Herbal Bibliography

A growing list of important works.

*Encyclopedia of Popular Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Leading Medicinal Plants, by Robert S McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh and Krista Morien, Pub. Prima Heathl, Roseville, CA, 2000.

*American Herbalism: Essays on Herbs & Herbalism by Members of the American Herbalist Guild, Edited by Dr. Michael Tierra, O.M.D., Pub. The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 95019, 1992.

*A Male Herbal, by James Green, Pub. The Crossing Press

Herbal Medecine Makers Handbook, by James Green

*Herbs and Things, by Jeanne Rose

*The Herbal Body Book, by Jeanne Rose

Ask Jeanne Rose, by Jeanne Rose

*Kitchen Cosmetics, by Jeanne Rose

The Modern Herbal, by Jeanne Rose

The Cosmetic Aromatherapy Book, by Jeanne Rose

*The Holistic Herbal, by David Hoffman, Pub. Findhorn Press.

*The Holistic Herbal Way to Successful Stress Control, by David Hoffman, Pub. Thorsens

The Herbal Handbook: A User’s Guide to Medicinal Herbalism, by David Hoffman, Pub. Healing Arts Press

The Herb User’s Guide, by David Hoffman, Pub. Thorsons

Welsh Herbal Medicine, by David Hoffman, Pub. Abercastle

*Herbs: Their Culture and Uses, by Rosetta E Clarkson, Illustrated by Tabea Hofman, Pub. The MacMillan Co. – NY, 1942

Aphrodisiacs: From Legends to Prescription, by Hull Walton, Introduction by Herman Goodman MD, Pub. Associated Booksellers – Westport CT, 1958

*Herbs for Health and Healing: A Drug-Free Guide to Prevention and Cure, by Kathi Keville (Director of the American Herb Association) with Peter Korn, Pub. Rodale Press Inc., Emmaus, PA, 1996.

Porkert, Manfred; Chinese Medicine as a Scientific System; Henry Holt and Co., New York; c1982.

Porkert, Manfred; The Essentials of Chinese Diagnostics; Medicinae Sinensis, Zurich, c1983.

Leslie, Charles; Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study; University of California Press, Berkeley, c1976.

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica; Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble, ed.; Eastland Press, Seattle, c1986; Introduction.

Porkert, Manfred; Chinese Medicine as a Scientific System; Henry Holt and Co., New York; c1982; part VII, "The History of Chinese Medicine", p.233-263.

Lad, Vasant and Frawley, David; The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine; Lotus Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, c1986.

Castiglioni, Arturo; A History of Medicine; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, c1941; chapter 6.

Porkert, Manfred; Chinese Medicine as a Scientific System; Henry Holt and Co., New York; c1982; part VII, "The History of Chinese Medicine", p.233-263.

Medical History of China; Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, Shanghai; transl. by C.S. Cheung, M.D., 1994; Ch. 7, "Destruction of TCM by the Reactionary Government".

Castiglioni, Arturo; A History of Medicine; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, c1941.

Garrison, Fielding H.; An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed.; W.B. Saunders Co., c1929.

Ackerknecht, Erwin H.; A Short History of Medicine; Ronald Press, New York, c1968.

Clendening, Logan; Source Book of Medical History; Dover Publications, New York, c1942.

Atkinson, Donald T.; Magic, Myth and Medicine; World Publishing Co., c1956.

Thorwald, Jurgen; Science and Secrets of Early Medicine; Harcourt, Brace, and World, Inc.; New York, c1962.

Edelstein, Ludwig; Ancient Medicine; Owsei Temkin and C. Lilian Temkin, ed.; Johns Hopkins University Press, c1967.

Ackerknecht, Erwin H.; History and Geography of the Most Important Diseases; Hafner Publishers, New York, c1965.

Cumston, Charles Greene; An Introduction to the History of Medicine; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, c1927.

Wilcocks, Charles; Medical Advance, Public Health, and Social Evolution; Pergamon Press, Oxford, c1965; pp. 47-58.

Toynbee, Arnold; A Study of History; abridgement of volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell; Oxford University Press, New York, c1946.

Lerner, Eric; The Big Bang Never Happened: A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe; Random House, c1991; chapter 2.

Toynbee, Arnold; A Study of History; abridgement of volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell; Oxford University Press, New York, c1946.