Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal, and Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION: SPIRITUAL HERBALISM
CHAPTER 1 Building a Courageous Heart
CIRCULATORY HEALTH
CHAPTER 2 Being Present to Grief
RESPIRATORY HEALTH
CHAPTER 3 Following Your Gut
DIGESTIVE HEALTH
CHAPTER 4 Nourishing Anger
LIVER HEALTH
CHAPTER 5 Standing in Your Power
SEXUAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 6 Healing Our Relations
SKIN HEALTH
CHAPTER 7 Listening to Spirits 1
NERVOUS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 8 Protection!
IMMUNE HEALTH
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX


Brief Description:
The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism, written by leading Black herbalist Karen Rose, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of diasporic ancestral traditions.

Biographical Note:

Trained in Eastern and Western Herbal Medicine, Master Herbalist, Karen M. Rose has dedicated her life's work to empowering individuals to reconnect to their own ancestral traditions. Over the past 20 years, she has created several outlets to offer her teachings and healing modalities to women, people of color, Black, and LGBTQX communities. The opening of the Brooklyn-based Sacred Vibes Apothecary in 2009 was merely the beginning. Karen has now expanded her enterprise, opening Sacred Botanica and Sacred Spice in 2020, two new locations in Brooklyn, to make healing more accessible to the greater community.

Karen's inspiration for this work began as a child in her native home of Guyana, where she was exposed to how African, Caribbean, and Latin American traditions profoundly influenced plant medicine and community healing. The legacy of these lands is the foundation of Karen's core values and spiritual practices.

Regarded as a Spiritual Herbalist, Karen is revered for being the first to teach Spiritual Herbalism, plant medicine deeply rooted in ancestral healing and spiritual consciousness. Offering guidance to those on the path to finding the truth, she has trained over 400 herbalists through her Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship program as an act to reclaim their own health and offer healing to their own communities.

Karen's accomplishments include several in-house projects such as the Sacred Vibes' Annual NYC Spiritual Herbalism Conference, the 2019, 2020 Herbal Almanac, the Global Virtual Apprenticeship Program, the Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship Community, and the free Herbal Community Summer workshops. Karen has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Black Enterprise, Refinery29, Allure Magazine, Organic Life Magazine, and Elle.com and has partnered with brands like BET and Squarespace. Karen currently resides in New York City with her three children, grandson, parents, and sisters. Her family is valued foremost and all of her work is supported by this firm foundation.

"There are few herbalism books that take your hand and lead you right into the fire of transformation. This book empowers you to try your hand at building a courageous heart with oil infused with dried roses, rosemary, and ginger root; tying a smudge bundle from fresh garden herbs; or making your own bitters from bulk-aisle ingredients (and brandy). [Karen Rose] hands us the taproot of spiritual herbalism, not just the cuttings."

• Botanical and pharmacological information
• Planetary correspondences
• Ethnobotanical and historical use
• Healing properties and indications
• Methods of preparation and dosage

• 4th Chakra Heart Oil for healing a broken heart, also helpful for healing generational trauma
• Inspired Sleep and Dreams Tea to inspire dreams
• Breathe Easy Steam to improve respiratory health
• Immunity Chai Tea to fight off cold and flu viruses
• Laying Hands Stomach and Womb Oil for indigestion and menstrual discomfort
• A Castor Oil Pack for Liver Health to remove pain and swelling from sprains and bruises