Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest By Mark J. Plotkin

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION Download Now!

Name: Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION
Rating: 9.6 (8443 reviews)
Author: Mark J. Plotkin

Books,Politics & Social Sciences,Social Sciences Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest Mark J. Plotkin

4,6

Related Ebook :

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION Download Now!

The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to KnowFor thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves contain plant compounds. Now Western medicine, faced with health crises such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer, has begun to look to the healing plants used by indigenous peoples to develop powerful new medicines. Nowhere is the search more promising than in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical forest, home to a quarter of all botanical species on this planet—as well as hundreds of Indian tribes whose medicinal plants have never been studied by Western scientists. In Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans, who taught him the plant lore their tribes have spent thousands of years gleaning from the rain forest.For more than a decade, Dr. Plotkin raced against time to harvest and record new plants before the rain forests' fragile ecosystems succumb to overdevelopment—and before the Indians abandon their own culture and learning for the seductive appeal of Western material culture. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice relates nine of the author's quests, taking the reader along on a wild odyssey as he participates in healing rituals; discovers the secret of curare, the lethal arrow poison that kills in minutes; tries the hallucinogenic snuff epena that enables the Indians to speak with their spirit world; and earns the respect and fellowship of the mysterious shamans as he proves that he shares both their endurance and their reverence for the rain forest.

At this time of writing, The Audiobook Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest has garnered 9 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Audiobook is Good TO READ!

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION!

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest I LOVE this book. To anyone who likes herbs or homeopathic remedies or science in general, you need to get this book. Yes, it's a little outdated what with it being about 2 decades old, but the reading is still there, and it's all true! It gives you a glimpse into what life was like in the deep, untouched forests back then and talks about who big pharma was already in the process of attempting to focus on their personal gain rather than supporting these shaman who knew so much about medicinal herbs and plants. I couldn't put this book down and ended up flying through it in less than a week. It's an easy read despite all the scientific plant names in it and is something I encourage all of you to look into.

Related Ebook :

Search This Blog

Ebook And Free PDF - MOBI

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE PDF EDITION Download Now!

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION Download Now!

Related Ebook :

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION Download Now!

Mobi Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest with FREE MOBI EDITION!

Related Ebook :

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Audio Book Motor Point Index - An Acupuncturist's Guide to Locating and Treating Motor Ponts with Free EASY Reading Download Now!

Audio Book The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope with Free EASY Reading Download Now!