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Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies > General
Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and
essays by the late Ted Williams on the themes of ""medicine""
(physical/spiritual/psychic healing). Williams intertwines the lore
and lifeways of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating the dynamic
encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary
Haudenosaunee culture. At the same time, he writes with an
irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own. Colored by
his wry wit, ""Big Medicine from Six Nations"" amply fulfills the
promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view not only of
herbal medicine but also of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests,
sweat lodges, spirits, and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of
the Great Peace. But readers will find that there is more to this
book about the ""spiritual mechanics"" of humankind writ large.
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 Mase 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--Mase 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.
Novel drug delivery systems cover the approaches, formulation,
technologies, and modes for transporting any pharmaceutical
compound throughout the body to safely get the desired effect. A
growing area of research is the use of herbal formulations for
disease therapy. In combining these two areas of research, that of
novel drug delivery systems and that of herbal formulations, the
usefulness of herbs is not only proved but its future applications
and effectiveness are studied. The move towards herbal-based novel
drug delivery systems can benefit society in a multitude of
advantageous ways. Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal
Formulations discusses and explores the ways of preparing herbal
formulations loaded in novel drug delivery systems and the
resultant improvement in efficacy of the effected drugs/herbs
already available on the market. The chapters will highlight
traditional and herbal formulations, the effects of novel drug
delivery systems on herbal formulations, and the safe and effective
preparation and effects of herbal formulations as a therapeutic
intervention. This book is ideal for pharmacists, doctors, and
researchers specializing in herbal therapeutics, along with
practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested
in how herbal-based novel drug delivery systems can benefit
society.
Bestselling author Georgia Varozza takes the difficulty out of
creating healing teas, general cleaning items, and personal care
products. Her recipes, which have served generations of Plain
people, contain common household ingredients and are easy to make
and use. You'll find 99 creative ways to clean your home and heal
your body with salves, ointments, and tonics for aches and pains
teas for colds, flu, allergies, and headaches cleaning solutions
for around the house (inside and out) You don't have to forego
electricity or drive a horse and buggy to have your life and house
benefit from the sweet simplicity of Amish remedies. You will find
these home remedies to be so much easier and less expensive that
you will wonder why you've been using chemicals for all of these
years. You will also find information about Amish and Mennonite
stores in case you wish to order practical products Plain people
use and enjoy. Let these old-fashioned but eminently useful and
effective options bring the simple life into your home every day.
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