botanical pharmacy of superfoods
Detoxification occurs naturally in the body. Our workshop is developed to assist and support you as your body experiences the purification and detoxification process.
Using the concept that food is medicine and how that promotes longevity and health. The workshop diet will primarily consist of delicious local vegatables, fruits, chicken, fish, seafood and herbs. Vegitarian, vegan, wheat free and other ditary needs can be accomodated.
This program is Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing,
Provider # 14811 for RN’s 32 Contact Hours.
Yelapa Workshop Dates:
January 16th - 24th 2008 / space available
January 25th - February 2nd 2008 / space available
Hibiscus
The Hibiscus sabdariffa species is distinguished by its red stem and pink to purplish red blossom.
A delicious ice tea is made from the red Jamaica .
Bitter Orange
Bitter orange is used in a wide variety of traditions. In Mexico and South America the leaf is used as a tonic, laxative, sedative for insomnia and to calm frazzled nerves. Bitter orange has a complex chemical makeup, though it is perhaps known best for the volatile oil in the peel.
Bougainvillea glabra
The petals are usually used in combination with other herbs to make an expectorant tea used in treating coughs and chest congestion.
Alicia’s recipe
Plantain: broad leaf or lanceolate
Plantain leaves are used to treat urinary infections, hepatitis and other inflammatory diseases.
External application of the leaves soothe inflammed tissues and stop bleeding . Internally the leaves are antitoxins.
Passion Flower
This vine has beautiful flowers and delicious fruit. The fruit has been called grandilla as it resembles the granadas pomegranate. The juice is delicious and is said to relieve stomach pain. A tea of the plant is given at bedtime to remedy sleeplessness.
Cilantro
The distinctive, pungent flavor reminds me of limes. Used throughout Mexico, this herb perfumes its way through the marketplace. The fresh leaves are often added to hot spicy dishes.
Formerly called fresh coriander or Chinese parsley, it's now known as cilantro practically everywhere.
Medicinal Uses; Strengthens the urinary tract, good for upset stomach, indigestion and gas
Prickly Pear Cactus [ Nopal ]
The fresh pulp is used as a dressing on cuts and wounds to allay pain and encourage healing. Juice or flower are used to treat diabetes and urethritis.
Banana
Bananas and plantains are cultivated and eaten throughout the tropics, native to Asia. Bananas are eaten fresh or lightly fried. Plantains are fried or boiled before eating.
Bananas are use medicinally to treat; tuberculosis, pulmonary scars, bronchitis,
Papaya
Ripe papayas not only are a treat for the taste buds, they contain papain enzymes that promote digestion. The most potent form of papain is in the sap collected by making an incision in the unripe fruit. Aztecs called papaya “flower of the chest”, and it is still used today to treat chest-related infirmities such as bronchitis and asthma. In 16th century Spain the unripe fruit was used to cure
