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Tables of Contents for The Medicine Wheel Garden
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Welcome to the Medicine Wheel Garden
xi
Acknowledgments
xvii
PART I Creating Sacred Space: A Medicine Wheel Garden
The Circle Is Sacred: The Ancient History of Medicine Wheels
3
13
Centering Earth Energies: Designing Your Medicine Wheel
16
9
Making the Medicine Wheel: Ground Plans and Garden Styles
25
18
Planting the Medicine Wheel Garden: Securing Sacred Space
43
9
Finishing Touches: Peace Poles, Wind Horses, and Prayer Cairns
52
7
Mulches: The Garden's Conservationists
59
7
Personal Altars: Creating a Medicine Wheel Indoors
66
10
Celebrating Your Medicine Wheel Garden: Seasonal Healing Rituals
76
19
PART II Herbs for the Medicine Wheel Garden
Healing Herbs from Angelica to Yucca: Fifty Key Plants, with Illustrations and Profiles
95
132
PART III Gathering the Herbal Bounty: Recipes and Practical Herb Crafting
Harvest Times: Making Good Use of Earth Medicines
227
18
Nutriceuticals: Foods, Beverages, Bitters, and Seasonings
245
14
Cosmeceuticals: Health and Beauty Aids from the Medicine Wheel Garden
259
17
Aromatherapy: Bath Salts, soaps, and Herbal Baths
276
14
Ceremonial and Ritual Items: Smudge Sticks, Prayer Feathers, and Spirit Shields
290
21
Appendix 1 Native Plant Suppliers
311
4
Appendix 2 American Indian Craft Suppliers
315
2
Appendix 3 Some Sacred Sites
317
18
Selected Bibliography
335
8
Index
343