Healing Secrets of the Native Americans: Herbs, Remedies, and Practices That Restore the Body, Refresh the Mind, and Rebuild the Spirit

Learn how Native Americans have used the bountiful gifts of nature to heal the mind, the body, and the spirit.Bestselling Healing Secrets of the Native Americans brings the age-old knowledge and trusted techniques of Native-American healing to a wider audience.

Discover how the Native-American tradition uses plants and herbs, heat, movement and sound, visualization, and spirituality to heal dozens of everyday ailments and illnesses -- from back pain to insect bites to flu and sore throat and much more and apply it to your life to improve your health and your mind.

Broken into sections, the book covers such topics as The Healing Spirit (including dream therapy, spirituality, and prayer), The Native American Spa (healing with heat, massage, sound and movement, and nutrition), The Native American Pharmacy (including more than 40 herbs and plants, how to obtain them, and how to use them), plus remedies for more than 40 ailments from acne to wrinkles.

Author: Porter Shimer
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781579123925
ISBN10: 1579123929
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Health & Fitness | Naturopathy

About the Author
Porter Shimer is a health and fitness author who has written several books on natural ways to conquer pain, lose weight, and achieve a healthier life.