Description: 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.
Brief description: Rosita Arvigo was born in Chicago and trained in the United States as a doctor of naprapathy. In addition to her natural healing practice in Belize, Arvigo is the founder of Belize's six-thousand-acre Terra Nova Medicinal Plant Reserve, the founder of Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation, the cofounder of Rainforest Remedies, and the creator of the Panti Mayan Medicine Trail, a popular and educational tribute to Don Elijio
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