American Indian Healing Arts: Herbs, Rituals, and Remedies for Every Season of Life

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American Indian Healing Arts is a magical blend of plant lore, history, and living tradition that draws on a lifetime of study with native healers by herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch.

Here are the time-honored tribal rituals performed to promote good health, heal illness, and bring mind and spirit into harmony with nature. Here also are dozens of safe, effective earth remedies–many of which are now being confirmed by modern research.

Each chapter introduces a new stage in the life cycle, from the delightful Navajo First Smile Ceremony (welcoming a new baby) to the Apache Sunrise Ceremony (celebrating puberty) to the Seminole Old People’s Dance.

At the heart of the book are more than sixty easy-to-use herbal remedies–including soothing rubs for baby, a yucca face mask for troubled skin, relaxing teas, massage oils, natural insect repellents, and fragrant smudge sticks. There are also guidelines for assembling a basic American Indian medicine chest.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 May 1999
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553378813
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553378818
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 544 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.54 x 1.83 x 23.11 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 689,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 465 in Indigenous Peoples Studies 2,909 in Popular Medicine 7,528 in Applied Psychology (Books)
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