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Sacred Plant Healing Guide

In this indispensable new resource both for the home apothecary and clinical practitioners, a celebrated herbalist brings alive the elemental relationships among traditional healing practices, ecological stewardship, and essential plant medicines.

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Sacred Plant Healing Guide

In this indispensable new resource both for the home apothecary and clinical practitioners, a celebrated herbalist brings alive the elemental relationships among traditional healing practices, ecological stewardship, and essential plant medicines.

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Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction: Honoring the Sacred 1


Origin Stories • Journey to the Plants • About This Book

PA R T 1

Sacred Relationships and


Healing Traditions
Chapter 1 The Language of Energetics 15
Honoring Roots of Energetic Models • Global Healing
Systems • A Contemplative Practice

Chapter 2 Plant Relations with All the Senses 29


Elements within Plants • Qualities and Actions of Plants
• Energetics of Phytochemistry • Distilling Spirits and
Developing Relations

Chapter 3 Medicine of Place 53


First Nations, First Teachers • Tending Land Close
to Home • Reclaiming Sacred Space • The Rise of
Botanical Sanctuaries

Chapter 4 Medicine of the Seasons 69


The Basics of Five Phase Theory • Spring • Summer
• Late Summer • Autumn • Winter

Chapter 5 Our Elemental Selves 111


The Elements in Ayurvedic Philosophy • Tridosha: The
Three Humors • Treating Constitution versus Symptoms

Chapter 6 Our Inner Terrain 133


Understanding Tissue States • The Quality of Temperature
• The Quality of Moisture • The Quality of Tone
PA RT 2
The Apothecary
Chapter 7 The Wheel of the Year 175
Samhain • Yule/Midwinter/Winter Solstice • Imbolc/
Candlemas • Ostara/Spring Equinox • Bealtaine/
May Day • Litha/Midsummer/Summer Solstice
• Lughnasadh/Lammas • Mabon/Autumn Equinox

Chapter 8 Kitchen Apothecary Practices 183


Kitchen Herbs • Harvesting and Drying Herbs • Water
Extractions: Teas, Infusions, Syrups • Alcohol Extractions:
Tinctures • Glycerin Extracts • Vinegar Extracts •
Oxymel • Powders • Capsules • Standardized Extracts •
External Applications

Chapter 9 The Plants: Materia Medica 217


Seeing with the Energetic Lens • Agrimony •
Ashwagandha • Blue Vervain • Burdock • Calendula •
Chickweed • Dandelion • Echinacea • Elder • Goldenrod
• Goldenseal • Hawthorn • Lobelia • Marshmallow •
Milk Thistle • Motherwort • Mullein • Nettle • Plantain
• Prickly Ash • Self-heal • Skullcap • St. John’s Wort •
Violet • Yarrow

Epilogue 313

Acknowledgments 315
Appendix 1: At-Risk Assessment Tool Scoring Sheet 317
Appendix 2: Herbal Actions Glossary 319
Resources 327
Recommended Reading 331
Notes 337
Index 349

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