The Tao of Books Native American Herbalism

THE CHEROKEE HERBAL: Native Plant medicine from the Four Directions Ref: BY42

J T Garrett

In this rare collection of the acquired herbal knowledge of Cherokee Elders, author J. T. Garrett presents the healing properties and medicinal applications of over 450 plants. Readers will learn how Native American healers utilise the gifts of nature for ceremonial purposes and to treat over 120 ailments, from the common cold to a bruised heart. The book presents the medicine of the Four Directions and the plants with which each direction is associated. From the East comes the knowledge of "heart medicine" - blood-building tonics and plants for vitality and detoxification. The medicine of the South focuses on the innocence of life and the energy of youthfulness. West medicine treats the internal aspects of the physical body to encourage strength and endurance, while North medicine offers a sense of freedom and connection to the stars and the greater Universal Circle. This resource also includes traditional teaching tales to offer insights from Cherokee cosmology into the origin of illness, how the animals found their medicine, and the naming of the plants.

288pp, 8.25x5.5 ... Paperback

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INDIAN USES OF NATIVE PLANTS Ref: N308

Edith van Allen Murphy

Plants were used by Native Americans in all aspects of their lives - for food, shelter, tanning, basketry, medine, feasts, ceremonies and magic. Edith van Allen Murphey's informative book includes botanical and Indian names, detailed descriptions and methods of preparation for medicinal purposes, food and beverages, and handicrafts. The author spent 25 years studying the tribes of the intermountain regions.

92pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
Price: £5.99

NATURE’S WEEDS, NATIVE MEDICINE: Native American Herbal Secrets Ref: BE97

Dr Marie Miczak

Nature’s Weeds & Native Medicine offers a unique insight to the healing herbs used by the first inhabitants of North America. Marie Maczak recalls the practices of her Native American ancestors and combines her knowledge in the field of pharmacy to bring these remedies to life. More than Native American herbology, these time honored remedies represent the heritage of all Americans as it was previously known as frontier medicine. Discover for yourself what the ancient tribes of the United States used for health, nutrition and healing.

168pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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SACRED PLANT MEDICINE: Explorations in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism Ref: 2565A

Stephen Harrold Buhner

Sharing sacred songs and ceremonies, Sacred Plant Medicine illuminates the spiritual and cultural foundations of the use of herbs. Extensive exercises, exquisite full-page watercolour plates, thorough appendices, and clear instructions on herbalism, self-care, spirituality, deep ecology, and eco-theology reveal a path to truly experiencing the overwhelming sacredness of plants. In addressing humans’ use of plants as medicine, and dealing with plants as medicine as well as plants as sacred beings, Buhner takes us on a fascinating journey that deepens our understanding of herbalism’s roots whilst adding dimensions that have largely been lost - once, plants as medicine and sacred beings were inseparable. RARE, out of print.

232pp, 9x7, illus. ... ISBN 1570980918 ...Paperback
Price: £19.99

SACRED SAGE: How It Heals Ref: 1717

Silver Wolf Walks Alone

Salvia, the generic name for certain species of sage, is derived from the Latin word for “to heal,” and the herb is used in the traditional healing systems of many Native peoples. Though there are many types of sage with a variety of uses, the kind most often referrred to in this book is a member of the wormwood family. The author delineates its ceremonial, medicinal and spiritual uses.

32pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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SAGE & SMUDGE: Secrets of Clearing Your Personal Space Ref: BV36

Donna Stellhorn

For millennia, the 500-plus varieties of sage have been a part of personal, religious and healing practices in cultures as diverse as the Chinese, Roman and Native American. To smudge is to burn sage in a ritual manner to cleanse or clear space, objects or environments. Bring the benefits of this ancient knowledge into your life with this pocket-size booklet that covers making a smudge stick, shells and fans, smudge ceremonies and more.

Paperback
Price: £4.50

VISIONARY PLANT CONSCIOUSNESS: The Shamanic Teachings of the Plant World Ref: B2F31

edited by J P Harpignies

Visionary plants have long served indigenous peoples and their shamans as enhancers of perception, thinking, and healing. These plants can also be important guides to the reality of the natural world and how we can live harmoniously in it. This work: presents the specific human-plant interconnection revealed by visionary plants; and explores the relevance of plant-induced visions and shamanic teachings to humanity's environmental crisis. It includes contributions from Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, Kat Harrison, and others who present their understandings of the nature of psychoactive plants and their significant connection to humans. What they reveal is that these plants may help us access the profound intelligence in nature - the "mind of nature" - that we must learn to understand in order to survive our ecologically destructive way of life.

224pp, 9x6 ... ISBN 9781594771477 ... Paperback

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