Description:
Mexican Remedies is filled with stories, recipes, and remedios--those time-honored ways of healing, soothing, and warding off troubles.
Brief description:
Laura Davila is a fifth-generation Mexican witch, a longtime practitioner of Mexican ensalmeria, hechicería, brujeria, and folk Catholicism. Born and raised in Mexico, Laura has lived in the United States since 2010. Laura identifies as a bruja de rancho--a "ranch witch"--a term with great resonance in Mexico, indicating knowledge of botanicals and the natural world. The author of Mexican Sorcery and Mexican Magic, Laura is also a tarot card reader and a flower essence practitioner. Follow her on Instagram @daphne_la_hechicera.