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Highlights
- A concise guide to the medicinal and ceremonial usage of chocolate
- About the Author: Marcos Patchett is a medical herbalist.
- 108 Pages
- Health + Wellness, Herbal Medications
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Book Synopsis
A concise guide to the medicinal and ceremonial usage of chocolate
Review Quotes
"I doubt anyone knows more about chocolate than Marcos Patchett! This book is a succinct distillation of his years of research. It will teach you everything you need to know about cacao - how it grows, its history, its effect on body and mind -and it will show you, practically, how you can embrace its power, as thousands have done throughout history, to improve your life and health".
Alison Kay, The Ancestral Kitchen
"Pharmakakawa is the definitive book for chocolate lovers. We are skilfully taken on a journey into the secret life of chocolate, from its historical uses and its mythological importance to its ceremonial and medicinal properties. This excellently researched and well referenced book is a must have, and the perfect addition to your library."
Rebekah Shaman, Ritual Cacao
About the Author
Marcos Patchett is a medical herbalist. He graduated from Middlesex University's Herbal Medicine BSc course with a first class degree honours and the Elsevier science prize for plant pharmacology in 2005. He worked as a medical herbalist in King's Cross for several years, specialising in complementary care for people living with HIV, and practiced from Neal's Yard remedies' Therapy Rooms in Covent Garden and Notting Hill. He worked as a dispenser in Middlesex University's Archway training clinic, and later went on to become the clinical supervisor for Western Herbal medicine BSc and MSc courses at Middlesex's Integrative Medicine training clinic in Hendon. Marcos is also an enthusiastic student of Renaissance and Medieval astrology. He is frequently invited to give talks on contemporary herbal medicine and traditional medical astrology internationally. Marcos currently lives and works in London.