Earth Medicines: Ancestral Wisdom, Healing Recipes, and Wellness Rituals from a Curandera

Winner of the 2022 Eating the West Award! 
Winner of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Book Award! 

An accessible guide to time-honored Indigenous wisdom, healing recipes, and wellness rituals for modern life from an experienced curandera.

In Earth Medicines, Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a curandera (or traditional healer) who is a Xicana with Tewa ancestry, combines Indigenous wisdom from many traditions with the power of the four elements. This modern guide is designed to support readers on their path to wellness with lifestyle practices and recipes perfected by Ruiz in her twenty-five years of training and working as a curandera. Ruiz teaches readers to be their own healers by discovering their own ancestral practices and cultivating a personal connection to the elements.

These healing recipes and rituals draw on the power of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire—a reminder that the natural elements are the origins of everything and can heal not only our bodies, but the mind and spirit as well.
 
In chapters organized by each element, readers will first find recipes and advice for:
Promoting inner harmony through Hydrotherapy for Headache Relief, Mayan Tea to Calm the Mind, or Ginger Fire Honey ChewsNurturing beauty inside and out with Tepezcohuite Honey Mask, Salt of the Earth Deodorant, or Sweetwater Herbal Mouth RinseTaking care of the spirit by creating an ancestral altar, making loose incense, or performing a Mayan Bajo Steaming Ritual

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Earth Medicines

Ancestral Wisdom, Healing Recipes, and Wellness Rituals from a Curandera

An accessible guide to ancient wisdom for modern life from an experienced curandera.

Discover ancestral practices

Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz shares time-honored Indigenous wisdom, rituals, and recipes she has collected over her twenty-five years of experience working as a curandera (or traditional healer).

Connect to the elements

These healing recipes and rituals draw on the power of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire—a reminder that the natural elements are the origins of everything and can heal not only our bodies, but the mind and spirit as well.

Become your own healer

This book is intended to help you build a closer relationship with the elements, discover your own ancestral practices, and remind you that we are all healers.

Rich with lifestyle practices and recipes designed to support you on your path to wellness.

Water

Using hydrosols, sometimes referred to as floral waters, is an excellent way to get the aromatic properties of plants into a water-based solution.

Air

Keeping houseplants allows us to have little healing filters right in our own homes.

Earth

Rhassoul clay leaves your hair shiny and soft and it can be used to cleanse and condition your hair as often as you would use commercial products.

Fire

Any candle that is lit with positive intentions holds wisdom within its flame, helping us to go deeper within ourselves when we gaze upon its light.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roost Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 2, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 161180843X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1611808438
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.92 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.91 x 9.74 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #97,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Indigenous Food of the Americas #208 in Herbal Remedies (Books) #4,362 in Medical Books (Books)
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