Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer

Antonio who shared his respect for plants but were themselves rapidly
succumbing to old age.
Some plants I purchased from herb vendors or paid people to collect.
Greg and I and a local herbalist named Polo Romero also began visiting
farmers before they burned their milpas, so that we could harvest their
medicinal plants. Mostly, I spent hours alone in the forest and the fields,
gathering his plants. Sometimes I collected on Ix Chel’s thirty-five acres, or
in the forests and fields near San Antonio.
Wherever I was, I missed my longtime companion. As much as I loved
my solitary forays into the rainforest, it was never the same without Don
Elijio.