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The curanderx toolkit : reclaiming ancestral Latinx plant medicine and rituals for healing / Atava Garcia Swiecicki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garcia Swiecicki, Atava, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Healing--Latin America.
- Healing.
- Healers--Latin America.
- Healers.
- Materia medica, Vegetable--Latin America.
- Materia medica, Vegetable.
- Traditional medicine--Latin America.
- Traditional medicine.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- x, 292 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The Curanderx Toolkit teaches the historical roots of curanderismo, and the author shares her personal journey as a healer and those of thirteen other inspirational curanderas serving their communities. The book also includes more than 25 profiles of native and adopted plants of Baja and Alta California"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Seeds
- Mi Camino/My Path
- The Path of a Curanderx
- Community of Healers
- Intentions for This Book
- Types of Curanderx
- Respect for This Tradition
- Medicine for the Soul
- A Note about Language
- Medicine for Resilience
- Spotlight: Trudy Robles
- 2. Roots and Flowers
- Curanderismo in Mexico
- We Are Still Here
- Herbal History in Mexico
- Three-Headed Serpent
- African Roots
- Synthesis and Resilience
- Curanderismo Flowering in the North
- Reflections on the Roots
- Spotlight: Maria Miranda
- 3. Remembering Ancestral Ways of Wellness
- The Challenge of Self-Care
- Care for Community
- Collaborative Healing
- Remembering Ancestral Medicine
- Making Offerings
- Spotlight: Marcela Sabin
- 4. Self-Care Is a Revolutionary Act
- Connecting to Our Inner Curanderx
- Grounding
- The Wounded Healer
- Personal Healing Inventory
- Spotlight: Candice Rose Valenzuela
- 5. Creating Sacred Space
- Stepping out of Ego-Driven Healing
- Aligning with the Energies of the Cosmos
- Danza Mexica
- The Secrets of Curanderismo
- Anahuacan Cosmovision: The Universe as a Flower
- Nauhcampa
- The Cosmos
- Tonantzin
- Corazon/Heart/Teyolia
- Embodied Experience
- Spotlight: Patricia Chicueyi Coatl
- 6. Herbal Allies
- La Casa de la Medicina
- Learning to Love Plants
- Plant Knowledge in My Family
- Falling in Love with Herbal Medicine
- Herbal Medicine in Curanderismo
- Herbal Allies
- Spotlight: Berenice Dimas
- 7. Tending to Our Gardens
- The Importance of Growing Our Own Medicine
- Curanderx Herbs for California Gardens
- Mirto/Coyoxihuitl Tlaztaleualtic
- Cordoncillo/Mexican Sage/Tochomixochitl
- Yerba Buena/Mint
- Estafiate/Mugwort/Iztauhyatl
- Romero/Rosemary
- Flor de Muerto/Aztec or African Marigold/Cempohualxochitl
- Pericon/Yerba Anis/Yerba de Ofrenda/Mexican Tarragon/Yauhtli
- Mexican Marigold/Mountain Marigold/The Grandmother Plant
- Ruda/Rue
- Pirul/Peruvian or California Pepper Tree
- Sauco/Blue Elderberry/Mexican Elderberry/Xometl
- Manzanilla/Chamomile
- Melissa/Lemon Balm
- Spotlight: RaheNi Gonzalez
- 8. Cultivating a Medicine-Making* Practice
- Creating Sacred Space for Medicine Making
- Making Herbal Tea
- Drinking and Storing Herbal Tea
- Herbal Tea Recipes
- Herbal Tinctures
- Herbal Cordials
- Flower Essences
- Medicine-Making Journals
- Spotlight: Batul True Heart
- 9. Nourishment: Herbal Tonics and Food as Medicine
- Herbal Tonics
- Ortiga/Stinging Nettle
- Avena/Wild Oat
- Food as Medicine
- Mediterranean Oregano
- Oregano/Mexican Oregano/Desert Oregano/Ahuiyaxihuitl
- Oregano de la Sierra/Oregano del Campo/Wild Oregano/Bee Balm
- Epazote/Wormseed/Epazotl
- Chile/Chili Pepper/Chilli
- Cilantro/Coriander
- Ajo/Garlic
- Cebolla/Onion
- Recipes
- Spotlight: Sandra M. Pacheco
- 10. Energy and Boundaries
- Four Energetic Bodies
- Las Trece Puertas/The Thirteen Doorways
- Understanding Our Boundaries
- Plant Allies for Boundaries and Protection
- Milflor/Yarrow/Milenrama/Tlalquequetzal
- Tobaco/Tobacco/Iyetl/Piciyetl
- Limpia Liniment
- Spotlight: Brenda Salgado
- 11. Dancing with los Aires
- Introducing los Trece Aires
- Caution: Aires Crossing!
- Fear and the Stress Response
- Plant Allies for Working with los Aires
- Los Trece Aires
- Spotlight: Angela Raquel Aguilar
- 12. Cleansing Ourselves: Limpias and Banos
- Self-Limpias
- Limpia Tools
- Self-Limpia Process
- Tlazolteotl: Guardian of la Limpia
- Baflos
- Spotlight: Alejandra Olguin
- 13. La Medicina of Dreams
- Dream Traditions of Ancient Mexico
- Sacred Sleep
- Herbal Allies for Sleep and Dreams
- Scullcap
- Passiflora/Passionflower/Tzitzintlapatl
- California Poppy
- Dreaming with Plants
- Herbal Recipes for Sleep and Dreams
- Dream Journaling
- Dream Incubation
- Honoring Dreams
- The Symbolic Language of Dreams
- Doorway to Our Underworlds
- Source of Guidance
- Healing Dreams
- Ancestral Dreams
- Collective Dreaming
- Final Thoughts on Dreaming
- Spotlight: Eleanor "Ellie" Barron-Druckrey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Garcia Swiecicki, Atava. Curanderx toolkit
- ISBN:
- 9781597145718
- 1597145718
- OCLC:
- 1293450361
- Publisher Number:
- 99991413508
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