📚 Book Description:
Moon Medicine is a poetic and scholarly exploration of lunar herbalism rooted in the spiritual and medicinal traditions of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Master herbalist and cultural healer Sayeed Tijani guides readers through the moon’s sacred phases and their influence on plant life, healing rituals, and ancestral wisdom. Drawing from Taino cosmology, African ancestral practices, and Caribbean Indigenous Medicine (CIM), this book offers spiritual insight, practical rituals, and botanical profiles for healing in alignment with the moon’s cycle. Aimed at healers, seekers, herbalists, and cultural historians, Moon Medicine serves as both a spiritual guide and an ethnobotanical record of lunar-aligned Caribbean plant medicine.
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📝 Author Bio:
Sayeed Tijani (also known as Kirk Briscoe) is a master herbalist, spiritual healer, and founder of Healing In The Garden, an internationally respected herbal wellness company. Raised by a Taino grandmother in the hills of Trelawny, Jamaica, Tijani carries a lineage of ancestral knowledge, blending Indigenous Caribbean traditions with African and prophetic healing systems. He is the originator of Caribbean Indigenous Medicine (CIM), a healing philosophy that centers spirit, nature, and community. Moon Medicine is his sacred invitation to remember the old ways—through moonlight, plant life, and spirit-led healing.
📖 Book Overview
 
Title: Moon Medicine: Plant Wisdom, Ancestral Rhythms & Lunar Healing from the Jamaican Landscape
Author: Sayeed Tijani (Kirk Briscoe)
Genre: Herbalism / Spirituality / Caribbean Indigenous Medicine
Length: Estimated 16 pages
Style: Lyrical prose, ethnobotanical insight, spiritual guidance, lunar herbal practice, cultural preservation
Audience: Herbalists, spiritual seekers, Caribbean diaspora, women’s wellness, cultural educators, moon watchers
 
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🌕 INTRODUCTION: The Moon in the Mountains
• Walking with the moon and the medicine
• Taino and African lunar wisdom in Jamaican bush practice
• Why lunar herbalism matters in today’s world
• The sacred relationship between cycles, healing, and spirit
 
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🌑 CHAPTER 1: Moonlight & Medicine
• The science and spirit of lunar influence on Earth
• Moon’s role in:
• Sap flow, essential oil concentration
• Harvest timing and potency of herbs
• Water memory and spiritual baths
• Reflections from Jamaican farmers and bush doctors
• Ancestral proverbs and oral teachings
 
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🌓 CHAPTER 2: Lunar Phases & Plant Actions
 
A deep dive into the four primary moon phases and their energetic, physical, and spiritual relationships with herbs.
 
Each section includes:
• Botanical science
• Traditional herbal actions
• Specific rituals
• Seasonal Jamaican plants
 
🌑 New Moon – Root & Ground
• Energy of stillness, healing from the roots
• Best herbs to harvest: Chainy root, Dog Blood, Dandelion
• Ritual: Bitter bath for clearing, silent fasting, setting spiritual intentions
 
🌓 Waxing Moon – Build & Nourish
• Expansion and blood-building
• Best herbs: Leaf of Life, Guava Leaf, Nettle
• Ritual: Herbal steams, castor oil womb massage, iron-rich tea blends
 
🌕 Full Moon – Bloom & Power
• Heightened spiritual and energetic potency
• Best herbs: Hibiscus, Vervain, Blue Pea Flower
• Ritual: Moonlight flower bath, affirmation circle, ancestral offerings
 
🌗 Waning Moon – Cleanse & Release
• Detoxification, shadow work, forgiveness
• Best herbs: Cerasee, Neem, Bitterwood, Strong Back
• Ritual: Foot soaks, enemas, spiritual floor washings
 
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🌿 CHAPTER 3: Rituals & Recipes
• How to create a lunar bush bath
• Prayers to open spiritual work
• Smudging and steaming with Caribbean herbs
• Preparation techniques:
• Sun vs moon-infused teas
• Spirit-led vs clinical formulas
• Herbal blends for:
• Protection
• Fertility
• Dreamwork
• Menstrual regulation
 
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🪴 CHAPTER 4: Plant Spirit Profiles
 
Deep-dive pages with:
• Folklore and traditional uses
• Local & scientific names
• Moon-aligned harvesting times
• Preparations: Tea, decoction, tincture, steam, poultice
• Contraindications
 
Herbs:
• Guinea Hen Weed – spiritual warfare, immune power
• Soursop Leaf – dream medicine, anxiety relief
• Cerasee – blood cleanser, womb detox
• Sweet Broom – spiritual floor washes, bath blends
• Fever Grass (Lemongrass) – calm nerves, digestive steam
 
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🐚 CHAPTER 5: Womb Wisdom & Lunar Cycles
• Reconnecting menstrual cycles to moon phases
• Healing fibroids, cysts, and trauma with lunar herbalism
• Fertility baths, womb steams, moon fasting
• Ancestral stories and teachings on sacred womanhood
 
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📆 CHAPTER 6: Lunar Herbal Calendar & Garden Journal
• Monthly moon phase chart (editable yearly)
• What to harvest, plant, or rest during each phase
• Notes on astrological moons (e.g., Scorpio Full Moon for womb work)
• Prompts to record:
• Dreams
• Herbal remedies
• Spirit messages
• Moon bath reflections
 
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🔮 CHAPTER 7: Final Blessings & Reflections
• Ancestral closing prayer to the moon, land, and plant spirits
• Vision for reviving bush knowledge
• A call to carry the medicine forward
• Journal space for reader’s own moon prayers
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