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A practical guide to understanding plant language. Isla Burgess introduces the reader to the often unnoticed logic of nature by detailing 13 common New Zealand weeds and how to use our five senses to decipher what healing value the plant offers us. Colour photography of the plant...s illustrate other clues. Convinced that herbal medicine is ot based on a system of trail and error, Burgess aims to capture insightful logic and the true essence of plant healing in the same tradition of the Wise Woman healers, the Shamans and the plant gatherers. The Process explains the keys she uses. Then in The Plants , 13 common weeds are discussed in detail. The reader is encouraged to engage his or her senses to observe the external features before considering its flower-colour according to the rainbow/chakra system. The internal features are documented, using taste and scent, to place the plant in a koru spiral moving outwards from the intense, internally toxic essential oils in the tightly curled centre, through alkaloids and bitters, to mineral salts and mild-tasting greens and roots. The humoral theory of hot/cold, moist/dry, adds another dimension before the plant is revealed in minute detail under a magnifying glass or microscope. Then, major keys for each are summarized and proposed actions and/or conditions for use with guidelines for preparations and the season/s when the plant should be used. Finally, references from a variety of books are gathered to support the evidence. The Insights offers information which is spiritual (meditations, visualizations), scientific (phytochemicals), and practical (preparations, plant families). The book concludes with worksheets.
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Author's Bio
Isla Burgess
It is more than 40 years since I began my life long journey into the complex world of medicinal plants and an unopened packet of seeds stills thrills me with delight.
I also delight in creating situations where others can experience this world.
As a Herbal Medicine Practitioner for all those years my specific interest and focus has been on Women's health. For the past decade or so it is the relationship between the Planet, Plants and People that consumes me. That includes developing a resilient garden of food and medicinal plants.
This lifelong focus has found me presenting at Conferences here and overseas, participating in documentaries: 'Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku' (New Zealand) and Numen (USA).
The survival of biodiversity on the planet and the loss of Medicinal Plant Species in the wild is one of my main concerns.
Books include 'Weeds Heal. A Working Herbal'.'The Biophilic Garden Connecting People, Plants and Inscape'.
Websites www.islaburgess.com
Blog www.islasite.wordpress.com
Mary Allan
I have been dedicated to the study, profession and practice of Herbal Medicine now for over 20 years and currently work as a Herbal Medicine Practitioner in Auckland, New Zealand. I love to grow and gather both cultivated and wild medicinal plants for healing purposes. My commitment to herbal medicine led me to being the editor of Avena, professional journal of the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists (NZAMH), for 10 years. My clinical approach draws on traditional knowledge, philosophy and providing a space that supports a holistic approach to healing. The majority of my clients are women, and I feel humbled to be involved in a project such as this which brings caring self knowledge to the plant women of the world.
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