Herbal Support for Each Phase of the Menstrual Cycle with Angelica Merritt

Join us for Angelica’s upcoming class on May 28th at Earth Body on this topic!

Welcome to Earth Body Podcast. I’m Kate Douglas, Fertility Awareness Educator and founder of Earth Body. Each week, we feature conversations, stories, and essays exploring cyclical wisdom in the modern world.

Today, we're talking about about herbal support for each phase of the menstrual cycle with community herbalist, full-spectrum pregnancy loss doula, and author Angelica Merritt.

Please note there is a mention of pregnancy loss in this conversation.

KEY MOMENTS:

0:25 - Intro
0:59 - What brought Angelica to womb work
2:44 - How do herbs work on our bodies, especially for folks with wombs?
4:00 - What herbs Angelica will cover in her upcoming class on Earth Body
5:30 - Herbs for cramps, clotting, and mood swings
7:48 - Herbs for cervical fluid
9:42 - What herbs should be avoided at certain phases of the cycle
11:07 - More about Angelica’s book Womb Witch, Herbal Magick for Reproductive Health
12:50 - What is the most nourishing aspect of your work?

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Angelica Merritt is a Community Herbalist, Full-Spectrum Pregnancy Loss Doula, Postpartum Caretaker, and Author of the book Womb Witch, Herbal Magick for Reproductive Health [Microcosm Publishing, March '25]. She has years of formal training in herbalism, holistic energy work, functional nutrition, birthwork, and a B.S. in Journalism from Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Her work aims to assist others in "awakening the wild within" through herbalism, storytelling, nature immersion, and practices that invoke intuitive guidance. Find more of Angelica's work and teachings through her project Dandelion Dazed, where she encourages others to frolic in nature, gather wild foods and medicines, and contemplate life through the esoteric lens.

Relevant Links:

• Join us for Angelica’s upcoming class on this topic at Earth Body

• AngelicaMerritt.com

• Pre-Order Womb Witch, Herbal Magick for Reproductive Health

• Instagram

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Episode recorded, mixed, and produced by Kate Douglas

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

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