Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation (Paperback)

From the Publisher: This is the first comprehensive book ever written on the sacred aspects of indigenous, historical psychotropic and herbal healing beers of the world.Surveying the healing and sacred roles of beer from many cultures and past centuries, herbalist Buhner proposes that fermentation and plant use are part of the exploration of what it means to be human. He provides 120 recipes using ingredients from 80 plants, and includes nutritive and curative use for specific conditions. Lightly illustrated. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.