Rooted in Wisdom: A Culturally Responsive Guide to Herbal Healing for Mind, Body & Spirit By Dr. Deilen Michelle Villegas, Ph.D., DNM, HHP, ABS, BCETS, CMHC Rooted in Wisdom is a revolutionary, trauma-informed, and culturally grounded herbal medicine textbook that reclaims the sacred healing traditions of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. Authored by award-winning holistic health practitioner and trauma expert Dr. Deilen Michelle Villegas, this book is both an educational tool and spiritual offering-bridging ancestral knowledge, natural medicine, clinical insight, and modern neuroscience. With over 100+ detailed plant profiles, nervous system healing tools, integrative rituals, and decolonial frameworks, Rooted in Wisdom serves as a culturally responsive companion for herbalists, doulas, healers, educators, and community caregivers. The text blends Afro-Indigenous spirituality, traditional herbal practices, and science-backed methodology to guide readers through building ethical herbal businesses, understanding energetic and physical healing, and reclaiming their birthright to wellness.

This book also includes powerful contributions from BIPOC herbalists, quotes from elders, case studies, appendices on cannabis healing, a full materia medica, and more-making it both a scholarly resource and a deeply personal call to remember, reconnect, and rise. Key Features: Detailed Materia Medica of 100+ herbs with scientific, energetic, and cultural context Herbal business ethics and decolonial entrepreneurship practices Holistic integration of somatic, ancestral, and herbal healing Expanded section on cannabis, the endocannabinoid system, and cultural justice Practical tools, recipes, rituals, and intake forms for community-based healing Glossaries, interviews, stories, and resource directories Rooted in Wisdom is a timeless offering for the healer ready to honor tradition, uplift community, and co-create a liberated future through the power of the plants.