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4 Good Printed Sources

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Additions, opinions and missing details are welcome: drop me a note. I
accept review copies but I might be pressed for time, so ask me about that.

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4.1 Good Books on Herbs and Herbal Medicine

Please also check Jonno's Herbal Bookworm page:
http://www.teleport.com/~jonno and the Herbal Hall book page:
http://www.herb.com/pub.htm .
And let me know if I've left out -your- favorite book. Be aware, however,
that books on Jonno's list of stinkers won't even be considered:
http://www.teleport.com/~jonno/Readers%20Page.html#BARREL.

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4.1.1 Good books to get started with

Real basics

  * Lesley Bremness: The Complete Book of Herbs - a practical guide to
    growing and using herbs.
    1988, Viking Studio Books, Penguin Books Ltd., London, UK. ISBN
    0-670-81894-1, listprice USD 19.95.
    A good allround book for the beginner, it includes a variety of uses
    for some common herbs. Lots of clear plant and how-to color pictures.
  * Penelope Ody: The Complete Medicinal Herbal.
    1993, Dorling Kindersley Publishing. ISBN 1-56458-187X, listprice
    29.95.
    A very good allround book for the beginning herbalist. Lots of clear
    plant and how-to color pictures.
  * Penelope Ody: Home Herbal - a practical family guide to making herbal
    remedies for common ailments.
    1995, Dorling Kindersley Publishing. ISBN 1-56458-863-7, listprice
    19.95.
    A very good allround book for the beginning herbalist. Lots of clear
    plant and how-to color pictures.
  * Andrew Chevallier: The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants
    1996, Dorling Kindersley Publishing. ISBN: 0-789410672, listprice USD
    39.95.
    A very good allround book for the beginning herbalist. Lots of clear
    plant and how-to color pictures.
  * Christopher Hedley and Non Shaw: Herbal Remedies - A beginner's guide
    to making effective remedies in the kitchen.
    1996, Parragon Book Service Ltd., Bristol, UK. ISBN 0-7525-0093-7,
    listprice GBP 7 or so.
    This one will go down thru the ages - it has roots. All recipes are
    tried and work, it's down to earth and well-written, and you'll get to
    know (and probably expand) your spice rack in ways you didn't expect
    when you bought your spices. Lots of clear plant and how-to color
    pictures.
  * John Lust: The Herb Book.
    1974, Bantam Books, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 0-553-26770-1, listprice
    USD 7.50
    Short notes on the medicinal use of a lot of herbs. Also tables you
    can look up things in. Some black-and-white plant drawings.
  * Susun Weed: Wise Woman Herbal - Healing Wise.
    1989, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, NY, USA. ISBN 0-9614620-2-7,
    listprice USD 11.95.
    In-depth information on seven very common herbs. Some black-and-white
    plant drawings.
  * Michael Tierra: The Way of Herbs, revised edition
    1998, Pocket Books, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 0-671-02327-6, listprice
    USD 14.00.
    A beginner's herbal. No pictures.
    Michael Tierra is online at: http://www.planetherbs.com/
  * Igor Vilevich Zevin: A Russian Herbal
    1996, Healing Arts Press, Vermont, US, ISBN 0-89281-626-0, listprice
    USD 14.95.
    For a different view on how to use herbs (still beginner's level) get
    this book. Some black-and-white plant drawings.

Often mentioned, but perhaps not really worth it:
(I don't put any book here that I don't own. If you feel I'm wrong in my
assessment of these books let me know why you disagree - my email address
is [email protected].).

  * James A Duke: The Green Pharmacy.
    1997, St. Martin's Paperbacks, NY, USA. ISBN 0-312-96648-2, listprice
    USD 6.99.
    A book written by a researcher, not by a practitioner, and it shows in
    some of the herbal recommendations. Don't trust it, get one of the
    books written by a practitioner instead.
  * James Green: The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook
    1990, Simplers Botanical Co., Forestville, CA, USA. No ISBN, listprice
    USD 5.00 - for a 38 page booklet.
    If you have never made your own teas, oils or tinctures, you might
    want to buy this one. Or better, get one of the all-round herbals
    (like Lesley Bremness', or Penelope Ody's), which include instructions
    on how to make these preparations, and lots of other good information.
  * Varro Tyler. Read Jonno's review of Tyler's "Honest herbal" and "Herbs
    of choice" to see why Tyler's writings aren't respected by
    professional herbalists: http://www.teleport.com/~jonno/Tyler.html.
    If you want a good scientific book on herbs try these: Rudolf Fritz
    Weiss, MD: Herbal Medicine; Steven G. Ottariano: Medicinal Herbal
    Therapy; Heinz Schilcher: Phytotherapy in Paediatrics. (listed under
    section 4.1.3, "In-depth books, by organ system")
  * The Complete German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Guide to
    Herbal Medicines
    This is a very expensive set of committee summaries (380 monographs,
    USD 189.00), translated from German. If you want to see what the
    monographs are like before shelling out all that much you get 100 of
    them far cheaper (USD 35.00) from this book: Heinz Schilcher:
    Phytotherapy in Paediatrics (listed under section 4.1.3, "In-depth
    books, by organ system"). Jonno has reviewed the monographs; find his
    comments here: http://www.teleport.com/~jonno/comm_e.html [changed] -
    added review URL 15Dec99

