====== Further Reading Suggestions  ====== 
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//**Updated December 2020**//



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.\\
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  * 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.\\
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  * 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.
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===== 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.