7Song, Director
Northeast School of Botanical Medicine
7Song.com
Below are the 5 required books for the Community Herbalism Intensive and the
Weekend Herbal Program. The rest of the list includes a wide variety of books and
websites that students may find useful. I have written a few book reviews (mostly of
botanical field guides) posted on my website under handouts. Please note, this is only
a small smattering of books and websites. For instance, many states and regions have
their own plant identification books and websites.
Before coming to the program, I suggest scouring used bookstores (online and
stores) soon, as good buys may appear and disappear suddenly. While there are
many places to find used books online, I find that Amazon often has the best prices.
For rarer books it can be helpful to look at other sites such as Fetchbook.com,
Alibris.com, and eBay. Make sure to look at the shipping price before ordering. You
can often purchase textbooks much less expensively as an International Edition.
They are almost exactly the same as the non-international. Amazon.com does not
usually sell them, but many other book websites do.
About editions, in the realm of botany and herbal medicine, editions are important,
but for different reasons. With some books, especially plant field guides, the newer
editions are generally more up-to-date and sometimes the language is easier to
grasp. With other types of books older editions may be useful, particularly some of
the older herbals with materia medicas such as the National Dispensatories. For
books you are bringing into the field with you (think dirt and water), a hardcover
copy may be preferable.
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Herbal Reference
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Websites
Information
Henriettes Herbal Homepage-henriettesherbal.com
Herb Research Foundation- www.herbs.org/index.html
Jim Dukes Database - www.ars-grin.gov/duke
Jim McDonald Website-herbcraft.org
Kiva Roses Blog-animahealingarts.org
Organizations
Medical Websites
Drugs.com
Mayo Clinic-mayoclinic.com
Medline plus-Herb and Supplement-nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation