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

Porter Shimer

Sep 2004 · Sold by Black Dog & Leventhal

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book brought back many days of watching and learning the gathering and preparation of many herbal plants and roots growing up in the Piedmont area of NC my family had many many herbal preparations that to this day I still refer back to I wish that I had written many of them down and had taken Time to learn more, Thank you this book definitely is healing for my body and my Heart🤗

I have only just begun, but it is very interesting so far.

I've yet to try any home remedies but the books are educational

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.