¨Recommended Reading for Students in the Two Year Herbal Studies Program¨

Women's and children’s Medicine
 De Bairacli-Levy, J., Nature's Children, Ashtree Publications, 1997
*McIntyre, A., Complete Women's Herbal, Henry Holt Pub. (out-of-print)
 McIntyre, A., The Herbal for Mother & Child, Element (out-of-print)
 Nissim, R., Natural Healing in Gynecology, Pandora (out-of-print)
 Riddle, J., Eve's Herbs, A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West, Harvard Univ. Press, 1997
*Trickey, R., Women: Hormones and The Menstrual Cycle, Allen & Unwin, 1998
 Weed, S., Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Ashtree Publications, 1985
 Weed, S., New Menopausal Years, Ashtree Publications, 2001
 Weed, S., Breast Cancer? Breast Health!, Ashtree Publications, 1997

Chinese Herbal Medicine
 Bensky D. & Gamble, A., Chinese Herbal Medicine—Materia Medica, Eastland Press, 1993
*Kaptchuk, T., The Web That Has No Weaver, Congdon & Weed, New Edition, 2003
*Maciocia, G., The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Churchill Livingstone, 1989
*Chen, J.K. & Chen, T.T., Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology, Art of Medicine Press, 2004

Diagnostics
 Any older (1940s or earlier) Text on Physical Diagnosis
 *Flaws, B., The Secret of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, Blue Poppy Press, 1997
*Kirschbaum, B., Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis Vol. 1 & 2, Eastland Press, 2000
 Jamison, J., Differential Diagnosis For Primary Practice, Churchill Livingstone, 1999
 Maciocia, G., Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, Churchill Livingstone, 1995
 Orient, J., Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000
 Scudder, J.M., MD, Specific Diagnosis, Eclectic Med. Pub.
 Tietao Deng, Practical Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Churchill Livingstone, 1999

Edible/USEFUL Plants
 Couplan, F., The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North American, Keats, 1998
 Peterson, L., Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants, Houghton Mifflin, 1982
 Stalking the Wild Asparagus & any other books by Euell Gibbons

Ethnobotany
Densmore, F., How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine and Crafts, Dover, 1974
Gilmore, M.R., Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, Univ. of NE Press, 1991
Moerman, D., Native American Ethnobotany, Timber Press, 1998
Schultes, R.E. & von Reis, S., Ethnobotany - Evolution of A Discipline, Timber Press, 1995
 Vogel, V.J., American Indian Medicine, Univ. of OK Press

Field Guides/Botany
 Arora, D., Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, 1986
 Newcomb, L., Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, Little, Brown & Co., 1989
 New Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora (textbook of NE USA plants)
 Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers, Houghton Mifflin
 Zomlefer, W., Guide To the Flowering Plant Families, Univ. of NC Press, 1995

HERB CULTIVATION
 Cech, R., Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs, Horizon Herbs, 2002
 Sturdivant, L. & Blakely, T., Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field & Marketplace, Bootstrap Guide, 1999
 Hartung, T, Growing 101 Herbs That Heal, Storey Books, 2000

Herbal Medicine
*Bartram, T., Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, Grace Pub., 1995
*Bone, K., Clinical Applications of Ayurvedic & Chinese Herbs, Phytotherapy Press, 1996
*Ellingwood, F., MD, The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, Eclectic Med. Pub.
*Felter, H.W., The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Eclectic Med. Pub.
*Felter, H.W., Lloyd, J.U., King's American Dispensatory (2 vol.), Eclectic Med. Pub.
 Green, J., The Male Herbal, Crossing Press, 1991
 Grieve, M., Modern Herbal - Vol. I & II, Dover Pub.
*Hoffman, D., Medical Herbalism, Healing Arts Press, 2003
*Kuhn, M.,  Winston, D., Herbal Therapy & Supplements, A Traditional & Scientific Approach, Lippincott, 2001
Menzies-Trull, C., Herbal Medicine, Keys to Physiomedicalism, [by author], 2003
*Mills, S. & Bone, K., The Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy, Churchill Livingstone, 1999
*Moore, M., Medicinal Plants of the Desert & Canyon West, Museum of NM Press, 1989
*Moore, M., Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West, Museum of NM Press, 2^nd edition, 2003
*Moore, M., Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, Red Crane Books, 1993
*Moore, M., SWSBM Study Guides (can be downloaded for free from his website)
*Skenderi, G., Herbal Vade Mecum, Herbacy Press, 2003
 Tillotson, A., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, Kensington Pub., 2001
 Upton, R. [Ed.], American Herbal Pharmacopoeia & Therapeutic Compendium, AHP (individual monographs on herbs)
*Weiss, R., Herbal Medicine-Classic Edition, Thieme, 2002
*Yance, D., Herbal Medicine, Healing & Cancer, Keats, 1999

History
 Berman, A., Flannery, M., America's Botanico-Medical Movements-Vox Populi, Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2001
 Van Der Zee, B., Griggs, B., et al, Green Pharmacy, Inner Traditions Limited, 1997
*Haller, J., Medical Protestants-The Eclectics in American Medicine 1825-1939, So. IL Univ. Press, 1994
*Haller, J., Kindly Medicine-Physio-Medicalism in America 1836-1911, Kent State Univ. Press, 1997
*Haller, J., The People's Doctors-Samuel Thomson and the American Botanical Movement, 1790-1860, Southern IL Univ. Press, 2000

