Latine Herbalism: A Beginner's Guide to Modern Curanderismo, Healing Plants, and Folk Traditions of the Americas

by Iosellev Castañeda

Discover the art of Modern Curanderismo as you explore the rich history behind modern-day herbal remedies, natural recipes, plant medicine, holistic and spiritual rituals, and more practiced by Curanderos(as) across the Americas.

Delve into the healing traditions of Latine folk herbalism and modern curanderismo with this all-in-one guidebook offering a fusion of time-honored and contemporary practices. Latine Herbalism details the medicinal power of herbs and plants, their origins, and their most common uses while also exploring the folk traditions from sacred locations in the US, Mexico, and South America. This book even goes one step further, helping you navigate through the most common afflictions of body and mind, from digestive issues to stress management and beyond, with remedios y rituales such

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Authored by a passionate advocate and practitioner, this book explores and honors the nuanced realms of curanderismo and Latine herbalism.

Genres: Nature

200 pages, Paperback

Published April 29, 2025

Reviews

[Mystique Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars because this book is more about holistic healing and new age spirituality than what I’ve read in other books about curanderismo. Or what I was looking for in a book about latine herbalism. I know about Ayureveda and reiki and I’m sure curanderas are well rounded by having that knowledge and understanding and seeing the similarities across eastern, western and Latin holistic healing methodologies, but if I wanted to read a book about those modalities I would have done so. I don’t know I was just expecting more from this book because of the other curanderismo books I’ve read. I especially liked The Curanderx toolkit. I did like the recipes she shared though.

[Noor · Rating 4 out of 5]

not as in depth into latine herbalism as i wanted but it’s a great primer and introduction. i wish though, all of the text were dedicated to latine herbalism. at time it felt hodge podgy and compare and contrasty to other herbolic modalities.