Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way To Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul [Paperback]

Rosita Arvigo (Author), Nadine Epstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 2001

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

... help us to remember our connection with plants that can heal us as the authors bring us back home... -- --Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth

A stimulating, information-filled, and well-organized account of the main features of contemporary Maya folk medicine. -- --Michael Harner, PhD., author of The Way of the Shaman

“A stimulating, information-filled, and well-organized account of the main features of contemporary Maya folk medicine.” -- --Michael Harner, PhD., author of The Way of the Shaman

About the Author

Rosita Arvigo was born in Chicago and trained in the United States as a doctor of naprapathy. In addition to her natural healing practice in Belize, Arvigo is the founder of Belize's six-thousand-acre Terra Nova Medicinal Plant Reserve, the founder of Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation, the cofounder of Rainforest Remedies, and the creator of the Panti Mayan Medicine Trail, a popular and educational tribute to Don Elijio

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (January 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006251637X
• ISBN-13: 978-0062516374
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Rain Forests
  • #69 in Books > History > Ancient > Mayan

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got woman problems?, August 2, 2003

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"classycat" (boone nc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way To Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul (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.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source for Herbal Remedies, March 3, 2005

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Joanne Tanner "herbal apprentice" (Orchard Park, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way To Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars rainforest remedies, February 9, 2001

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"earthfarma" (downingtown, pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way To Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul (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.