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9780062516374

Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way to Heal Your Body & Replenish Your Soul

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  • ISBN13:

    9780062516374

  • ISBN10:

    006251637X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-11
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

This practical guide reveals secrets from Mayan culture, outlining safe and effective natural remedies for everyday physical ailments, such as acne, flu, and high blood pressure, as well as for "spiritual illnesses" such as grief, depression, and anxiety. This book also presents the Mayan philosophy and the ancient art of healing massage.

Author Biography

Rosita Arvigo, a traditional healer, teacher, ethnobotanist, and doctor of naprapathy, is director of lx Chel Tropical Research Foundation and founder and co-director of Terra Nova, the world's first and only biomedicinal rainforest reserve Nadine Epstein is a writer and illustrator

Table of Contents

Preface: What Maya Healing Can Do for You! ix
Prologue xi
PART I Introduction to Maya Medicine 1(40)
PART II Physical Ailments 41(88)
General Ailments of Adults
44(46)
Physical Ailments of Women
90(19)
Physical Ailments of Men
109(5)
Physical Ailments of Infants and Children
114(15)
PART III Maya Bodywork and Massage 129(22)
PART IV Maya Spiritual Illness and Healing 151(40)
PART V Maya Daily Wisdom: Nine Pointers for Healthy Living 191(6)
Acknowledgments 197(6)
Latin Names of Plants 203(2)
Resources 205(8)
Bibliography 213(2)
Index 215

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