Herbal Medicine Books
Self-Sufficient Herbalism: A Guide to Growing, Gathering and Processing Herbs for Medicinal Use
Self Sufficient Herbalism is the first ever practical guide to the growing, gathering, and preserving of medicinal herbs for a working dispensary. Written by a practising herbalist with a high street... (more)
A Herbal Book of Making and Taking
A distillation of thirty-five years of experience and experimentation, A Herbal Book of Making and Taking is a collection of essential wisdom for the aspiring herbalist. Put together by one of the... (more)
Conversations with Plants: The Path Back to Nature
In some parts of the world, plant medicine is still taught at the kitchen table, by the cooking fire, or in the fields, passed down from parent to child and woven through the fabric of the culture.... (more)
Herbal Medicine in Treating Gynaecological Conditions: Herbs, Hormones, Pre-Menstrual Syndrome and Menopause
For herbalists at all levels, this book presents recent insights into the hormonal basis of gynaecological problems in order to enable practitioners to devise effective treatment plans and explain... (more)
Becoming Vegetalista: Veriditas and the Journey to the Self
Plants are some of the oldest spiritual teachers that human beings have known. Native cultures have insisted for centuries that their knowledge of plant medicines were given them in dreams and... (more)
Native Healers: Foundations in Western Herbal Medicine
A foundation text on the fundamental principles of Western herbal medicine and how to implement them in practice by two leaders in their field. It combines the latest in scientific research with the... (more)
Your Period Handbook: Natural Solutions for Stress Free Menstruation
For the millions of menstruating women who suffer from debilitating pain, erratic periods, heavy bleeding, or the effects of premenstrual syndrome every month, this book explores a crucial missing... (more)
Traditional Western Herbal Medicine: As Above So Below
This book is intended to be a users’ manual, not a reference book, and so has charts, diagrams, tables and cross-references to enable the interested practitioner to incorporate the Western Herbal... (more)
The Herbary Notebook 2020
A 2020 Diary for Herbalists
This diary is the fruit of a desire to bring a little herbal and foraging magic to every day of the year as we take a trip round the sun. It includes simple, easy... (more)
Personalized Medicine: Regaining and Maintaining Health
Personalized Medicine is the first English-language introduction to the developing science of endobiogeny. Dr Lapraz developed a diagnostic method that, while being rooted in modern science, allows... (more)
Human Health and its Maintenance with the Aid of Medicinal Plants
Based on forty years of clinical practice, Julian Barker formulates a number of interlocking ideas that integrate circadian physiology with the transformations that constitute human life. Taking... (more)
Women Healers Through History: Revised and Expanded Edition
First published in 1993, Elisabeth Brooke’s powerful exploration of women’s role as healers through the ages and their continuing fight for recognition is now expanded and updated. Tracing a lineage... (more)
Practical Herbs 1
Practical Herbs is written for everyone who likes to harvest and process their own herbs from the wild or from their gardens.
This volume includes comprehensive instructions for making herbal... (more)
Touched by Nature: Plant Spirit Medicine Journeys
Touched by Nature is about the incredible healing power of plants. Just as their bodies are able to heal our bodies, as evidenced by the many successes of herbal medicine, so their spirit – or energy... (more)
Practical Herbs 2
Practical Herbs 2 is written for everyone who likes to harvest and process their own herbs from the wild or from their gardens.
This volume includes comprehensive instructions for making herbal... (more)
Wild Medicine: Spring
Following on from Wild Medicine: Summer, herbalist Ali English’s seasonal exploration of the wonders of hedgerow medicine continues with Autumn/Winter (2019) and Spring (2020). Gloriously illustrated... (more)
The Energetics of Western Herbs: A Materia Medica Integrating Western and Chinese Therapeutics - Fourth Edition Now in One Volume
This revised and enlarged 4th edition of The Energetics of Western Herbs is pathbreaking reference work for over 220 botanical remedies used in Western herbal medicine. Comprehensive and detailed, it... (more)
A Woman's Book of Herbs
Bursting with definitive information on a range of herbs, A Woman's Book of Herbs is an extensive guide to their use in healing the mind, body, and spirit:
- where, when, and how to collect... (more)
The Ultimate Herbal Compendium: A Desktop Guide for Herbal Prescribers
A quick and easy reference for your herbalists. Includes a comprehensive listing of herbs by their actions. (more)
Wild Medicine: Summer
The hedgerow in summer is a fascinating place, laden with a plethora of different herbs and wildflowers, many of which are loaded with medicinal values or can be eaten, or both. This book will take... (more)
Wild Medicine: Autumn and Winter
Following on from Wild Medicine: Summer, herbalist Ali English’s seasonal exploration of the wonders of hedgerow medicine continues with Autumn/Winter (2019) and Spring (2020). Gloriously... (more)
The Complete Herbal Tutor: The Definitive Guide to the Principles and Practices of Herbal Medicine - Revised & Expanded Edition
Herbal medicines have been used for many centuries to treat illnesses and restore health, and today herbalism still remains the most widely-practised form of medicine around the world.
Written... (more)
Weeds in the Heart: The Practice of Intuitive Herbalism
This is a unique and unusual herbal - a labour of love by herbalist Nathaniel Hughes and artist Fiona Owen. It is not a book of cures, it is a book of doorways. Through rich storytelling, first hand... (more)
The Enchantment of Western Herbal Medicine: Herbalists, Plants, and Nonhuman Agency
Through interviews with British herbalists, the importance of hidden experiences of meetings with plants is explored alongside how such ‘enchantment’ has influenced the narrative of their lives. Some... (more)
Herbal Therapy for Women
More and more women are discovering that herbal remedies can provide natural and effective treatments for their health problems, particularly when orthodox methods fail to help.
Herbal Therapy... (more)
The Herbal Lexicon: In 10 Languages
This book's aim is to help the herbal traveller. From students to professional biologists in the field, herbal retailers and wholesalers, people living away from their own country and medical... (more)
Phytotherapy Essentials: Healthy Children: Optimising Children's Health with Herbs
This book has been written with the special needs of children in mind. The benefits, risks and requirements for herbal therapy in children differ from those in adults. This book outlines the key... (more)
Health in Theory and Practice: Circling the Square
This book is the holistic health road map for the interested, aware person in the twenty-first century. Following this path will allow you to take dynamic responsibility for your total wellness.... (more)
Materia Medica of Western Herbs
Based on the original Materia Medica of Western Herbs by Carole Fisher and Gilian Painter, this volume has been expanded and updated to include botanical, scientific, pharmacy and safety information.... (more)
Clinical Applications of Ayurvedic and Chinese Herbs : Monographs for the Western Herbal Practitioner
In response to new pharmacological and clinical information on exotic plants being made available through modern science, Western phytotherapists face an important decision: do they ignore this... (more)