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 +//**<color #009bc1>Updated November 2024</color>**//
 ===== Reading List =====  ===== Reading List ===== 
  
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-===== Further Reading =====  +===== Further Reading Suggestions  ====== 
-Other interesting books are listed in our [[foundation_course_students:fc_further_reading|Further Reading suggestions]].+ 
 +Note: There will be references to other books, journals, on-line and other resources in every Unit of the course.  The following books are not ‘essential’, but it is a good idea to look at a few and choose **two or three** that catch your eye and suit your personal learning style.  They are divided into categories, but there is considerable crossover – some books cover a bit of history, medicinal use and home remedies, for example.  Reading online reviews may help you get a feel for the books contents and approach to the subject. The **bold** title may be of particular interest.\\ 
 + 
 +====Aeon is a publisher that produce many Herbal Medicine related books.==== 
 +Their  'Heartwood reading list' can be accessed through this link - [[https://health.aeonbooks.co.uk/readlist/heartwood/117]] 
 +Students can access 20% off all books on this list, by entering code 'HEARTWOOD' at checkout. 
 + 
 +===== Home Herbals ===== 
 + 
 +  * **Hoffman, D. (2002). The holistic herbal: a safe and practical guide to making and using herbal remedies. Thorsons Press.** 
 + 
 +  * **Hedley, C.and Shaw, N. (2019) //The Herbal Book of Making and Taking//. Aeon Books.  (Available at a discount for Heartwood students.)** 
 + 
 +  * De Bariacli Levy, J. (1912-2009). //Anything// by Juliet of the herbs, is worth reading, for example, (1991). //The complete herbal handbook for the dog and cat//. Faber and Faber. 
 + 
 +  * Bove, M. (2000). //An encyclopedia of natural healing for children//. Keats Publishing. 
 + 
 +  * Bruton-Seal, J and Seal, M. (2008). //Hedgerow medicine: harvest and make your own herbal remedies//.  Shropshire: Merlin Unwin Books. 
 + 
 +  * Kress, H. (2018). //Practical Herbs 1 & 2//. Aeon Books. 
 + 
 +  * de la Foret, R. (2017). //Alchemy of Herbs: Transform everyday ingredients into foods and remedies that heal//. Hay House Inc. 
 + 
 +  * Laird, A. (2019). //Root to stem: a seasonal guide to natural recipes and remedies for everyday life.// Penguin Life. 
 + 
 +  * English, A. (2019) //Wild medicine: Summer//. Aeon Books.  (This is a series, that also has Autumn/Winter and Spring volumes). 
 + 
 +  * Hartvig, K. (2016). //Healing spices: 50 wonderful spices, and how to use them in healthgiving foods and drinks//. Watkins Publishing.  Also //Healing Berries// by the same author. 
 + 
 +  * The Seed Sistas (Fiona Heckels and Karen Lawton). (2019). //The Sensory Herbal Handbook//. Watkins. 
 + 
 +===== Herbals/Materia Medica ===== 
 + 
 +  * **  Grieve, M. (1931) //A modern herbal//. [online] Available at: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html [Accessed 20 August 2018]. You can also purchase a copy from www.abebooks.co.uk.\\ 
 +** 
 +  * Bartram, T. (1988). An encyclopedia of herbal medicine. Grace publishers.\\ 
 + 
 +  * Felter, H.W. and Lloyd, J.U. (1905) Kings American dispensatory.Vol1, 18th ed. Reprinted in 1983. Eclectic Medical Publications, pp.528-533. [online] Available at: https://archive.org/details/kingsamericandis01kinguoft [Accessed 20 August 2018).\\ 
 + 
 +  * Felter, H.W. (1922) //The eclectic material medica, pharmacology and therapeutics//. Reprinted 1983. Eclectic Medical Publications, pp.466-469. [online] Available at: http://www.swsbm.com/FelterMM/Felters_Materia_Medica.pdf  [Accessed 20 August 2018].\\ 
 + 
 +  * Mills, S. (1992). //Out of the earth: the essential book of herbal medicine//. Viking Adult.\\ 
 + 
 +===== Ethnobotany/History ===== 
 + 
 +  * **  Griggs, B. (1997). //Green pharmacy: The history and evolution of western herbal medicine//. 2nd ed. Vermont: Healing Arts Press.\\ 
 +** 
 + 
 +  * Allen, D. and Hatfield, G. (2012). //Medicinal plants in folk tradition: an ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland//. Oregon: Timber Press.\\ 
 + 
 +  * Baker, M. (1996). //Discovering the folklore of plants//. 3rd ed: Shire publications.\\ 
 + 
 +  * Sinclair Rohde, E. (1922). The old English herbals. London: Minerva Press.\\ 
 + 
 +  * Wood, M. (1993). //The magical staff: essential doctrines of Western vitalist medicine//. North Atlantic Books.\\ 
 + 
 +===== Botany/Flora ===== 
 +  * Elpel, J.T. (2013). //Botany in a day: the patterns method of plant identification//. 6th ed. Hops Press.   
 + 
 +  * Barker, J. (2001). //The medicinal flora of Britain and Northwestern Europe//. Kent: Winter Press.  
 + 
 +  * Gray, B. (2011). //The Boreal Herbal: wild food and medicinal plants of the north//. Aroma Borealis Press.  
 + 
 +  * Grigson, G. (1958). //An Englishman's Flora//. Paladin.  
 + 
 +  * Manetas, Y. (2012). //Alice in the World of Plants//. Springer.  
 + 
 +===== Phytochemistry ===== 
 + 
 +  * Pengelly, A. (2004). //The Constituents of Medicinal Plants: an introduction to the chemistry and therapeutics of herbal medicines//. CABI Publishing. 
 + 
 +**Note:** ‘//Botany in a day//’ by Thomas Elpel also has a section on the medicinal properties of plants and their chemical constituents. 
 + 
 +===== Anatomy ===== 
 + 
 +**  * Waller, P. (2010). //Holistic Anatomy: An integrative guide to the human body//. North Atlantic Books. 
 +** 
 +===== Ecological ===== 
 +  * Buhner, S.H. (2002). //The Lost Language of Plants: The ecological importance of plant medicines for life on earth//. Chelsea Green Publishing. 
 + 
 +===== Technical books – ideal if considering further training to become a medical herbalist ===== 
 + 
 +  * Ganora, L. (2009). //Herbal constituents: Foundations of Phytochemistry//. Lisa Ganora.   
 + 
 +  * Bone, K. And Mills, S. (2013). //The principles and practice of modern Phytotherapy//. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. 
 + 
 +  * McIntyre, Anne. (2019). //The Complete Herbal Tutor: The Definitive Guide to the Principles and Practices of Herbal Medicine//. Aeon Books. 
 + 
 +  * Mills, S. and Bone, K. (2005). //The essential guide to herbal safety//. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone. 
 + 
 +  * Ralph, A. Tassell, M. 2020. Native Healers: Foundations in Western Herbal Medicine. Aeon Books Ltd. 
 + 
 +  * Tobyn, G., Denham, A. and Whitelegg, M. (2010). //The western herbal tradition//. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.