{"product_id":"the-lost-language-of-plants-the-ecological-importance-of-plant-medicines-for-life-on-earth","title":"The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn the “pharmaceutical\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e” well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lost Language of Plant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es, you'll find:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"a-ordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that people use in connection with health care and personal body care.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new look at Gaia Theory, including an explanation that plants are the original chemistries of Gaia and those phytochemistries are the fundamental communications network for the Earth’s ecosystems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals. Western culture has obliterated most people’s capacity to perceive these messages, but this book also contains valuable information on how we can restore our faculties of perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book will affect readers on rational and emotional planes. It is grounded in both a New Age spiritual sensibility and hard science. While some of the author’s claims may strike traditional thinkers as outlandish, Buhner presents his arguments with such authority and documentation that the scientific underpinnings, however unconventional, are completely credible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe overall impact is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epowerful, eye-opening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exposé of the threat that our allopathic Western medical system, in combination with our unquestioning faith in science and technology, poses to the primary life-support systems of the planet. At a time when we are preoccupied with the terrorist attacks and the possibility of biological warfare, perhaps it is time to listen to the planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61bM7OlQEgL._SX300_CR0%2C0%2C300%2C300_.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Harrod Buhner profile image\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Harrod Buhner is the author of Herbal Antivirals, Herbal Antibiotics (now in its second edition), and 17 other works including Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver, Sacred Plant Medicine, The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Ensouling Language. He speaks internationally on herbal medicine, emerging diseases, complex interrelationships in ecosystems, Gaian dynamics, and musical\/sound patterns in plant and ecosystem functioning. He is a tireless advocate for the citizen scientist, the amateur naturalist, and community herbalists everywhere. He lives in New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807425724647,"sku":"7883","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1829\/3249\/files\/thelost.jpg?v=1771515132","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.acresusa.com\/products\/the-lost-language-of-plants-the-ecological-importance-of-plant-medicines-for-life-on-earth","provider":"Acres U.S.A. ®","version":"1.0","type":"link"}