?The message of this book is: hold onto your yams, your collards, watermelon, and roots. There is magic, mystery, connection, and healing stored up within them.? ?STEPHANIE ROSE BIRD
A powerful and comprehensive herbalist's guide celebrating ancient and modern African holistic healing from Priestess Stephanie Rose Bird.
Stephanie Rose Bird grew up surrounded by forests, listening to the stories of her ancestors and being trained in African healing ways. From an early age, she dedicated herself to herbalism and living a spiritually fulfilled life in harmony with nature. Now, she has gathered this wisdom in Motherland Herbal, an impressive encyclopedic work of African Healing and herbal medicine.
You will learn how to practice gardening, harvesting, and herbalism in unison with the seasons, combined with magical work that will call upon ancestral and spiritual helpers to assist with healing. This complete guide is a treasure trove of knowledge, offering an array of recipes and rituals that nourishes every facet of life:

• Seasonal recipes to support overall well-being.
• Remedies alleviating common ailments such as headaches, flu, or heartburn.
• Remedies for improving mental health, lessening symptoms of anxiety, stress, or depression.
• Natural body and home care products, from facials to cleaning supplies.
• Herbal Baths for relaxation, sexual wellness, or even bringing good luck.
• Rituals and Altars for universal experiences such as needing closure from a loved one's passing or improving creativity and fertility.
• Love Potions, Sleep Potions, Protective Amulets, and more.

With a warm and knowledgeable tone, Motherland Herbal seamlessly blends activism and ancestral folklore with the realms of spirituality, gardening, and holistic wellness. Stephanie Rose Bird's deep reverence for ancestral wisdom shines through, providing a foundational resource that will shape the landscape of African healing and folk medicine for generations to come.