Hydrotherapy & Naturopathy
Boyle, W., Seine, A., Naturopathic Hydrotherapy, Buckeye Naturopathic Press
Kneipp, S., My Water Cure, Kessinger Pub. Co., 2003
Kirchfeld and Boyle, Nature Doctors, Medicina Biologica, 1994 (history of naturopathy)*Messegue, M., Of Men and Plants (Of People and Plants) (hand and foot baths)
Yarnell, E., N.D., Naturopathic Urology and Men's Health, Healing Mt. Pub., 2000
Yarnell, E., N.D., Naturopathic Gastroenterology, Healing Mt. Pub., 2001

Medical Books
 A good medical dictionary such as Dorlands, Tabors, etc.  Merck Manual (latest edition)Pagana & Pagana, Mosby's Diagnostic & Laboratory Test Reference (current edition)
 Peyer, L., Medicine and Culture, Owl Books, 1996
 Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) or similar drug reference
Silbernagl, S., Lang, F., Color Atlas of Pathophysiology, Thieme, 2000

 Medicinal Fungi
*Hobbs, C., Medicinal Mushrooms, Botanica Press, 1995 (out of print)
 Stamets, P., MycoMedicinals, MycoMedia, 2002 

Nutrition
Colbin, A., Food & Healing, Ballantine, 1986
Erasmus, V., Fats That Cure, Fats That Kill, Alive Books, 1993
Haas, E., MD, Staying Healthy with Nutrition, Celestial Arts, 1992
*Price, W., Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Price Pottenger Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
*Mars, R., Medical Nutrition From Mars, Omni Press, 2^nd ed., 1999
 Wehrbach, M., Moss, J., Textbook of Nutritional Medicine, Third Line Press, 1999

VETERINARY MEDICINE
 De Bairacli-Levy, J., Complete Herbal Handbook For The Dog and Cat, Faber & Faber, 1991
 De Bairacli-Levy, J., Complete Herbal Handbook For Farm and Stable, Faber & Faber, 1991
 Schoen, A., Wynn, S., Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine, Mosby, 1998
 Wulff-Tilford, M., Tilford, G., Herbs for Pets, Bowtie Press, 1999

PHARMACOGNOSY
Bruneton, J., Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants, Intercept, Ltd., 2^nd ed., 1999
Samuelson, G., Drugs of Natural Origin, Swedish Pharmaceutical Press, 1992
*Highly Recommended

Audio Tapes OF HERBAL CONFERENCES
Tree Farm Communications, 23703 N.E. 4th Street, Redmond, WA 98053, 800-468-0464

Internet Resources
American Botanical Council <www.herbalgram.org>
American Herbalists Guild <www.americanherbalist.com>
Bastyr University Herbal Medicine Center <www.healthy.net>
Henriette's Home Page <www.ibiblio.org/herbmed>
Herbal Hall <www.herb.com>
Herb Med <www.herbmed.org>
Medical Herbalism <www.medherb.com>
Michael Moore’s Home Page <www.swsbm.com>
Soaring Bear's Herb Medicine & Science Hub <www.sbear.webhostme.com>
United Plant Savers <www.unitedplantsavers.org> 

Journals & Newsletters
 AHA Newsletter, P.O. Box 1673, Nevada City, CA. 95959
*HerbalGram, American Botanical Council, P.O. Box 201660, Austin, TX, 78720-1660
*Medical Herbalist, P.O. Box 20512 Boulder, CO  80308
*Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, 1931 Gaddis Rd., Canton, GA, 30115

RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATIONS
American Herbalists Guild, 1931 Gaddis Rd., Canton, GA 30115 All students are strongly urged to become general/student members as this is our organization.

United Plant Savers, P.O. Box 98, East Barre, VT 05649
An organization dedicated to preserving medicinal plants, founded by Rosemary Gladstar.  A very important group for herbalists to belong to.

SOURCES FOR HARD-TO-FIND BOOKS
David’s books and tapes, as well as G. Skenderi’s Herbal Vade Mecum, can be purchased through Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc., (908) 689-9020, www.herbalist-alchemist.com, sales@herbalist-alchemist.com
Eclectic Medical Publications – publishes classic Eclectic medicine reprints. 36350 SE Industrial Way, Sandy, OR 97055, (800) 865-1487, www.eclecticherb.com, books@eclecticherb.com
Christopher Menzies-Trull – physio-medical text. 16 Grosvenor Rd., Newcastle, Staffs, ST5 ILW, England,
Herbalist and Alchemist Books – antiquarian, out-of-print, and rare books on herbal medicine, Ethnobotany, Eclectic & Thomsonian medicine, etc. P.O. Box 553, Broadway, NJ 08808, (908) 835-0822. www.herbaltherapeutics.net, dwherbal@nac.net
Healing Mountain Publishing – Eli Jones reprint and naturopathic texts. 245 N. Chelan Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801, (206) 892-0416, www.healingmountain publishing.com
Redwing Book Company - an excellent source of books on TCM and CAM medicine.  202 Bendix Dr., Toas, NM 87571, 1-800-873-3946,  www.redwingbooks.com  

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