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title: Cook, Cure & Conjure with Sobande Greer | Tea Talks with Jiling
description: "In this Tea Talks, Jiling sits down with Iya Angelique \"Sobande\" Greer, a Tennessee-based Herbalist, Holistic Nutritionist, Wellness Strategist, and Desert Storm Veteran of the U.S. Army."
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# [Cook, Cure & Conjure with Sobande Greer | Tea Talks with Jiling](https://podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/cook-cure-conjure-sobande-greer)

 Written by [Herbal Radio℠ Podcast](https://podcast.mountainroseherbs.com/author/herbal-radio-podcast) | Sep 6, 2024 5:54:49 PM

**🌸 Iya Angelique "Sobande" Greer** is a Tennessee-based Herbalist, Holistic Nutritionist, Wellness Strategist, and Desert Storm Veteran of the U.S. Army. She founded the first African American School of Herbalism in the United States in 1992, the [NCB School of Herbalism & Holistic Health](https://naturalchoicesbotanica.com/). She is the founder of [Sacred Waters Retreat](https://sacredwatersretreat.com/), The Afro Botany Immersion Conference and co-founder of "[Cook, Cure & Conjure](https://naturalchoicesbotanica.com/c3/)” with Yeye Lusiah Teish. She is currently the Program Director for Earthwise Spirituality & Education founded by Priestess Stephanie Rose Bird. Sobande teaches with [Ecoversity](https://www.ecoversity.org/) and other universities around the country. She has been writing for various herbal publications over the past 30 years, and is a leader and trailblazer in the field of African American Herbal history.

**🌷Listen in as Jiling and Sobande discuss:**

- The legacies of our ancestors
- Herbs and plants of the African diaspora
- Honoring sacred plants without ingesting them— such as cotton and pennyroyal
- The spiritual aspects of food, herbs, and community
- How plantain and dandelion entered Sobande’s life at a young age
- Important life-long lessons from Sobande’s great grandmother
- How “food as medicine” extends to “food as medicine” for body, mind, and Spirit
- When we ingest plants, we ingest the nutrients of our ancestors

**🌻 Visit Iya Angelique "Sobande" Greer at:**

- [www.naturalchoicesbotanica.com](http://www.naturalchoicesbotanica.com/) 
- [sacredwatersretreat.com](http://sacredwatersretreat.com/)

**Learn more about the [Cook, Cure, & Conjure online course HERE! ](https://sacredwatersretreat.regfox.com/cook-cure-conjure-)**

**🏵️ Resources:**

- [Sacred Waters Retreat](https://sacredwatersretreat.com/)
- [NCB School of Herbalism & Holistic Health](https://naturalchoicesbotanica.com/)

🌿 **JILING LIN** is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) and herbalist in Ventura, CA. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at [JilingLin.com](http://jilinglin.com/), [Instagram @LinJiling](http://instagram.com/linjiling), and [Facebook @JilingLAc](http://facebook.com/JilingLAc). Get her free [Nourishing Life](https://sendfox.com/lp/3le82n) (養生) template or [Five Phases ](https://sendfox.com/lp/1dl549)(五行) outline. Join her Substack [here ](https://jiling.substack.com/)for experimental eco-somatic writings, and sign up for her monthly newsletter [here](https://sendfox.com/jiling)!  

 

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