The yahe vine and flower are among the many medicinal plants that Jonathon Miller identifies in his book Plant Medicine Traditions of the Upper Amazon.

By Jonathon Weisberger Miller

plant medicine traditions

of the upper amazon

Gathering 10 years of field work in ethnobotany and rainforest conservation, Jonathon shares his experiences of living and studying in the most beautiful and imperiled rainforests among six indigenous Amazon communities.

Jonathon worked in Ecuador and Peru from 1990 through 2000 and gained a unique perspective on the value of the region’s rich botanical and cultural heritage.

In this book he shares his insights of the relationship between plants and peoples. He broadens the work by addressing the original indigenous education system and the visions of the elder Yahe drinkers and spiritual masters as they have shared with him.

The book contains a plant lexicon of over 80 of the most pertinent medicinal plants in the Upper Amazon and the profound significance of the traditions and lore that surround them.

Mythological origin stories of ancestrally-cultivated plants found no where in the wild lead one to expand ones self of awareness beyond times and realms. The stories reveal to the modest and curious mind a reality far greater than our  present paradigm and lead one to believe in the possibility of immortal spirit protectors.

Plant Medicine Traditions of the Upper Amazon awakens and inspires the reader by offering a glimpse into the vanishing traditions that, at their core, have universal teachings that call humans to service. Now is the time to act on behalf of our own healthy lives and towards the changes necessary for global planetary transformation.