Compiled by Karen and Mike Garofalo
Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California
"I don't smoke, drink, or use most of
the herbs listed in this guide.
They have been included because millions of people have used these
plants for medicinal purposes for many millennia. Some of these plants
are illegal to grow or possess in various countries of the world.
A wise person, knowledgeable about modern medicine,
would not regularly use many of these plants for medicinal purposes."
- Mike Garofalo
"The mouth of a perfectly happy man is
filled with beer."
- Egyptian saying (2200 BC)
"Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary;
and, let foods be your medicine."
- Hippocratus
"Eat no onions or garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath"
- Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Garlic is as good as ten
mothers."
- Traditional European Saying
"While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not
been the case in England and the United States."
- Robert Tisserand
"Do not eat garlic or onions, for their
smell
will reveal that you are a peasant"
- Cervantes, Don Quixote
"The garden is the poor man's apothecary."
- German Proverb
Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies by Phyllis A. Balch
Natural Energy : A Consumer's Guide to Legal, Mind-Altering, and Mood-Brightening Herbs and Supliments by Mark Mayell
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments by Andrew Chevallier
Herbs for Sale: Growing and Marketing Herbs, Herbal Products, and Herbal Know-How by Lee Sturdivant and Peggy Sue McRae
"Botany and medicine came down the ages hand in hand until
the seventeenth century; then both arts became scientific, their
ways parted, and no new herbals were compiled. The botanical
books ignored the medicinal properties of plants and the
medical books contained no plant lore."
- Hilda Leyel
"For many common infectious diseases aromatherapy offers more effective and
more wholesome solutions than conventional medicine."
- Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of
Aromatherapy
"Eat leeks in oile and ramsines in
May,
And all the year after physicians may play."
(Ramsines were old-fashioned broad-leafed leeks.)
“The leaves and floures of Borrage put into
wine
make men and women glad and merry, driving away all sadnesse, dulnesse, and
melancholy, as Dioscorides and Pliny affirme. Syrrup made of the floures of
Borrage comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or
lunaticke person.”
- John Gerard, The Herball, or General Historie of Plantes. 1597
"Honor the healer for his services,
for the Lord created him.
His skill comes from the Most High,
and he is rewarded by kings.
The healer's knowledge gives him high standing
and wins him the admiration of the great.
The Lord has created medicines from the earth,
and a sensible man will not disparage them."
- Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 38
"With the growing recognition of the value of herbs, it is surely time to
examine the professional therapeutic use of these herbs. There are profound
changes happening in the American culture and herbal medicine, 'green medicine,'
is playing an ever-increasing role in people's experience of this
transformation."
- David Hoffman, past President of the American Herbalist Guild
"At one point consciousness-altering devices
like the microscope and
telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that
psychedelic plants were banned in later years.
They allow us to peer into bits
and zones of Chaos."
- Timothy Leary
"Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just,
subtle, and mighty opium!"
- Thomas De Quincy, 1785-1859, The Pains of Opium
"What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue"
- Mary Collyer, 1716 – 1762, English novelist
"Roll, roll, roll a joint twist it at the end; spark it up-take a hit pass it to a friend."
"The slavery of the tea and coffee and other
slop-kettle"
- William Corbett, Advice to Young Men
"Considerable modern research has proven the efficacy of Ayurvedic herbal
preparations, and research has now moved to elucidating their mechanisms and
sites of action."
- Virender Sodhi, M.D., Director of the American School of Ayurvedic
Sciences in Bellevue, Washington
"Good for diseases of the liver and to make blood. A decoction
of the leaves and branches of Sage made and drunk, saith Dioscorides, provokes
urine and causeth the hair to become black. It stayeth the bleeding of wounds
and cleaneth ulcers and sores. Three spoonsful of the juice of Sage taken
fasting with a little honey arrests spitting or vomiting of blood in
consumption. It is profitable for all pains in the head coming of cold rheumatic humours, as also for all pains in the joints, whether inwardly or outwardly. The
juice of Sage in warm water cureth hoarseness and cough. Pliny saith it cureth
stinging and biting serpents. Sage is of excellent use to help the memory,
warming and quickening the senses. The juice of Sage drunk with vinegar hath
been of use in the time of the plague at all times. Gargles are made with Sage,
Rosemary, Honeysuckles and Plantains, boiled in wine or water with some honey or
alum put thereto, to wash sore mouths and throats, as need requireth. It is very
good for stitch or pains in the sides coming of wind, if the place be fomented
warm with the decoction in wine and the herb also, after boiling, be laid warm
thereto."
