We interviewed Jennifer O’Brien Payeur about gemmotherapy, which uses plant stem cells for healing and maintaining health. You can watch the replay below. Please note that you will be asked to provide your email address at the 30-minute mark to continue viewing the replay.
What Is Gemmotherapy?
Gemmotherapy is the therapeutic use of stem cells from plants for improving and maintaining health. Because these stem cells come from the new growth of plants such as buds and shoots, they can help drain and clear toxins from the body at a cellular and organ level, and they also have the potential to stimulate the body’s own regenerative pathways. Gemmotherapy is a gentle herbal therapy that can be used for babies, elderly people as well as those who are sensitive and/or those who have complex medical conditions.
In This Webinar
In this webinar, Jennifer O’Brien Payeur, author of Ancient Plant Wisdom: How to Improve and Maintain Your Health Using Concentrated Plant Stem Cell Remedies and the founder of Nature Provides and the Divine Health Alliance, helped us to answer the following questions:
- What is gemmotherapy?
- How do concentrated plant stem cells work in the body?
- What are the benefits of gemmotherapy?
- Are there any known downsides to gemmotherapy?
- What kinds of conditions can gemmotherapy help with?
- What are examples of the most potent and commonly available plant stem cell remedies?
- Can gemmotherapy be used on a preventive basis?
- Can gemmotherapy be used on pets?
Key Discussions
Healing from Chronic Illness: Personal and Root Cause Approaches
Jennifer Payeur shared her personal journey from severe chronic illness (including pneumonia, chronic fatigue, and cancer) to healing, highlighting how conventional medicine often only manages symptoms, not root causes. Her turning point involved connecting back to nature, radically reducing stress, and shifting to natural modalities, demonstrating the importance of root-cause approaches and intuitive alignment for true healing.
What Is Gemmotherapy/Plant Stem Cell Therapy?
Gemmotherapy harnesses the unique regenerative potential of plant stem cells from the buds and young shoots of trees and plants. These early plant tissues are packed with maximum vitality, containing unique compounds and juvenile phytohormones lost in mature plants. The therapy offers both biological and energetic benefits, supporting detoxification, drainage, regeneration, and subtle body balancing in ways adult plant remedies cannot.
Connection Between Nature, Intuition and Health
A recurring theme is the crucial role of reconnecting with nature and inner guidance. Jennifer emphasized that healing entails slowing down, tuning into intuition, and forming a relationship with nature and the plants themselves. She believes that when people align with their true path and listen to their bodies, healing is not just physical but holistic—affecting emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Mechanisms and Benefits of Plant Stem Cell Therapies
Plant stem cell remedies act as intelligent substances that support the body’s own healing mechanisms. They can promote drainage, detoxification, and regeneration without the need for binders and are gentle enough for children, the elderly, and sensitive populations. Evidence and case studies were shared on their effectiveness in conditions ranging from chronic inflammation to blocked arteries, autism, ADHD, metabolic issues and autoimmune disorders.
Personalized, Empowered and Integrative Medicine
Gemmotherapy invites a new paradigm where individuals are empowered to listen to their own bodies and intuition, rather than just following protocols dictated by external experts. Plants offer highly personalized support—different ones resonate with different people and conditions. The approach works synergistically with other healing modalities such as herbal medicine and homeopathy, and it is accessible both through practitioner guidance and intuitive self-selection.
Timestamped Overview
00:00 From corporate job to healing journey
07:35 Cancer healing with the help of gemmotherapy
13:53 Cancer ciagnosis: Balancing health and stress
20:41 The potency of plant stem cells
26:35 Sacred geometry discovery
29:03 Intelligent detoxifiers
33:51 Struggles with health and insomnia
47:37 Comprehensive guide to gemmotherapy
48:55 Intuition versus allopathic models
56:40 Mindful use of medicinal plants
01:02:09 Plant stem cells boost healing
01:11:32 Acute and chronic use
01:19:22 Instructions for use
01:24:06 Improving vision
01:29:39 Plant stem cell potency
01:37:10 MTHFR and COMT gene changes
01:41:38 Italian Alps wild plant harvesting
01:45:18 Nature’s healing power
01:49:20 Versatile health tool benefits
01:54:54 Spreading mission of gratitude
After watching this webinar, you can go to http://health.nature-provides.com/ to learn more.
