouth just because they’re included in the herbarium.
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Upcoming Classes
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POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF THE ROCKIES Live Zoom Class. Wednesday June 26th, 2024, 7-830PM Mountain Time.
SUMMER FORAGING CLASS Saturday July 20, 2024, 930-11am in Durango.
WILD MUSHROOM WEEKEND Workshop Saturday August 3rd, 9am-3pm in Durango. Free mushroom walk Sunday August 4th, 9am-1130am for workshop attendees.
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14th Annual Good Medicine Confluence
GMC returns to Durango this year! July 10th – 13th, 2024, at Fort Lewis College. The most vibrant, informative, and soul inspiring botanical conference I’ve been to. I’m teaching “Mushrooms for Gut Health” and “Beyond mushroom polysaccharides: A dive into the other magnificent medicinal mushroom molecules” I have a couple/few discounted tickets available, otherwise you can purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/good-medicine-confluence-2024-tickets-729029766657?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Want to learn about wild foods & medicines?
Sign up for 1-on-1 lessons whether you live in Durango, Dallas, or Delaware! Check for upcoming classes and workshops that are in person or live-streamed. Dive into 12 years worth of free articles and videos on herbalism, “mushroomism” and botanical aromatics.
Articles & Videos
Medicinal Mushroom Foraging at the Grocery Store
If you want the full on class covering 5 great grocery store medicinal mushrooms, scootch on over to classes https://youtu.be/yX8PpjX5DD8 ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or...
Turmeric: More than just curcumins…
https://youtu.be/UB4fu3VmMgU ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or in part online or in print must be granted by the author in writing. The articles and videos on this website...
Damiana! Much more than an herbal aphrodisiac…
https://youtu.be/2PuA4L-uEus ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or in part online or in print must be granted by the author in writing. The articles and videos on this website...
Adventures with Turmeric: Ever hear of turmerin?
https://youtu.be/rXsqWNzx3OY Join me this Wednesday, May 26th 2021 for an hour-long, live & interactive Zoom class on all things Turmeric that have little to nothing to do with curcumin! Register here: https://www.osadha.com/turmeric-much-more-than-curcumin/ ~~~...
LabAroma Interview
My interview on the LabAroma podcast went live this morning. Listen in as we geek out on plant endophytes and their influence on what's in your tincture bottle, along with other timely topics in botanical medicine.......
Are you sure those Boletes you’re harvesting are edible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycHITS-g9AU&t=8s ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or in part online or in print must be granted by the author in writing. The articles and...
Old fashioned ways to tell if a mushroom is toxic (HINT: I wouldn’t rely on these if I were you…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4LZAPIpzk ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or in part online or in print must be granted by the author in writing. The articles and videos on...
Turmeric versus curcumin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB4fu3VmMgU&t=3s ~~~ Content © Dr. Anna Marija Helt, Osadha Natural Health, LLC. Permission to republish any of the articles or videos in full or in part online or in print must be granted by the author in writing. The articles and...
Old fashioned ways to identify poisonous mushrooms (if you want a trip to the ER or the morgue, that is)
Deadly Amanita mushrooms will test as “safe” for most of these. In other words, DO NOT use these to suss out which mushrooms are poisonous.... From the upcoming “Seriously Poisonous Mushrooms of North America” Zoom class I wouldn't use these methods if I were you. A...
Endophytes – The Sequel. Your herbal medicines are more complicated than you may know!
Originally published in Plant Healer Quarterly Endophytes are little critters that live either inside of or squished in between plant cells, and they’re a reminder that no organism, whether plant, person or platypus, is an individual. Rather, we’re communities of our...
Endophytes: Think you’re making plant medicine? Think again…
“Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em. And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so, ad infinitum. And the great fleas, themselves, have greater fleas to go on, While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on…”...