Herbalism in Greece with Eleni Bourou

🍀 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. 

Eleni Bourou is a pharmacist, herbalist, and plant storyteller from Greece.
Her work moves between the clinical and the intuïtive, the ancestral and the contemporary. For the past 15 years Eleni has cultivated a unique practice in foraging, transforming plants into remedies, and creating experiences that guide people back to their bodies and to the land.

Join us in this lively conversation.

About the added value of having a background in both pharmacy and herbalism.
About the intimacy of foraging and building a relationship with plants.
About how important it is to share knowledge and talk to people, the basic botanical knowledge of the Greeks, and where to go for formal herbal education in Greece. 
About the black and white thinking about toxicity of plants.
About how alternative medicine is actually traditional medicine.
About the legal framework around practicing herbalism in Greece, and quality control on herbal products.
About Eleni's hopes and dreams for foraging in Europe and te consequences of climate change.
 
And lots more.



You can follow Eleni on Instagram @officinalis.drogeriii

Music by Eva LaRuna

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