📜 Traditional Medicine

Explorations of healing systems rooted in centuries of practice—Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbalism, and indigenous remedies. Readers are drawn to wisdom that predates the pharmaceutical age and persists alongside it.

Breath

by James Nestor • 2020

You breathe wrong, and it's wrecking your health. The fix is older than medicine.

4.17

688

🫁 Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch ⚖️ Autonomic Balance 💨 CO2 Tolerance

Breath

You breathe wrong, and it's wrecking your health. The fix is older than medicine.

by James Nestor 2020

4.17

688 ratings

🫁 Breathing Techniques 👃 Nasal Breathing 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch ⚖️ Autonomic Balance 💨 CO2 Tolerance

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice 🌍 Eco-Spirituality

Sastun

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice 🌍 Eco-Spirituality

Ancient Remedies

by Josh Axe • 2021

The ancient medicine cabinet: herbs, oils, and food protocols that treat root causes, not symptoms.

4.34

939

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 💧 Essential Oils 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

Ancient Remedies

The ancient medicine cabinet: herbs, oils, and food protocols that treat root causes, not symptoms.

by Josh Axe 2021

4.34

939 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 💧 Essential Oils 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

The Herbalist's Way

by Nancy Phillips • 2005

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

4.37

183

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing 🍄 Wildcrafting 🌍 Sustainable Living

The Herbalist's Way

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

by Nancy Phillips 2005

4.37

183 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing 🍄 Wildcrafting 🌍 Sustainable Living

The Everything Guide to Spices for Health

by Michelle Robson • 2016

Your spice rack is a medicine cabinet. The evidence for what 20 common spices actually treat.

3.63

🍳 Culinary Medicine 🌿 Herbal Medicine 🥗 Food As Medicine 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🛡️ Immune Support

The Everything Guide to Spices for Health

Your spice rack is a medicine cabinet. The evidence for what 20 common spices actually treat.

by Michelle Robson 2016

3.63

8 ratings

🍳 Culinary Medicine 🌿 Herbal Medicine 🥗 Food As Medicine 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🛡️ Immune Support

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

by Shoba Narayan • 2018

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

3.64

2k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

by Shoba Narayan 2018

3.64

2k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

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