So you want to pick your own herbs?

  * Michael Moore: Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West.
    1993, Red Crane Books, Santa Fe, NM, USA. ISBN 1-878610-31-7,
    listprice USD 19.95.
    The single best book on medicinal plants I have seen to date.
  * Michael Moore: Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West.
    1989, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA. ISBN
    0-89013-182-1, listprice USD 11.95.
    A good book on the medicinal uses of some southwestern herbs.
  * Michael Moore: Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West.
    1979, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA. ISBN
    0-89013-104-X, listprice USD 11.95.
    A good book on the medicinal uses of some southwestern herbs.
    Michael Moore's books on medicinal herbs are very good and fun to
    read, too. You're in for a treat if you haven't visited his homepage
    yet - he's got some good practitioner-level booklets online, free for
    downloading: http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE
  * If you ever decide to do a book on medicinal uses of your local flora,
    go see how it is done in Michael's book 'Los Remedios - Traditional
    Herbal Remedies of the Southwest'. It's the only work in this genre
    (that I've seen) that includes a paragraph labelled "usefulness" with
    the usual traditional uses.
  * Janice Schofield: Discovering Wild Plants (Alaska, Western Canada, The
    Northwest)
    Alaska Northwest Books, Portland, OR, USA. ISBN 0-88240-369-9,
    listprice USD 34.95.
    A delightful book, it includes information on a lot of plants found up
    here in Finland, too. Great pictures, lots of tried and true recipes,
    sensible medicinal uses - you need this book if you live up north.
    Janice is online at http://www.alaska.net/~herbscho
  * Steven Foster + James A. Duke: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants,
    Eastern/Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series), revised
    edition.
    1998, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, USA. ISBN 0-395-92066-3,
    listprice USD 18.00.
    This is a field guide. It really has very little in the way of text.
    (that's a comment to the 1990 edition. It could be the 1998 edition is
    distinctly better.)
  * Jim Pojar, Andrew MacKinnon (editors): Plants of the Pacific Northwest
    Coast.
    1994, Lone Pine Publishing, Redmond, WA, USA. ISBN 1-55105-040-4,
    listprice 19.95.
    You'll find the most common plants of the PNW USA, including short
    paragraphs on usage. We need more fieldguides of this caliber.

Your fourth or so book, and one you'll keep on your easy-to-reach shelf for
a very long time

  * Maud Grieve: A Modern Herbal, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (This is actually one
    single book, so you don't do much with only one volume)
    1931, reprinted in 1971, Dover Publications Inc., NY, USA. ISBN
    0-486-22798-7 (I), 0-486-22799-5 (II), listprice USD 9.95 each.
    A good all-round book; it has so much information on so many plants
    that it's not really outdated yet. 866 pages + index...
    It's on the WWW too, scanned and OCR'd in full by Ed Greenwood:
    http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html

Thorough but easy to understand descriptions of some plants and/or some
organ systems

