Ancient Plant Wisdom: How to Improve and Maintain Your Health Using Concentrated Plant Stem Cell Remedies

By Jennifer O'Brien Payeur

Ancient Plant Wisdom is an easy-to-use layman's encyclopedia of gemmotherapy, the use of plant stem cells for improving health. In it, you'll learn about the many benefits that plant stem cells construe as well as guides for choosing remedies based on plant qualities and health symptoms.

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What Are Plant Stem Cell Remedies (Gemmotherapy)?

Gemmotherapy uses plant stem cells (PSCs) to assist the body’s innate healing processes gently yet powerfully. These remedies are a type of herbal medicine made from undifferentiated tissue such as buds, shoots, sap, young barks and growing tips of roots of plants that are in the early stage of development. These plant stem cells are similar to stem cells found in the human body that function as the body’s natural healing and repair system. Please note that the use of plant stem cells in gemmotherapy is different from the use of herbs to mobilize and stimulate the production of human stem cells, as we discussed with Christian Drapeau of STEMREGEN.

Benefits of Gemmotherapy Extracts

Throughout much of the book, Payeur details the extensive benefits of these plant stem cell remedies. The reader can search by type of plant or type of condition to determine which remedy may be of use. Given that this type of herbal medicine is relatively unknown in the United States, despite its use being traced back thousands of years through European, Greek and Egyptian civilizations, among others, this layout makes the book a helpful reference guide for those wishing to know more about gemmotherapy and which type of remedy to use.

Payeur lists many benefits of these extracts; among them are:

Clean, feed and restore organ tissues
Promote drainage of organs and tissues
Improve detoxification processes
Promote rejuvenation of organs and tissues
Promote tonification of organs and tissues
Support and enhance regulation activities of the immune system
Regulate and optimize cell apoptosis
Protect against free radicals
Provide ATP-generating properties
Confer antimicrobial properties

Provide RNA repair
Provide adaptogenic support
Balance hormone production
Regenerate dying cells
Oxygenate healthy cells
Balance electrolytes
Improve cells’ electrical potential
Promote deep, restful sleep
Improve mental clarity
Maintain clear, healthy skin
Support metabolic health

Drainage and Detoxification

Payeur points out that many people write or talk about detoxification, but few discuss drainage; plants stem cells can help with both. Detoxification without drainage can be counterproductive, as any homotoxicologist will tell you. Organs of elimination, known as the emunctories, must be open and draining in order for detoxification to be beneficial; otherwise, those toxins that were trying to be eliminated can recirculate back into the body. For example, a child that is constipated will likely have difficulty eliminating toxins from the body.

Healing for Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Issues, Too

In the book, Payeur discusses what she calls Health Coherence, where the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies are in alignment. If they are out of alignment, she makes the case that PSCs can help bring these different aspects of health back into coherence.

Guidelines for Working with Plant Stem Cell Extracts

Gemmotherapy remedies are safe and generally do not have side effects. They are an excellent choice for those with sensitive constitutions, such as babies, elderly people and children with chronic health conditions. Payeur provides guidelines for using these remedies and how to use them with other healing modalities. She shares a basic PSC self-care regimen to maintain and enhance health and also discusses how to use them with pets.

Conclusion

Given the safe, gentle nature of using PSC extracts, they will likely become a part of more people’s healing toolbox for optimal health. Payeur’s book provides an easy-to-digest reference for learning how to use them safely for yourself and your family.

About Jennifer O’Brien Payeur

Jennifer O’Brien Payeur is the author of Ancient Plant Wisdom: How to Improve and Maintain Your Health Using Concentrated Plant Stem Cell Remedies. She is a holistic health practitioner and researcher. She is an inspirational speaker, podcast host (The Wellness Sherpa) and is the founder and co-owner of Divine Health Alliance, a holistic healing center in Charlotte, NC. She is also the founder of Nature Provides, an innovative plant stem cell company. Her mission is to educate and empower others on how these unique plant remedies detoxify, strengthen and rejuvenate the cells, tissue and organs in the body, bringing vibrant health to the individual.

She is on the board for the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health (MTIH), a non-profit organization founded by Nasha Winters ND LAc FABNO whose mission is to ingrain the terrain-based treatment methodology into cancer treatment and preventative care through practice, science, research, education, training, collaboration and funding.

Jennifer studied finance in college and worked in financial services, holding various leadership roles in operations, quality and productivity, change management, finance, and technology. She was a top performer in her roles and maximized her superpower of staffing high performance teams and delivering extraordinary results. In 2008, Jennifer had a health crisis that led her to attend the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, as well as pursue other holistic healing modalities such as family constellations, Naam Yoga certification, medicinal aromatherapy and a two-year study at the Center for Sacred Studies, in collaboration with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.

In 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with metastasized cancer, which brought her the gift of deeply reconnecting with herself and nature. She re-discovered the healing power of plants and integrated the many modalities that she learned with her study of plants. In 2017, she left her 29-year career in financial services to become a teacher and mentor, traveling around the world to educate others on the inherent healing properties found in nature. You can find out more about her and her work at her website https://nature-provides.com/

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