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and to walk the way the native people
contains powerful anti-inflammatory
do, to walk on the land in the way that
ethno-botanical compounds and
the earth makes you whole once again.”
has been used for centuries by many communities throughout Africa for
Miyere continued, “She also is a great
multiple ailments from wound closing
medicine tree Ian. My people believe
and anti-venom to whooping cough
that this medicine tree was used by
and even assisting optimal childbirth...
NGAI, the One God, who in his form of
literally a medicine chest in our
creating the world put everything in its
integrated wellness center’s back yard!
rightful place. He used the deep water
What a blessing!
seeking roots of this temple tree to send the cattle down from heaven to earth to
With that sharing Miyere bowed his
live alongside us in peace and harmony.
head; placed one leg angled up to
We thank NGAI always on contacting
balance upon the inside of his other
this temple tree which He imbued with
knee in the style of an African yogi
special medicine in her roots to heal
and entered a silent communion that
both our body and mind.”
lasted several hours.
With that he bowed his head and
“Can you see how this sacred Mother
seemed to commune with ‘the tree’
tree has grown a heart Ian?”
then delicately pulled a little of the hanging root stem off and offered me some before placing it in his mouth and starting to chew... “Make tea or eat and all your swellings will be gone,” he clarified, seeing my amazement. I would later confirm personally and with many visiting clients over the years that Miyere’s assertion that this genus of ficus carica/natelensis 25