  * Paul Bergner: The Healing Power of Garlic
    1995, Prima Publishing. ISBN 0-7615-0098-7, listprice USD 15.95.
  * Paul Bergner: The Healing Power of Ginseng and the Tonic Herbs
    1996, Prima Publishing. ISBN 0-7615-0472-9, listprice USD 14.95.
  * Paul Bergner: The Healing Power of Echinacea, Goldenseal and other
    Immune system herbs
    1997, Prima Publishing. ISBN 07615-0809-0, listprice USD 15.00.
  * Paul Bergner: The Healing Power of Minerals, Special Nutrients, and
    Trace Elements
    1997, Prima Publishing. ISBN 0-7615-1021-4, listprice USD 15.00.
    These are very good in-depth books on both the herbs and the organ
    systems involved. A must read! Paul Bergner is the editor of Medical
    Herbalism (see the professional level journal list, ch.4.3.2). He has
    a website at http://www.medherb.com.
  * [added 02Dec99] Matthew Wood: The Book of Herbal Wisdom
    1997, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, USA. ISBN 1-55643-232-1,
    listprice USD 18.95.
    Well worth the price, as Matthew Wood opens a rather different point
    of view on plants. His tales are sprinkled with personal experience
    and (cough) herbal wisdom. If I did stars I'd give this one five out
    of five.
  * Janice Schofield: Nettles. (A Keats good herb guide).
    Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
    ISBN 0-87983-840-X, listprice USD 4.95.
    Despite the small format you'll get real in-depth information about
    that nicest of plants, the stinging nettle. I can personally vouch for
    Henriette's Potato Mush, with nettles of course. Excellent work!
    Janice is online at http://www.alaska.net/~herbscho .
  * Michael Moore: Herbs for the Urinary Tract. (A Keats good herb guide).
    Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
    ISBN 0-87983-815-9, listprice USD 4.95.
    A short but thorough introduction to the urinary tract and what gets
    it out of and back into kilter.
  * Steven Foster's botanical booklets - instead of buying them from
    HerbalGram, get them free of charge from
    http://www.AllHerb.com/consumer/ - go for the ABC Botanical series.
    Web site here: http://www.stevenfoster.com
  * Christopher Hobbs' booklets:
    Milk Thistle, the Liver Herb. 1993, ISBN 096147069, listprice USD 3.95
    Valerian, the Relaxing and Sleep Herb, 1994, ISBN 0961847093,
    listprice USD 5.95
    Vitex, the Women's Herb, 1997, ISBN 1884360076, listprice USD 5.95
    Ginkgo, Elixir of Youth, 1994, ISBN 0961847034, listprice USD 7.95
    Echinacea, the Immune Herb, 1995, ISBN 1884360033, listprice USD 7.95
    The Ginsengs, a User's guide, 1996, ISBN 1884360068, listprice USD
    7.95
    Saw Palmetto, the Herb for Prostrate Health, 1998, ISBN 1883010462,
    listprice USD 9.95
    St. John's Wort, the Mood Enhancing Herb, 1998, ISBN 1883010454,
    listprice USD 12.95
    The Liver and Digestive Herbal, 1994, ISBN 0961847085, listprice USD
    13.95
    Medicinal Mushrooms, 1995, ISBN 1884360017, listprice USD 16.95
    Accurate and balanced booklets.
    Website here: http://christopherhobbs.com

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4.1.2 Specialty books: women's herbals, men's herbals etc.

Let's get gender-specific:

  * Rosemary Gladstar: Herbal Healing for Women - simple home remedies for
    women of all ages.
    1993, Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster, NY, USA. ISBN 0-671-76767-4,
    listprice USD 12.00
    A very good book on herbs and women's health. Rosemary Gladstar's
    website is at http://www.sagemountain.com
  * Anne McIntyre: The Complete Women's Herbal - a manual of healing herbs
    and nutrition for personal well-being and family care
    1994. Gaia Books Limited, London, UK. American edition 1995. ISBN
    0-8050-3537-0, listprice USD 25.00.
    A very good book on herbs and women's health.
  * Amanda McQuade Crawford: The Herbal Menopause Book.
    1996, Crossing Press. ISBN 0-895-94799-4, listprice USD 16.95.
    Get either this one or the one by Susun Weed:
  * Susun Weed: Menopausal Years, the Wise Woman Way.
    1992, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, NY. ISBN 9614620-4-3.
  * Susun Weed: Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year.
    1986, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, NY. ISBN 0-9614620-0-0.
  * Susun Weed: Breast Cancer, Breast Health, the Wise Woman Way.
    1997, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, NY. ISBN 0-9614620-7-8.
    Susun has her own very wise way of looking at things. You buy one
    first, and then you go out of your way to get the others when you or
    somebody close to you needs them.
  * James Green: The Male Herbal: health care for men and boys
    1991, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA, USA. ISBN 0-895-94458-8, listprice
    14.95 USD.
    The only book about herbs for men that I've seen so far.

If you want to get some knowledge about TCM, but keep your western
herbalist bias:

  * Steven Foster + Yue Chongxi: Herbal Emissaries - bringing Chinese
    Herbs to the West.
    1992, Healing Arts Press, Vermont, USA. ISBN 0-89281-349-0, listprice
    USD 16.95.
    Very thorough description of Chinese plants (with growing
    instructions) for us Westerners. (I LIKE books with more than 2 pages
    per plant. These guys use about 6 pages per...)