Go to https://nature-provides.com/documentary-signup/ to watch the documentary about gemmotherapy.
About Jennifer O’Brien Payeur
Jennifer O’Brien Payeur is the author of Ancient Plant Wisdom: How to Improve and Maintain Your Health Using Concentrated Plant Stem Cell Remedies. She is a holistic health practitioner and researcher. She is an inspirational speaker, podcast host (The Wellness Sherpa) and is the founder and co-owner of Divine Health Alliance, a holistic healing center in Charlotte, NC. She is also the founder of Nature Provides, an innovative plant stem cell company. Her mission is to educate and empower others on how these unique plant remedies detoxify, strengthen and rejuvenate the cells, tissue and organs in the body, bringing vibrant health to the individual.
She is on the board for the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health (MTIH), a non-profit organization founded by Nasha Winters ND LAc FABNO whose mission is to ingrain the terrain-based treatment methodology into cancer treatment and preventative care through practice, science, research, education, training, collaboration and funding.

Jennifer studied finance in college and worked in financial services, holding various leadership roles in operations, quality and productivity, change management, finance, and technology. She was a top performer in her roles and maximized her superpower of staffing high performance teams and delivering extraordinary results. In 2008, Jennifer had a health crisis that led her to attend the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, as well as pursue other holistic healing modalities such as family constellations, Naam Yoga certification, medicinal aromatherapy and a two-year study at the Center for Sacred Studies, in collaboration with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
In 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with metastasized cancer, which brought her the gift of deeply reconnecting with herself and nature. She re-discovered the healing power of plants and integrated the many modalities that she learned with her study of plants. In 2017, she left her 29-year career in financial services to become a teacher and mentor, traveling around the world to educate others on the inherent healing properties found in nature. You can find out more about her and her work at her website https://nature-provides.com/
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Sources & References
Aleya, A., et al. Phytoconstituent Profiles Associated with Relevant Antioxidant Potential and Variable Nutritive Effects of the Olive, Sweet Almond, and Black Mulberry Gemmotherapy Extracts. Antioxidants (Basel). 2023 Sep 4;12(9):1717.
Balta, C., et al. Phytochemical Profiling and Anti-Fibrotic Activities of the Gemmotherapy Bud Extract of Corylus avellana in a Model of Liver Fibrosis on Diabetic Mice. Biomedicines. 2023 Jun 20;11(6):1771.
Greb, T., et al. Plant Stem Cells. Curr Biol. 2016 Sep 12;26(17):R816-21.
Héjja, M., et al. Specific Antimicrobial Activities Revealed by Comparative Evaluation of Selected Gemmotherapy Extracts. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Feb 13;13(2):181.
Kovalikova, Z., et al. The Influence of Locality on Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Capacity of Bud Extracts. Foods. 2021 Jul 12;10(7):1608.
Kutschera, U., et al. Forever young: stem cell and plant regeneration one century after Haberlandt 1921. Protoplasma. 2022 Jan;259(1):3-18.
Téglás, T., et al. The Flavonoid Rich Black Currant (Ribes nigrum) Ethanolic Gemmotherapy Extract Elicits Neuroprotective Effect by Preventing Microglial Body Swelling in Hippocampus and Reduces Serum TNF-α Level: Pilot Study. Molecules. 2023 Apr 19;28(8):3571.
Williams, R. Therapeutic Response of Meniere's Disease Utilizing Sorbus domestica. Cureus. 2024 Feb 6;16(2):e53702.
Resources
Books
Payeur, Jennifer O'Brien. Ancient Plant Wisdom: How to Improve and Maintain Your Health Using Concentrated Plant Stem Cell Remedies. Gatekeeper Press, 2025.
Videos
Plant Stem Cells: A Powerful Treatment Option with Jenn Payeur | Dr. Darin Ingels. Darin Ingels ND.