Cacao: A Traditional Plant Medicine For Modern Times
Read Mary Biles real life experience with ceremonial-grade Cacao, having found Cacao during lockdown. Her article goes on to breakdown what she has learned along her journey with our favourite plant medicine.
‘A funny thing happened to me a few months ago.
In the midst of a second bout of COVID, every morning I started drinking a cup of hot chocolate made from ceremonial cacao, the unprocessed paste of fermented beans from the cacao tree, which had been lurking at the back of my cupboard. I can’t really say whether the warm comforting brew affected the trajectory of the virus. But rather than feeling down in the dumps and sorry for myself (my usual default mode when ill), I was actually positively cheerful.
As post-COVID life resumed, I decided to carry on with my morning cacao ritual. To my surprise (and delight), not only did my good mood continue but I felt brimming with energy and had no further need to kickstart my day with a caffeine fix…’
‘Today sees the return of Rebekah Shaman and in what might feel like a rather off topic episode for a Cannabis podcast, we will be talking about the benefits of cacao to our mind, body and spirit.
I've been enjoying ceremonial grade cacao every morning as a hot chocolate drink for the last three months, and have experienced some unexpected health benefits: namely improved mood and some pretty impressive metrics for my heart health…’
