Herbalism
If you need free versions of any books listed in the Library, do not hesitate to contact me on Tumblr and request a digital copy. I have sharable copies of the vast majority of the books listed, and am happy to share them with anyone who requests them. If you're American, however, I do strongly and highly suggest seeing if your local Library can get a copy for you through the Inter Library Loan system first, in order to support our national Library network. Especially as it comes under threat from the incoming 2025 political administration. The majority of these links will take you to the WorldCat database (when possible) for that reason.
Practical Basics
General Herbals & Encyclopedias
- An Illustrated History of the Herbals (Book)
- Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1490 to 1670 (Book)
- Edible Plants of the World (Site)
- The Encyclopedia of Aphrodisiacs: Psychoactive Substances for Use in Sexual Practices (Book)
- The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Book)
- The Earthwise Herbal, Volume I: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants (Book)
- The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants (Book)
- A Modern Herbal: Both Volumes In One (Site)
- Culpeper's Complete Herbal and English Physician (Book)
- Culpeper's Complete Herbal: Updated Illustrated and Annotated Edition (Book)
- Breverton's Complete Herbal: A Book Of Remarkable Plants And Their Uses (Book)
- Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine (Book)
- The Herbalist's Bible: John Parkinson's Lost Classic Rediscovered (Book)
- The Heritage Herbal: Recipes and Remedies for Modern Living (Book)
- The Rebel's Apothecary: A Practical Guide to the Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD, and Mushrooms (Book)
Ancient & Medieval Medicine
- Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants (Book)
- The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants (Book)
- Ancient Herbs: The J. Paul Getty Museum Gardens (Book)
- Sweet Herbs and Sundry Flowers: Medieval Gardens and the Gardens of the Cloisters (Book)
- Herbs for the Mediaeval Household, for Cooking Healing and Divers Uses (Book)
- Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing (Book)
Jewish Herbalism
- Dictionary of Bible Plants (Book)
- Dukes Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible (Book)
- Solomon Described Plants: A Botanical Guide To Plant Life In The Bible (Book)
- Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran (Book)
- Herbs of the Bible: 2000 Years of Plant Medicine (Book)
- Biblical and Talmudic Medicine (Book)
- Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud: Selections from Classical Jewish Sources (Book)
- Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science (Book)
- Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue (Book)
- Akkadian Healing Therapies in the Babylonian Talmud (Book)
- Polish Herbs, Flowers, and Folk Medicine; Revised Edition (Book)
- Jewish Medicine and Healthcare in Central Eastern Europe: Shared Identities, Entangled Histories (Book)
- Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews (Book)
- A Frog Under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe (Book)
- Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick (Book)
- The Jewish Book of Flowers (Book)
- The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai; Earth-based pathways to ancestral stewardship and belonging in diaspora (Book)
Indigenous American Herbalism
- Native American Ethnobotany: A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants (Book)
- The Cherokee Herbal: Native Plant Medicine From the Four Directions (Book)
- Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide (Book)
- Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide (Book)
Medicine-Making
- The Earthwise Herbal Repertory: The Definitive Practitioner's Guide (Book)
- The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide (Book)
- The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies (Book)
- Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation (Book)
- Make Mead Like A Viking: Traditional Techniques For Brewing Natural, Wild Fermented, Honey Based Wines and Beers (Book)