Mayan Indian traditional rainforest healing remedies
Dr. Rosita Arvigo founded Ix Chel as a non-profit foundation in the 1980s to preserve the knowledge of traditional healers and promote sustainable forestry. Dr. Arvigo named the foundation, Ix Chel, after the Mayan goddess of medicine.
Dr. Arvigo was the apprentice of Don Eligio for 10 years. Don Eligio led Dr Arvigo to what is known today as the Rainforest Medicine Trail. The trail winds gently above the bank of the Macal River. During one of their walks in the forest to gather herbs, Don Eligio Panti showed Dr. Arvigo all the medicinal plants that were growing along the path.
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