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Betzy Bancroft wants to teach you to make medicine from herbs

In her new book, Betzy Bancroft shares instructions for making and administering plant medicine.
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In her new book, Betzy Bancroft shares instructions for making and administering plant medicine.

"Plants are truly my friends," writes Betzy Bancroft. The Vermont herbalist has been teaching herbal medicine-making for more three decades, and she continues to spread those lessons through her new book, "Herbal Pharmacy: The Science and Magic of Preparing and Administering Plant Medicine."

Bancroft is a co-founder of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism and teaches at Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary in Orange, Vt.

Broadcast live on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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