'The Library' a space inside the ARTÁ PORTAL for members and clients of ARTÁ full of books, reading lists and resources.

Book recommendations

'The Library' a space inside the ARTÁ PORTAL for members and clients of ARTÁ full of books, reading lists and resources.

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