These images frame a recent hands-on learning experience in the verdant forested hills outside Tarapoto Peru. My aunt Rosita De Ramirez is renowned as a skilled herbalist with a vast knowledge of jungle plants and their curative properties. I worked alongside her to prepare a tonic to alleviate the painful symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Rosita's family has grown, harvested and processed their own potent medicines for generations using rare herbs and native plant roots.