Rising Appalachia- Medicine [Official Music Video]

Artist: Rising Appalachia
Song: Medicine
Album: Wider Circles
Location: Lake Tahoe & Appalachia

"Medicine” is a song-anthem honoring the traditions of folk medicine; plant-based medicine as a tool for empowerment and healing. It is a call to action to support the voices of the herbalists, healers, and teachers… the roots, plants, trees, and stones… the arts, the spirits, and the wild ones. It is an honoring of all the many ways that we can be well, and the radical and traditional ways in which we can steward health within ourselves.

This song is a direct tribute to the people around the world who are holding and teaching these ways of herbal plant-based medicine, educating us all to know our gardens, our forests, our plants and our own bodies... to bring wellness back into our own hands and communities. It is not a dismissal of modern medicine, but a gratitude and honoring of its ancestry and foundations within folkloric traditions.

As we are moving into a new season, a new time, and a new chapter, we offer this song as a ritual anthem for this transition and time of great change. " ~ Rising Appalachia

Directed by Jeremy Jensen & Ashley Owen
Edited by Jeremy Jensen
Cinematographers: Jeremy Jensen, Taylor Hellhake & Ashley Owen

Big thanks to:

Paula Crews
Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine
Bianca
Dee
Almeta
Rosemary Gladstar

For more work from...

Gear Used:

Canon 5D Mark III
3x Canon 7D
Sony DSC-RX100
Lenses: 2x 70-200mm 2.8 Canon IS, 17-55mm 2.8 Canon, 24-70mm Canon 2.8
Manfrotto Tripod
Manfrotto Monopod
Rhino Slider
Lowel Light Kit

[arthurbennett]

I'm a Apalachee Indian an I make medicine from the woods ... I live this everyday
Not in a song but real life
I am the medicine man
Chief Arthur Bennett
Talimali Band the Apalachee Indians of Louisiana

[patriciacooper]

It's like you put my life into music... Over 40 years of roaming wilderness gathering food and medicinal plants. Old now, 63 still at it. Never for monetary profit. God gave the seed bearing plants for our sustenance.

[bodhiwilson]

I must remember this whenever I get caught up in the news, the happenings of the world. Someone must remain grounded and peaceful. Let that someone me be. Thank you for the reminder. 🙏

[kaleighcollura]

Who’s stil here in 2025 baby!! 🎉🎉 I can’t wait to meet all my brothers and sisters one day!

[freedomseekerz]

Let the plants heal and grow your hearts and minds.
Beautiful medicine WOMAN MEDICINE MAN

[Raucow]

I play this song everyday at my work hoping someone will listen

[weirdperson_jam]

This kind of music needs to be played on the radio instead of the Sugar Honey Ice Tea that’s conditioning us to think what is cool and we should strive to emulate. 🙏🏾 Thank you sisters along with Starling Arrow

[deepsouthmedicineman]

This song set me on my journey which began 4 years ago. Still revisit this tune weekly

[panteamoshfegh]

I'm having really difficult times, I've lost my job, flat and relationship. For 2 weeks I couldn't even smile. Since yesterday that I saw this song on my YouTube home, and listen to your songs on repeat the whole day!
It gave me new energy, happiness and even the ability to see positivity in all this!
You helped me so much and I want to thank you for your beautiful energy ❤❤❤

[huiashadrock]

All peoples everywhere connected in every land can relate to this song!

[SharonD-qq]

I so love these ladies keeping me sane and helping me to heal ❤❤❤❤❤

[mikeyb]

I always come back and listen to this. GENIUS

[Lukamusic]

humanity needs more real spiritual music like this. Namaste

[mikeneidlinger]

I've been practicing Silat and Escrima since 1993 and Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi since 2008. I like practicing slow twisting and circling steps with blades. It nourishes my brain and I circulate my chi to stay healthy and massage my internal organs to stay soft and limber.
The first thing I would teach someone is how to relax and root and circulate Qi. After relaxing, someone can learn basic Gong Fu!
I'm staying up all night Fasting and drinking Korean Red Ginseng Extract in Water. I like to listen to music and write poetry. I love Grateful Dead. My Father was a famous musician and I grew up in a party house in the Hollywood Hills.

[JackCrackers-gm]

Brings back my heritage, and the love I had making mountain medicine with my mother that was passed down generations. Peace be with you and all.💚✨🕊️

[WhatchaWannaDoNative]

THE GREAT SPIRIT BE ALWAYS WITH YOU, ONE LOVE, THE MEDICINE MAN SHAMAN

[charlietyler]

Two beautiful ladies with beautiful souls! Ram ram

[scottmikle]

These lovely ladies never fail to inspire me. Beautiful harmony, beautiful words and beautiful faces. What more could I

[elainemartinez]

truly beautiful. I love the message. My GRANDmother was a medicine woman. watching her as a child...images imprinted on my soul forever.

[wolffredd]

Beautiful souls, beautiful music and beautiful women. I can’t express enough how much I love these two and their vibe.