hierberia y medicina

Tlalli is run by, and largely for, displaced indigenous peoples of the so called southwestern US frontera who don’t have an indigenous nation to identify with-- People who don’t have elders to pass traditional medicine ways down, people who have had to pick up the pieces of their history and rebuild it from a place of confianza and intuition, as well as our own research and study.

 We do not pretend to know everything; what you find in nuestras medicinas, from the way we make them to the ways we suggest you use them, is based on our research into our own ancestral practices which were not passed down to us. Because we were not allowed the privilege of having elders to pass this knowledge down, we prioritize researching the herbal practices of peoples who were in the same areas as our ancestors, and most importantly, our own personal connection to the medicines themselves. 

For us, tradition starts with connection to the land. 

Before there were any specific uses for a plant, the interconnectedness between us and the natural world guided us in receiving the medicines we needed. Over time, traditions have been built and we’ve discovered that our plant relatives have countless uses. We share what we have learned in order to help our people determine the safety and effectiveness of our medicines, but we urge our gente to take matters into their own hands, rebuild that interconnectness, and from that - make medicines for themselves. 

La tierra will guide us if we trust it.

We understand that our intuitive and traditional relationships to ancestral medicine are deeply affected by multiple invasions and on going genocide. 

The genocide of our people continues to be predicated on mental, spiritual, and physical illness. The violence of colonialism lives  within our bodies. 

Through medicine making, we heal. 

In honor our plants, our land, our ancestors, our children.

Con humildad y respeto

@estudio.tlalli