.. or the other way around:

  * Michael Tierra: Planetary Herbology: An Integration of Western Herbs
    into the Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Systems.
    Lotus Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA. ISBN 0-941524-27-2, listprice USD
    17.95

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4.1.2.1 Going for broke (and I wish you luck)

  * Greg Whitten: Herbal Harvest
    (from Rosemary Jones:) Just got a copy from the publisher and it seems
    to answer most questions on the bulk processing of herbs for
    commercial use. How to build drying sheds and so on. The farming
    advice is geared towards Australia but could work elsewhere with some
    modification.
    If you're in the US you can order it from Rosemary ([email protected]
    or Healing Pages 1-800-561-2909) and save on freight, or buy it from
    the publisher: ISBN1876473045, Bloomings Books, The Stables, 21
    Isabella Grove, Hawthorn Victoria, Australia 3122.

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4.1.3 In-depth books, by organ system

  * Simon Y. Mills: The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine.
    1993, Arkana, Penguin Books, London, UK. First published under the
    title "Out of the Earth", by Viking Arkana 1991. ISBN 014-019309X.
    Listprice GBP 15.00, USD 16.95.
    Excellent in-depth information for the practitioner.
  * Daniel B. Mowrey: Herbal Tonic Therapies.
    1993, Keats Publishing Inc., New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
    ISBN 0-87983-565-6, listprice USD 14.95.
    Good information on the use of mild tonic herbs, organized by organ
    system.
  * David Hoffmann: The New Holistic Herbal
    1991 (3rd edition), Element Books Ltd, UK. ISBN 1-85230-193-7,
    listprice 16.95 USD.
    - this one is also available in an updated version, with more color
    pictures:
  * David Hoffmann: The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal
    1996, Element Books Ltd., UK. ISBN 1-85230-758-7, listprice 24.95.
  * David Hoffmann: An Elders' Herbal - Natural Techniques for Promoting
    Health and Vitality
    1993, Healing Arts Press, Vermont. ISBN 0-89281-396-2, listprice USD
    17.95.
  * David Hoffmann: The Herbal Handbook: A user's guide to medical
    herbalism.
    1988, Healing Arts Press. ISBN 0-89281-782-8, listprice 14.95 USD.
    I don't think it really matters which of David's books you get - they
    seem quite similar, one and all. So go for the newest, or the
    cheapest, or the prettiest cover picture - but don't go out and buy
    them all.
    An online Materia Medica, by Hoffmann:
    http://www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy/herbal/herbic/herbs/index.html .
    Therapeutics to go with that:
    http://www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy/herbal/prevent/body/index.html .

    He's also made a good herbal CD-ROM. Review here: section 5.4.
  * Priest & Priest: Herbal Medication, A Clinical and Dispensary
    Handbook.
    1982, L.N.Fowler & Co. Ltd., Essex, UK. ISBN 01-85243-368-9.
    Great notes for the herbal practitioner.

So you're a mainstream medical professional with an interest in herbs? Try
these:

  * Rudolf Fritz Weiss, MD: Herbal Medicine.
    1988. AB Arcanum, Gothenburg, Sweden / Beaconsfield Publishers,
    Beaconsfield, UK. ISBN 0-906584-19-1. Expensive!
    Translated from the sixth German edition of Lehrbuch der
    Phytotherapie. Written by one of -the- experts on herbal medicine in
    Germany, it's a gem for practising herbalists and MDs interested in
    herbs.
  * [added 02Dec99] Francis Brinker: Herb Contraindications and Drug
    Interactions. 2. edition.
    1998. Eclectic Medical Publications. ISBN 1888483067, USD 19.95.
    It's just what it says on the title, and it's written by a ND who
    works with herbs. What more can I say? Buy it.
  * Steven G. Ottariano: Medicinal Herbal Therapy.
    1999, Nicolin Fields Publishing, Portsmouth, NH, USA. ISBN
    0-9637077-6-0, listprice USD 14.95
    A pretty good summary for the MD or pharmacist who wants to know more
    about herbs.
  * Heinz Schilcher, Prof. Dr.: Phytotherapy in Paediatrics - Handbook for
    Physicians and Pharmacists.
    1997, medpharm Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN
    3-88763-026-2, USD 35.00.
    Translated from German, this includes 100 Comm. E monographs and 15
    ESCOP monographs, in addition to short notes on the use of herbs in
    medical practice. It is, however, a translation from German, so the
    "Proprietary Products" parts list German products.

