{"product_id":"american-indian-healing-arts-herbs-rituals-and-remedies-for-every-season-of-life-9780553378818","title":"American Indian Healing Arts: Herbs, Rituals, and Remedies for Every Season of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmerican Indian Healing Arts\u003c\/b\u003e is a magical blend of plant lore, history, and living tradition that draws on a lifetime of study with native healers by herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are the time-honored tribal rituals performed to promote good health, heal illness, and bring mind and spirit into harmony with nature. Here also are dozens of safe, effective earth remedies--many of which are now being confirmed by modern research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter introduces a new stage in the life cycle, from the delightful Navajo First Smile Ceremony (welcoming a new baby) to the Apache Sunrise Ceremony (celebrating puberty) to the Seminole Old People's Dance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of the book are more than sixty easy-to-use herbal remedies--including soothing rubs for baby, a yucca face mask for troubled skin, relaxing teas, massage oils, natural insect repellents, and fragrant smudge sticks. There are also guidelines for assembling a basic American Indian medicine chest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. Barrie Kavasch is an herbalist, ethnobotanist, mycologist, and food historian of Cherokee, Creek, and Powhatan descent, with Scotch-Irish, English, and German heritage as well. She is the author of two books on Native American foods, \u003cb\u003eEnduring Harvests\u003c\/b\u003e (1995, Globe Pequot) and \u003cb\u003eNative Harvests\u003c\/b\u003e (1979, Random House), which was hailed by \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e as \"the most intelligent and brilliantly researched book on the foods of the American Indians.\" She has studied with many acclaimed native healers--some of whom contributed to this book--and is a research associate of the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, Connecticut. Her work has been featured in \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMartha Stewart Living\u003c\/b\u003e, and many other publications, and she has been a guest lecturer at the New York Botanical Garden, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Yale Peabody Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren Baar has a degree in public health from the Yale University School of Medicine and writes about gardening and health for \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSelf\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eNatural Health\u003c\/b\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543839674642,"sku":"9780553378818","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_079d98ab-4ee4-41d1-ad40-549788c35638.jpg?v=1731515007","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-indian-healing-arts-herbs-rituals-and-remedies-for-every-season-of-life-9780553378818","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}