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Herbalism For Beginners

  • Plant Magic: Herbalism in Real Life by Christine Buckley

  • Radical Remedies: An Herbalist’s Guide to Empowered Self-Care by Brittany Ducham

  • Herbal Cura: Education, Herbs, Community. Knowledge Shares & Immersions

  • Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use by Rosemary Gladstar

  • Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing by Michele Elizabeth Lee

  • Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care by Maria Noël Groves

  • 9 Reasons Herbs Might Not Work by Rosalee de la Forêt

Reliable Online Herbal Education & Plant Profiles

Clinical Herbalism

  • The Practicing Herbalist: Meeting With Clients, Reading the Body by Margi Flint

  • Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine by David Hoffmann

  • American Herbal Product's Botanical Safety Handbook by Zoe Gardener

  • Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy Modern Herbal Medicine by Bone, Kerry

  • Herbal Constituents: Foundations of Phytochemistry by Lisa Ganora

  • Herbal Contraindications & Drug Interactions by Francis J Brinker

  • Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume 1-4 by Dr. Jill Stansbury

For Resilience & Mental Health

  • Ease Your Mind: Herbs for Mental Health zine by Janet Kent

Queer, Gender Non-Conforming & Trans

Medicine Making & Formulating

  • The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide by Thomas Easley and Steve Horne

  • Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech

  • Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth by Sharol Marie Tilgner

  • Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family by Rosemary Gladstar

  • The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green

Food as Medicine

  • Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman

  • Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being by Marc David

  • Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz

  • Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing by Catrióna Rueda Esquibel and Luz Calvo

  • Be Radical, Eat Traditional! Cookbook by Sarah Kate Benjamin and Summer Singletary

  • The Kosmic Kitchen Cookbook: Everyday Herbalism and Recipes for Radical Wellness by Sarah Kate Benjamin and Summer Singletary

  • Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal by Rosalee de la Forêt

  • Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar by Amy Chaplin

Foraging, Plant Identification & Regional Herbalism

  • At-Risk & To-Watch Plant Species (List) by The United Plant Savers

  • Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel

  • Wildcrafting; An Indigenous Perspective with Karyn Sanders (recording)

  • Wildcrafting Wild Plants by Rosalee de la Forêt

  • Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests by Phyllis D. Light

  • Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West by Michael Moore

  • Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West Michael Moore, Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore

  • Say My Name: On Speaking the Indigenous Names of Plants (Article) by Georgina Reid

Ancestral Connections, Decolonizing, Unsettling

  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, & the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks

  • Avicenna's Medicine : A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon With Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care by Abu-Asab, Mones/ Amri, Hakima/Micozzi, Marc

  • Blossom of Bone: Reclaiming the Connections between Homoeroticism and the Sacred by Randy P. Conner

  • The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell

  • Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing by Michele Elizabeth Lee

  • Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do is Ask by Mary Siisip Geniusz

  • Woke Without the Work: An Online Workshop for Non-BIPOC Herbalists by Amanda David & Mandana Boushee

  • Wildcrafting; An Indigenous Perspective with Karyn Sanders (recording)

  • Decolonization Is for Everyone (video lecture) by Nikki Sanchez

  • We Are the Sum of Our Ancestors: Decolonizing Herbalism (article) by Toi Scott

  • Herban Cura: Education, Herbs, Community. Knowledge Shares & Immersions

  • Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers (PDF/Download)

Trauma Informed

  • What is Trauma-Informed Care? by TraumaInformed Care Implementation Resource Center

  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

  • Healing through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan

  • Herbs and Somatic Practices for Stress, Trauma and Resilience by Larken Bunce

  • 12 Elements to Trauma Informed Care for the Client & Practitioner (PDF/Download) by The Breathe Network

Disability Justice

Generative Health

  • Hot Pants: Do it Yourself Gynecology & Herbal Remedies zine by Lisa Vinebaum

  • Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

  • The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde (PDF)

  • HPV, NBD zine by Good Fight Herb Co

  • Women, Hormones & Menstrual Cycle: Herbal & Medical Solutions From Adolescence To Menopause by Ruth Trickey

  • Sister Zeus: Fertility Awareness, Herbal Abortions & Herbal Contraception (database)

  • Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar

  • Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West by John M. Riddle

  • Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists zine by Catherine Marie Jeunet 

  • Free to Choose: A Women's Guide to Reproductive Freedom zine by Esther Eberhardt

  • Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler, MPH

  • Botanical Medicine for Women's Health by Aviva Romm

  • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

  • All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

  • A Witch's Guide to Pleasure: Intimacy, Sex Positivity + Herbal Aphrodisiacs zine by Brittany Ducham

Flower Essences

  • Flower Essence Repertory: A Comprehensive Guide to North American and English Flower Essences for Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being by Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz

  • Mimi Kamp Essences of the Desert

Elemental Herbalism & Herbal Energetic Approaches

  • You are Nature: Working with the Elements for Change (blog post) by Janet Kent

  • The Energetics of Western Herbs, Vols. 1 and 2 by Peter Holmes

  • Avicenna's Medicine : A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon With Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care by Abu-Asab, Mones/ Amri, Hakima/Micozzi, Marc

  • Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal by Rosalee de la Forêt

  • Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests by Phyllis D. Light

  • Evolutionary Herbalism: Science, Spirituality, and Medicine from the Heart of Nature by Sajah Popham

  • Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra

  • The Yoga of Herbs by David Frawley and Vasant Lad

  • The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs by Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa & Michael Tierra

  • The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification by Matthew Wood 

Breathwork

  • The Power of Breathwork: Simple Practices to Promote Wellbeing by Jennifer Patterson

Healthy Phone & Social Media Use

  • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

  • How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price

  • Deep Work and Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport