Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way to Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul

by Nadine Epstein and Rosita Arvigo

Book Overview

Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden

Find alternatives to chemical anti-depressants and painkillers in your spice rack. Learn about natural anti-itch salves for insect bites. Soothe and relieve envy, grief, sadness, and fear the Maya way. Rid your house of negative energy with a Maya cleansing ritual. Try the easy-to-make bronchitis remedy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006251637X
• ISBN13: 9780062516374
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

FInally a book that respects the medicine of my people

When I first bought this book I thought that it was going to be just like other New-agey books that have flooded the market recently and have made fanciful distortions of the peoples of Meso-America. This book was a great book in may respects because when I looked at the remedies and read the explanations given about the spiritual illnesses I saw that they were accurate. I grew up being treated with the wonderful indigenous medical system that was devised thousands of years ago in Mexico and Central America and was glad that this book contained information that would serve as a great primer to those who are wanting to know what the medicine of the MesoAmerican people really is like. Rosita Arvigo did a wonderful Job! I am of Pipil descent and I believe that this book is one of the best books out there on the subject which it covers and you cant go wrong with the price either.

Excellent intorduction to home remedies

I picked up this book at a gift shop in Belize for the waiting room of my chiropratic practice in New York. It has attracted much attention and interest from my patients. The book is simple to follow and brings the timeless wisdom of an ancient healing tradition into practical use. In one case I recommended a remedy for headaches suggested by Ms. Arvigo. In conjuction with a program of chiropractic adjustments the remedy proved to be quite helpful. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in natural healing. Bruce Schneider, D.C. New Paltz, NY

Excellent Source for Herbal Remedies

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.

Got woman problems?

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.

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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.