Rainforest Home Remedies - by Rosita Arvigo & Nadine Epstein (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden

• Find alternatives to chemical anti-depressants and painkillers in your spice rack.
• Learn about natural anti-itch salves for insect bites.
• Soothe and relieve envy, grief, sadness, and fear the Maya way.
• Rid your house of negative energy with a Maya cleansing ritual.
• Try the easy-to-make bronchitis remedy.

Review Quotes

Our disconnection from nature is a serious cause of illness. Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein help us to remember our connection with plants that can heal us as the authors bring us back home to a sacred way of life. -- Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth

A stimulating, information-filled, and well-organized account of the main features of contemporary Maya folk medicine. -- Michael Harner, PhD., author of The Way of the Shaman

"A practical guide to healthy living and traditional herbal wisdom, blended artfully with an insightful view of common modern ailments. Full of stories; a refreshing view of wellness and sane living that is so needed today." -- Christopher Hobbs, 4th generation herbalist, licensed acupuncturist and author of 20 books on health and herbs, including Herbal Remedies for Dummies

Rosita, thank you for bringing these precious thoughts, so comprehensively done, to the healing world. Its banquet will feed our new hospital. If we are to survive as a species, it will be because ideas like these become important again. -- Patch Adams, MD