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Restoring the use of wild plants in daily life for vibrant physical mental and spiritual health bull Explains how classes of wild plants--aromatics bitters and tonics--are uniquely adapted to work with our physiology because we coevolved with them bull Provides simple recipes to easily integrate these plants into meals as well as formulas for teas spirits and tinctures bull Offers practical examples of plants in each of the classes from aromatic peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate 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 Maseacute 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 classes--from aromatic peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate--Maseacute 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 ldquowild plant deficiency syndromerdquo--that is adding wild plants back into our diets--is vital not only to our health but also to our spiritual development.



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