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An unparalleled resource for head-to-toe healing, this practical guide reveals health secrets from Maya culture. Rosita Arvigo, Director of Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation in Belize, outlines safe and effective natural remedies for everyday physical ailments - such as acne, flu and high blood pressure - as well as for "spiritual illnesses" - life grief, anxiety, and heartbreak. Rosemary, onion, oregano and cabbage leaves are just a few of the easy-to-find ingredients you can use to help heal bladder infections, find relief from carpal tunnel syndrome, or remedy the common cold. More than just an invaluable guide, this book also presents Maya philosophy and the ancient art of Maya healing massage while providing comprehensive guidelines for planting and harvesting your own healing garden.
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Rosita Arvigo, a traditional healer, teacher, ethnobotanist and doctor of naprapathy is the director of Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation and the founder and codirector of Terra Nova, the world's first and only biomedicinal rainforest reserve.
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Format:Paperback
Excellent tips, advice, information on and remedies for many of our most ordinary illnesses and diseases! I am following the instructions on how to perform the Maya abdominal massage in this book, and it seems my endometriosis is improving.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Got woman problems?
3 Aug 2003
Format:Paperback
This book has remedies for any ailment a woman could encounter. From wrinkles to cramps to irritable husbands. There's a great section on massage for children to fix anything from nail biting to colic. It also seems there is a tea recipie for anything you could ever suffer from.
My personal testamony: I have suffered from chronic menstral cramps for the past 5 years and no doctor could find the cause of the problem. This book helped me realize that my uterus is tilted back due to years of dacing and running on concrete. By massaging my abdomen using the arvigo method taught in this book, for 2-3 minutes a day, I'm able to control the cramping without drugs. You don't know how amazing that feels!
I'm not very experienced in natural healing, and I must admit it was a little overwhelming at first, but now I feel very confident in the subject.
This would make the perfect gift to anyone with or preparing to have children.
My personal testamony: I have suffered from chronic menstral cramps for the past 5 years and no doctor could find the cause of the problem. This book helped me realize that my uterus is tilted back due to years of dacing and running on concrete. By massaging my abdomen using the arvigo method taught in this book, for 2-3 minutes a day, I'm able to control the cramping without drugs. You don't know how amazing that feels!
I'm not very experienced in natural healing, and I must admit it was a little overwhelming at first, but now I feel very confident in the subject.
This would make the perfect gift to anyone with or preparing to have children.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Source for Herbal Remedies
3 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback
I felt like I was in training as an apprentice while reading this book. It is an excellent source of knowledge for Rainforest herbs learned from a H'men (Shaman or Mayan Healer) and for some plants we grow in the US. My only regret is not reading this book prior to visiting Belize via a cruise ship and not going to Ixchel Farm. (I definitely will on next trip). The source of reference in the back of the book is excellent for resources on Herbs. There are recipes for teas and tinctures useful for all kinds of ailments. Rosita also shared her knowledge learned from Don Elijio Panti on massaging the uterus to center a tipped uterus which is the cause for many of women's health problems today.(if we could only teach our US doctor's this cure!). Very Spiritual Book also- teaching the Spiritual side of healing and how important that is in the process of healing. The lessons I learned from this book, I will practice in my life. I read this book prior to reading her other book "Sastun". It is also an excellent book about the Mayan healer Don Elijio Panti and her apprenticeship- I couldn't put this book down.
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
rainforest remedies
9 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
I have had the pleasure of studing with Rosita, and visiting her in Belize. I had a chance to look this book over while waiting for it to be published. It is a wonderful book, filled with the wisdom of the Mayan traditions, healings, and spiritual practices, that Rosita knows so well having spent over 30 years working with the Mayan healers. This book is a treasure and should be followed by reading her first book, Sastun, my appreticeship with a Maya healer, which followers her journey to Belize and her delightful relationship with Don Elijio Panti, one of the last most respected healers of Belize.
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