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Herbal Medicine

Modern medicine is so dependent on the industrial system that any significant economic or social disruption may leave health care in shreds. There are effective herbal remedies for most diseases, and you need to be aware of them if you plan on staying functional. See WILDERNESS SURVIVAL for books on how to locate medicinal plants in your area, and GARDENING AND FARMING for books on growing herbs. Approaches to taking care of your health that don't rely on herbs are under ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE .

 

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Dandelion Medicine

There's a supermarket, complete with pharmacy, in your backyard right now - and you've probably been trying to eradicate it for the last twenty years, with zero success. It's called the dandelion. This useful little book is about turning this common "weed" into a resource for food and healing

 

Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West

Essential for those in the Southwest, this extremely detailed herbal covers a dizzying range of local wild medicinal plants.

 

Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West

The first (chronologically) volume of Moore's Western herbal trilogy, this should be required reading for anybody interested in wild medicinal plants in the inland West.

 

Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West

The final volume of Moore's herbal trilogy, with huge amounts of information on wild medicinal plants along the Pacific coast.

 

How to be a Herbal Pharmacist: Herbal Traditions, Expert Formulations

The title speaks for itself. Good general textbook of herbal medicine making and use.

 

The Herbal Medicine Cabinet

Many other herbals will tell you what to use for different health conditions, but you need this book to teach you how to use the herbs. One of the better books we've seen on making different herbal preparations, packed with detailed instructions for just about every kind of medicine you can imagine making from herbs (and some you probably can't).

 

A City Herbal

An excellent guide to medicinal and edible plants that grow in vacant lots, backyards, and parks in the city.

 

The Way Of Herbs

The latest edition of one of the classics. Michael Tierra has been a leading figure in the current herbal renaissance since before there was a current herbal renaissance. Much practical information.

 

From Earth To Herbalist

Detailed, illustrated, and comprehensive guide to wild plants and their healing powers.

 

Jude's Herbal Home Remedies

Home health care, mostly herbal in nature. A little lightweight and not well organized, but contains many useful recipes.