Here are a couple of amazing articles stemming from the work of Cecilia and Jim Adams PhD. Cecilia teaches Chumash tradition, history and healing to Jim who is a professor at USC school of pharmacy.
The Advantages of Traditional Chumash Healing
Read a brief introduction to Chumash Healing, written by Jim Adams PhD and published in the Oxford Journals.
Medicinal Plants studied to treat stroke and heart attack
Here's a connection between modern medical research and traditional Chumash healing. Another publication by Jim Adams PhD in the Oxford Journals discussing medicinal plant compounds that may be of interest to the treatment of stroke and heart attack, titled Salvia columbariae contains tanshinones.
Author: James D. Adams and Cecilia Garcia
Jim is the Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy
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