BLENDING BOTANY & BUDO This 301-page book further explores the time honored tradition of using Chinese herbs as part of Martial Arts training. Written by Thomas Richard Joiner and published by Treasures from the Sea of Chi Publishing. Item #01BBB $24.95 (soft cover)

Blending Botany & Budo, the long awaited follow-up to the ground breaking book the Warrior as Healer, further explores the time honored tradition of using Chinese herbs as part of Martial Arts training. An extraordinary martial arts book; Blending Botany & Budo provides the reader with insights into the history surrounding this ancient practice, as well as offering clear explanations about how herbs can be incorporated into the training regimens of contemporary martial artists... no matter which style of martial art you practice.

Both user-friendly and comprehensive, Blending Botany & Budo offers historical data that is completely factual as well as providing insights into the finer points of selecting, purchasing, and consuming herbs.

The select group of herbal formulas presented in this book could justifiably be called "a warrior's pharmacopoeia," and were an indispensable part of the training regimen of ancient martial artists. Included are Blood and Chi Tonics that increase the vital energy, strengthen the body and extend endurance, along with legendary prescriptions for Dit Da Jows used for treating combat related injuries as well as the minor aches and pains that are a result of rigorous daily training.

Blending Botany & Budo removes the veil of secrecy that has surrounded these highly coveted prescriptions, which are arguably among the most important herbal elixirs to come out of the centuries-old alliance between Chinese Herbology and Asian Martial Arts.

Acquiring a familiarity with these legendary formulas - whose reputations have been earned because of the important role they have played in the training regimens of martial artists throughout the centuries - will add a new dimension to your training that will enhance your over-all martial capability and take your art to a higher level.

Blending Botany & Budo discusses advanced internal techniques, and contains herbal prescriptions for Blood Tonics, Chi Tonics, Culinary Recipes, Taoist Sexology Formulas, for Meditation Enhancement, Dit Da Jows, Hand Conditioning, Injury Management, Ginseng, etc. -- all of which will assist you in your efforts to become the ultimate warrior.

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