Book recommendations
The Library is a space to visit when searching for health and herbal medicine books. It can be quite overwhelming learning about health. There is so much information out there, so much choice. I have been studying health for 15 years, I now know what sources to trust and what to look out for.
So this is a guide to the books I love, that I have found valuable on my journey in medicine and that hold reliable information about medicinal plants and healing.
This is certainly not an exhaustive list as there are hundreds of health books out there that I am sure are great too.
Feel free to let me know any books you have found helpful.
Plant Consciousness, The Intelligence of Nature & INDIGENOUS MEDICINE
Sacred Plant Medicine by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Secret Teachings of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Language of Plants by Julia Graves
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Philosopher’s Plant by Michael Marder
Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany by Matthew Hall
Evolutionary Herbalism: Science, Spirituality, and Medicine from the Heart of Nature by Sajah Popham
Green Pharmacy by Barbara Griggs
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmer
Plants of the Gods by Richard Evan Schultes, Albert Hoffman and Christian Rätsch
Wisdom of the plant devas by Thea Summer Deer
The Wind is my Mother by Bear Heart and Molly Larkin
TEA CEREMONY/PLANT CEREMONY
Tea Medicine by WU DE
Herbal Theory and Practice
The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood
The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism by Matthew Wood
The Earth wise Herbal Repertory by Matthew Wood
Vitalism by Matthew Wood
Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman
Principles and practice of Phytotherapy by Kerry Bone and Simon Mills.
The Holistic Herbal by David Hoffman
Culpeper’s Medicine by Graeme Tobyn
Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra
Healing Plants of the Celtic druids by Angela Paine
Traditional Western Herbal Medicine by Elisabeth Brooke
Weeds in the Heart: The Practice of Intuitive Herbalism by Fiona Owen and Nathaniel Hughes
Energetics/Chakras/Meridians
The subtle body - an encyclopaedia of your energetic anatomy by Cyndi Dale
Ayurveda & Eastern Medicine
Dispensing with Tradition by Anne McIntyre and Michelle Boudin
The Ayurvedic Bible by Anne McIntyre
Health and consciousness through Ayurveda and yoga by Dr Nibodhi Haas MD Naturopath and Ayurvedic practitioner.
(The bible I carried around India for 6 months, reading & scribbling all over)
Ayurveda the science of self-healing by Dr Vasant Lad
The Subtle Body - an encyclopaedia of your energetic anatomy by Cyndi Dale
NUTRITION
The China Study by T Colin Campbell PHD T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon Morrel & Thomas S Cowan MD
Female health/Gynaecology & the menstrual cycle
Taking charge of your fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH
Herbal medicine in treating Gynaecological conditions by Hananja Brice-Ytsma and Adrian McDermott
Menopause years by Susan weed
Breast Health - The Wise Women Way by Susan Weed
The Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden
Hormone Repair Manual by Lara Briden (women over 50’s)
Period Power by Maisie Hill
Hormone Intelligence: The Complete Guide to Calming Hormone Chaos and Restoring Your Body's Natural Blueprint for Well-Being by Aviva Jill Romm MD
Woman code by Alisa Vitti
Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health by Aviva Romm
The Reclaimed Woman by Kelly Brogan MD
The Fifth Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
In the Flo by Alisa Vitti
EVE Cat Bohannan
Fertility
Taking charge of your fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH
Awakening Fertility - the essential art of preparing for pregnancy by Heng Ou
Childbearing years by Susan weed
Pregnancy
The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm MD (midwife and herbalist)
Childbearing years by Susan weed
Nine Golden Months by Heng Ou
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Childcare by Sally Fallon Morrel & Thomas S Cowan MD
BIRTH
The Good Birth Companion by Nicole Croft
Reclaiming Childbirth as a rite of passage by Rachel Reed
Babies/Children
Naturally healthy babies and children by Aviva Jill Romm MD
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Childcare by Sally Fallon Morrel & Thomas S Cowan MD
Baby Calm by Sarah Ockwell Smith & all her books to be honest. (Toddler Calm, How to be a calm parent)
Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldort
Hold on to your kids by Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld
POSTPARTUM
The First Forty Days by Heng Ou
Making Herbal Medicine & Alchemy
The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook by James Green
The Family Herbal by Rosemary Gladstar
Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech
Phytochemistry and Pharmacy for the Practitioner of Botanical Medicine by Eric Yarnell
Real Alchemy by Robert Bartlett
A Herbal book of making and taking by Non shaw and Christopher Hedley
Herbal Remedies by Non shaw and Christopher Hedley
Plant Constituents/ Phytochemistry
Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman
Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
Phytochemistry and Pharmacy for the Practitioner of Botanical Medicine by Eric Yarnell
The constituents of Medicinal plants by Andrew Pengelly
Principles and practice of Phytotherapy by Kerry Bone and Simon Mills.
Herbal drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals
Materia Medica
The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood
The Earthwise Herbal Volumes 1 and 2 by Matthew Wood
Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman
The Holistic Herbal by David Hoffman
Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra
The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra
The Yoga of Herbs by Vasant Lad and David Frawley
The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Harvey Wickes Felter
A Modern Herbal Volume 1 and 2 by Mod Grieve
Dispensing with Tradition by Anne McIntyre and Michelle Boudin
The medicinal flora of Britain and northwestern Europe by Julian Barker
Bartrams Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine byThomas Bartram
Principles and practice of Phytotherapy by Kerry Bone and Simon Mills.
Formulating Herbal Medicine
Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman
Family Herbal by Rosemary Gladstar
Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals by Jill Stansbury
Growing Medicinal Herbs
The Medicinal Herb Grower by Richo Cech
Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs by Richo Cech
The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer by Jeff & Melanie Carpenter
A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants by Christopher Hobbs and Steven Foster
Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel
Clinical medicine
Clinical Naturopathic Medicine by Leah Hechtman
Clinical medicine by Kumar & Clark
Pocket guide to clinical examination by Owen Epstein, G. David Perkin, John Cookson, David P. de Bono.
Medical Astrology
Medical Astrology by Judith Hill
The Astrological Body Types by Judith Hill
A Handbook of Medical Astrology by Jane Ridder Patrick
Astrology and Your Health by Jeanne Avery
Encyclopaedia of Medical Astrology by H.L. Cornell
Evolutionary Herbalism: Science, Spirituality, and Medicine from the Heart of Nature By Sajah Popham
Spiritual practice
I Ching
Bhagavad Gita
Out of Your Mind by Alan Watts
THE GUT
10% Human by Alanna Collen
SLEEP
Why we sleep by Matthew Walker
Plant Identification
Food for Free by Collins Gem/Collins guides
Herbs and healing plants by Collins Nature Guide
The Wildflower key by Francis Rose
Mushrooms
Medicinal Mushrooms A Clinical Guide by Martin Powell
Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe by Edmund Garnweidner (Collins Nature Guides)
Novels to expand the mind
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Galenic Humoral Theory & Traditional Western Herbal Medicine
The Hand Reveals by Dylan Warren Davis (the complete guide to the Western tradition of hand reading)
The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood
Evolutionary Herbalism: Science, Spirituality, and Medicine from the Heart of Nature By Sajah Popham
Other Healing Books
Maria Trebens cures, letters and account of cures by Maria Treben.
VACCINES
Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Childcare by Sally Fallon Morrel & Thomas S Cowan MD