The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter, and Tonic Plants

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Restoring the use of wild plants in daily life for vibrant physical, mental,
and spiritual health • Explains how 3 classes of wild plants–aromatics,
bitters, and tonics–are uniquely adapted to work with our physiology because
we coevolved with them • Provides simple recipes to easily integrate these
plants into meals as well as formulas for teas, spirits, and tinctures •
Offers practical examples of plants in each of the 3 classes, from aromatic
peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate As people moved into cities
and suburbs and embraced modern medicine and industrialized food, they lost
their connection to nature, in particular to the plants with which humanity
coevolved. These plants are essential components of our physiologies–tangible
reminders of cross-kingdom signaling–and key not only to vibrant physical
health and prevention of illness but also to soothing and awakening the
troubled spirit. Blending traditional herbal medicine with history, mythology,
clinical practice, and recent findings in physiology and biochemistry,
herbalist Guido Masé explores the three classes of plants necessary for the
healthy functioning of our bodies and minds–aromatics, bitters, and tonics.
He explains how bitter plants ignite digestion, balance blood sugar, buffer
toxicity, and improve metabolism; how tonic plants normalize the functions of
our cells and nourish the immune system; and how aromatic plants relax tense
organs, nerves, and muscles and stimulate sluggish systems, whether physical,
mental, emotional, or spiritual. He reveals how wild plants regulate our heart
variability rate and adjust the way DNA is read by our cells, controlling the
self-destructive tendencies that lead to chronic inflammation or cancer.
Offering examples of ancient and modern uses of wild plants in each of the 3
classes–from aromatic peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate–Masé
provides easy recipes to integrate them into meals as seasonings and as
central ingredients in soups, stocks, salads, and grain dishes as well as
including formulas for teas, spirits, and tinctures. Providing a framework for
safe and effective use as well as new insights to enrich the practice of
advanced herbalists, he shows how healing “wild plant deficiency
syndrome”–that is, adding wild plants back into our diets–is vital not only
to our health but also to our spiritual development. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Healing Arts Press; 1st edition (March 24, 2013)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 7
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 47
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.7 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #475,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #552 in Holistic Medicine (Books) #1,028 in Herbal Remedies (Books)
• #552 in Holistic Medicine (Books)