Stephen Harrod Buhner

A manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World • Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia • Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative • Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and the human species In Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals that all life forms on Earth possess intelligence, language, a sense of I and not I, and the capacity to dream. He shows that by consciously opening the doors of perception, we can reconnect with the living intelligences in Nature as kindred beings, become again wild scientists, nondomesticated explorers of a Gaian world just as Goethe, Barbara McClintock, James Lovelock, and others have done. For as Einstein commented, “We cannot solve the problems facing us by using the same kind of thinking that created them.” Buhner explains how to use analogical thinking and imaginal perception to directly experience the inherent meanings that flow through the world, that are expressed from each living form that surrounds us, and to directly initiate communication in return. He delves deeply into the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and, most importantly, the human species itself. He shows that human beings are not a plague on the planet, they have a specific ecological function as important to Gaia as that of plants and bacteria. Buhner shows that the capacity for depth connection and meaning-filled communication with the living world is inherent in every human being. It is as natural as breathing, as the beating of our own hearts, as our own desire for intimacy and love. We can change how we think and in so doing begin to address the difficulties of our times.

Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth

Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm

The first in-depth examination of the sacred underpinnings of the world of Native American medicinal herbalism • Reveals how shamans and healers “talk” with plants to discover their medicinal properties • Includes the prayers and medicine songs associated with each of the plants examined • By the author of The Secret Teachings of Plants As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable--food, weapons, baskets, clothes, shelter, and medicine. Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant world. In Sacred Plant Medicine Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques and states of mind these cultures use to communicate with the plant world. He explores the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions and the territory where plants are an expression of Spirit. For each healing plant described in the book, Buhner presents medicinal uses, preparatory guidelines, and ceremonial elements such as prayers and medicine songs associated with its use.

The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism

Sacred Plant Medicine

"Enraged, Energized, Exultant. You won't know how to feel after reading Stephen Harrod Buhner's The Lost Language of Plants. This is a devastating expose about how we are polluting our environment with the pharmaceuticals that Western medicine has developed to heal us. We are ingesting Prozac, Premarin, and antibiotics whether we want to or not." "Yet, as we foul air and water with toxic residues, we overlook the power of the planet's natural healers, stabilizers, and chemists - plants. Buhner sees plants as fully sentient beings, adjusting and fine-tuning to the environment just as they have done for the past 500 million years. Until recently, humans shared the language of plants, but increasingly we have lost our ability to communicate with the natural world. Buhner shows us a path back to our shamanic roots."--BOOK JACKET.

The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth

The Lost Language of Plants

Advocates the use of an intuitive cognition in order to discover plants' medicinal and nutritional purposes, including discussions of the scientific model's limits and how, once cultivated, it can be applied to disciplines such as medicine.

The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature

The Secret Teachings of Plants

Often radical and controversial, Buhner has clearly and beautifully explored the mysterious universal beliefs between ancient arid indigenous cultures as to the spirituality and healing power of plants and fermentation. In the spirit of Carlos Castenada, he forges a quest in pursuit of the experiential. Highlights of comprehensive information never presented in one volume include: mead, honey and hive products; heather ale; psychotropic beers; and beers and ales from sacred and medicinal trees and plants.

The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers

natural remedies for emerging resistant and epidemic viral infections

Herbal antivirals

"A guide to the treatment of two of the most common and damaging coinfections of Lyme disease--Bartonella and Mycoplasma"

complementary and holistic treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma

Healing lyme disease coinfections

A Manifesto for Earth Spirituality

One Spirit, Many Peoples

Current information about antibiotic resistant microbes and the herbs that are effective in fighting them.

Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Herbal Antibiotics

"Healing Lyme examines the leading, scientific research on Lyme infection and its tests and treatments, and outlines the most potent natural medicines that offer help, either alone or in combination with antibiotics, for preventing and healing the disease"--

Natural Healing of Lyme Borreliosis and the Coinfections Chlamydia and Spotted Fever Rickettsioses

Healing Lyme

¡SE ACABÓ LA ERA DE LA PENICILINA MILAGROSA! l uso indiscriminado de antibióticos farmacéutics en los hospitales y en las granjas industriale ha provocado que las bacteriasertinaces y viulentas desarrollen, a una velocidad alarmante, na resistencia a los compuestos antibióticos aisados. En este libro, Stephen Buhner ofrece prebas concluyentes de que los remedios vegetales on considerablemente eficaces contraas bacteras resistentes a los fármacos. El áloe, el ajo, el extracto de semilla de pomelo, son nuestra mjor defensa contra las bacterias Staphylococcus ureus, E. coli, y la Salmonella, entre otras.

Antibióticos naturales : alternativas naturales para combatir bacterias resistentes a los fármacos

Heilkräuter, die Leben retten können, wenn konventionelle Antibiotika nicht mehr wirken.

Pflanzliche Antibiotika. Wirksame Alternativen bei Infektionen durch resistente Bakterien Krankenhauskeime und MRSA.

Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections

Herbal Antivirals, 2nd Edition

Epoca miracolului penicilinei s-a sfârșit. Prin utilizarea fără discernământ a medicamentelor pe bază de antibiotice, în spitale și în ferme de producție, oamenii au creat „supermicrobi“, bacterii care dezvoltă rezistență la compușii unici din antibiotice, cu o viteză alarmantă. În această carte, Stephen Buhner oferă dovezi concludente că medicamentele din plante, cu amestecul lor complex de compuși antibiotici, sunt deosebit de eficiente împotriva bacteriilor rezistente la medicamente. Veți afla că plante cu efect antibiotic, cum ar fi aloe vera, usturoiul, echinaceea și extractul din semințe de grepfrut, reprezintă cea mai bună apărare împotriva bacteriilor precum Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli și Salmonella. Prin utilizarea inteligentă a acestor plante, ne putem asigura că, în viitor, medicamentele pe bază de antibiotice vor fi utile doar când vom avea cu adevărat nevoie de ele.

Antibiotice din plante. Alternative naturale pentru combaterea bacteriilor rezistente la medicamente

Bitkisel Antibiyotikler

Unleash the power of fasting to help you discover your sacred self. A centuries-old tradition, fasting has historically been recognized as a way to heighten human sensitivity to all things-animate and insensate-in the universe. Ancient cultures understood the link between the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual experience and acknowledged fasting as a means for making this connection. The Fasting Path is a guide to help readers safely and effectively use fasting to tap into the sacred energy of the earth. Author Stephen Buhner explains how fasting allows us to experience fully the intricate relationship of the mind, body, and the spiritual world. Step by step, Buhner leads readers through the fasting process, preparing them to embrace the physical, emotional, and spiritual healing resulting from this transformational phenomenon.

The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Enlightenment

The Fasting Path

With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, herbal remedies present a naturally effective alternative to standard antibiotics. Herbal expert Stephen Harrod Buhner explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and provides in-depth profiles of 30 valuable plants, noting the proper dosages, potential side effects, and contraindications of each.

Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria

Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd Edition

Natural Remedies for Emerging and Drug-Resistant Infections

The Home Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

A guide to the natural treatment of three coinfections of Lyme disease • Reviews the latest scientific research on Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma • Reveals how these three conditions often go undiagnosed, complicate the treatment of Lyme disease, and cause symptoms from headache to seizures • Outlines effective natural treatments with herbs and supplements for specific symptoms and to combat overreactions of the immune system and the inflammation response Harvard researchers estimate there are nearly 250,000 new Lyme disease infections each year--only 10 percent of which will be accurately diagnosed. One of the largest factors in misdiagnosis of Lyme is the presence of other tick-borne infections, which mask or aggravate the symptoms of Lyme disease as well as complicate treatment. Three newly emergent Lyme coinfections are Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma. Tens of thousands of people are known to be asymptomatically infected and at least ten percent will become symptomatic this year--with symptoms ranging from chronic headache and arthritis to seizures. Distilling the latest scientific research on Babesia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Lyme disease, Stephen Buhner examines the complex synergy between these infections and reveals how they can go undiagnosed or resurface after antibiotic treatment. He explains how these organisms create cytokine cascades in the body--essentially sending the immune system into an overblown, uncontrolled inflammatory response in much the same way rheumatoid arthritis or cancer can. Providing an in-depth guide for those suffering from Babesia, Ehrlichia, or Anaplasma infection as well as for clinicians who work with those infected by these organisms, Buhner details effective natural holistic methods centered on herbs and supplements, such as Ashwaganda and Chinese Skullcap, and reveals how to treat specific symptoms, interrupt the cytokine cascades, reduce inflammation, and bring the immune system back into balance. He explains how these natural methods not only complement conventional Lyme disease treatments involving antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals but also provide relief when other forms of treatment have failed.

Anaplasma, Babesia, and Ehrlichia

Natural Treatments for Lyme Coinfections

How to maintain optimum testosterone levels for the male body through the use of herbs, nutritional supplements, and diet • Explains the phenomenon of male menopause and how to deal with it • Reveals scientific evidence of testosterone-blocking agents in the environment that alter men’s essential chemistry as they age • Presents safe, organic plant medicines that can restore optimum testosterone levels • Contains the most up-to-date natural treatments for impotence, infertility, and prostate disease The recognition of andropause, the middle-age stage in male development comparable to women’s menopause, is hampered by the lack of a clear outward manifestation of the chemistry and physiology specific to aging men. Men are still capable of reproduction well into and beyond middle age. Yet a man’s sexual desire and potency varies, often according to his testosterone level. Recent studies show that the lowered testosterone levels endemic in aging men--a gradual drop that is quite normal--are being exacerbated by environmental agents. Testosterone-blocking estrogen agents are present in insecticides, industrial materials, pharmaceuticals, and foods. Men are daily inundated with a “cocktail” of estrogen agents that alter the fine balance of testosterone that makes them male. But as recent medical research has revealed, testosterone replacement therapy with Low T drugs is not a good option because of the increased risk of cardiovascular problems, such as heart attack and stroke, and because the body can become dependent on pharmaceutical testosterone and stop producing any on its own. In this updated edition of The Natural Testosterone Plan, Stephen Harrod Buhner shows why men need help to maintain their testosterone levels as they age and explains how naturally occurring phytoandrogens--plant medicines that contain male hormones--can safely remedy the depletion exerted by the environment. Buhner details how each phytoandrogen works, when its use is indicated, and the most appropriate method of application, providing all men with safe, natural, and effective means of maintaining optimum testosterone levels well into old age.

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