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4.1.4 Chinese herbs, or TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

  * Dan Bensky, Andrew Amble, Ted Kaptchuk: Chinese Herbal Medicine
    Materia Medica, 2nd. edition.
    1993, Eastland Press, Inc., Seattle, WA. ISBN 0939616157.
    The standard Materia Medica for western-trained TCM practitioners.
  * Dan Bensky, Andall Barolet: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas &
    Strategies, 1st. edition.
    1990, Eastland Press, Inc., Seattle, WA. ISBN 0939616106.
    The companion Formulary.
  * Roger Wicke: TCHS vol. 1, The Language and Patterns of Life, USD 55
  * Roger Wicke: TCHS vol. 2, Herbs, Strategies and Case Studies, USD 55
    These are the two major textbooks for the Rocky Mountain Herbal
    Institute's Chinese herbology course. Description, table of contents
    and brief excerpts at: http://www.rmhiherbal.org/a/c.publ.rmhi.html
    While Roger, in these books, tries to integrate western physiological
    understanding of TCM theory where possible, the major focus is on
    using Chinese herbs according to the traditional TCM clinical rules
    (any other way simply doesn't work as well, as verified by clinical
    studies in several countries).

>starting a course of acupuncture and Chinese herbology -- does anyone know
any good books on this subject?

  * From [email protected] (HealingPgs):
    Read Ted Kaptchuk's The Web That Has No Weaver. Most of the Seattle
    acupuncture schools use this as a first year text and it's a lovely,
    intelligent explanation of the basics of TCM. The herb book that is
    most popular with our local acupuncturists is Dagmar Ehling's Chinese
    Herbalist Handbook. It's laid out in a very user-friendly fashion. The
    big herbal reference works for most Western trained acupuncturists are
    the Eastland Press books by Dan Bensky -- they are probably available
    through your school bookstore.

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4.2 Good Books for further studies

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So now you feel you've read enough books, but you're still glassy-eyed from
reading the 'constituents' -part of the books (or the various ailment
descriptions) - time to go shopping for some (literally) (pun intended)
heavier stuff:

If you're a practising herbalist:

  * Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd: King's American Dispensatory, in
    two volumes.
    1898, 18th edition, 3rd revision. Reprinted 1993, Eclectic Institute,
    14385 SE Lusted Rd., Sandy, OR 97055, USA. Phone 1-800-332-4372. No
    ISBN number. Listprice USD 225.
    This one lists everything they knew about plants (and chemicals used
    in medicine) back then, and does it exhaustively. It is REALLY good.

    The first entries are online here:
    http://metalab.unc.edu/herbmed/eclectic/kings/main.html

If you're a pharmacognosist or pharmacist with an interest in herbs:

  * Norman Grainger Bisset (Ed.): Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals, A
    Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis.
    Translation of Max Wichtl (Ed.): Teedrogen (see next entry).
    1994, CRC Press. Very expensive.
    This book has 181 monographs on European herbs with descriptions and
    photographs of the herbs, with lists of constituents, indications,
    side-effects, delivery system, method for authenticating the herb
    (usually a TLC), and the quantitative standards of the European
    pharmacaopeias where it is listed as official. Although it does not
    explain mode of action, this is a technical, and scientific book of
    excellent quality and a must for serious herbal students. It is also
    expensive as are all CRC books. ([email protected])
  * Max Wichtl (Hrsg.): Teedrogen, ein Handbuch fuer die Praxis auf
    wissenschaftlicher Grundlage. 2., erweiterte, ueberarbeitete Auflage
    1989, Wissensch.VG., Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN 3-8047-1009-3, listprice
    DEM 198.
    It's expensive in the original, too, but still a good reference for
    pharmacognosists and pharmacists.
  * Trease + Evans: Pharmacognosy, 13th edition.
    1989, Bailliere Tindall, London.
    There is a great deal of chemistry involved in this book but again it
    is an excellent reference if this is the type of information you want.
    ([email protected])
  * Andrew Pengelly: The constituents of medicinal plants - an
    introduction to the chemistry & therapeutics of herbal medicine.
    1996, Sunflower herbals, "Athlone", Dorset Rd., Muswellbrook NSW 2333,
    Australia.
    ISBN 0-646-28498-3. Listprice AUD 25.00.
    A short but concise introduction to the chemistry of herbs.

Then you might want:

  * A basic chemistry textbook.
  * A good biochemistry textbook.
  * A good anatomy/physiology textbook (good to put you to sleep, too).
  * The Anatomy Coloring Book.
  * The Physiology Coloring Book.
  * The latest Merck Manual, which lists main illnesses plaguing mankind -
    not for us hypochondriacs. You might need a Medicinese - English
    dictionary to understand it. The Merck Manual (17th edition) is now on
    the web: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm

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4.3 Good Periodicals

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