- Nicholas Culpepper, A Physicall Directory, 1649
“An ounce of Yarrow sewed up in flannel and placed under the
pillow before going to
bed,
having repeated the following words, brought a vision of the future husband or
wife:
'Thou pretty herb of Venus' tree,
Thy true name it is Yarrow;
Now who my bosom friend must be,
Pray tell thou me to-morrow.'”
- Halliwell's Popular Rhymes
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"What commercial drug dealer is going to want to prove that saw palmetto is
better than his multimillion dollar drug, when you and I can go to Florida and
harvest our own saw palmetto?"
- James Duke, Ph.D., a scientist and USDA specialist in the area of
herbal medicine
"The revival interest in herbal medicine is a worldwide phenomenon."
- Mark Blumenthal, Executive Director of the American Botanical Council
"Oh, the powers of nature! She knows what we need, and the doctors know
nothing."
- Benvenuto Cellini
"Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers?
Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?"
- William Makepeace Thackeray, The Kickburyson the Rhine. 1850
The Book of Herbal Teas : A Guide to Gathering, Brewing, and Drinking by Sara Perry and Christopher Irion
Aromatic Teas and Herbal Infusions by Laura Fronty and Yves Duronsoy
Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family by Rosemary Gladstar
Coyote Medicine : Lessons from Native American Healing by Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Lewis M. Madrona, and Andrew Weil
"My advice to people today is as
follows: If you take
the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous
system seriously, if you take your sense organs
seriously, if you take the energy process seriously,
you must turn on, tune in, and drop out."
- Timothy Leary, The Politics of Ecstasy
"The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild-acting plant medicines such as
chamomile and peppermint, to very potent ones such as foxglove (from which the
drug digitalis is derived). In between these two poles lies a wide spectrum of
plant medicine with significant medical applications. One need only go to the
United States Pharacopoeia to see the central role that plant medicine has
played in American medicine."
- Donald Brown, N.D., Bastyr College, in Seattle, Washington
“The leaves and floures of Borrage put into
wine
make men and women glad and merry, driving away all sadnesse, dulnesse, and
melancholy, as Dioscorides and Pliny affirme. Syrrup made of the floures of
Borrage comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or
lunaticke person.”
- John Gerard, The Herball, or General Historie of Plantes, 1597
Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary by Daniel E. Moerman
"Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms
as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also
a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often
used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on
burns."
- Robert Tisserand
Today's Herbal Health: The Essential Reference Guide by Louise Tenney
Pomegranate: The Ultimate Health Food by Robert A. Newman
“Flowers have one of the highest natural vibrations. That’s why flower
essences are so powerful, so healing."
- Susan Jones
"I wish I could remember who hipped me to oil of oregano, but this stuff has
been great for me this flu season. Oil of oregano is rich in vitamins and
minerals and is said to reduce pain and inflammation.
The second you start feeling run down, you’ll want to pop oil of oregano pills
twice a day between meals. I normally get a couple of bad illnesses during
the winter, and this time around I managed to kick the sick in just a few days,
rather than battling symptoms for a week."
-
Green Living
Beat the Flu: Protect Yourself and Your Family From Swine Flu, Bird Flu, Pandemic Flu and Seasonal Flu by Richard Stooker
Alcohol and Spirits - Yahoo Index
Amazing Maze of Natural Medicine
American Indians by Michael A. Weiner.
American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to Plants Indigeous to and Naturalized in the United States Which Are Used in Medicine by Charles F. Millspaugh
Aromatic Teas and Herbal Infusions by Laura Fronty and Yves Duronsoy
Beat the Flu: Protect Yourself and Your Family From Swine Flu, Bird Flu, Pandemic Flu and Seasonal Flu by Richard Stooker
Bemushroomed Excerpts from "Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico," By Robert Gordon Wasson.
The Book of Herbal Teas : A Guide to Gathering, Brewing, and Drinking by Sara Perry and Christopher Irion
The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field & Marketplace by Lee Sturdivant, Tim Blakley, and Peggy S. McRae
Botanical Com-Index of Poisons
Cannabis Information Network Growing Your Own.
Chinese Herbs A Subject Index.
Cooking With Coffee Coffee history, lore and more.
Coyote Medicine : Lessons from Native American Healing by Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Lewis M. Madrona, and Andrew Weil
Curanderismo : Mexican American Folk Healing by Robert T. Trotter, Luis D. Leon, and Juan Chavira
The Dancing Healers : A Doctor's Journey of Healing With Native Americans by Carl A. Hammerschlag
The Deoxyribonucleic Hyperdimension
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments by Andrew Chevallier
An Herbalist's Guide to Growing & Using Echinacea: A Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin by Kathleen Brown
Echinacea Information on history and uses of the herb.
Echinacea Yahoo Health - Herbal Remedies
Elder Yahoo Health - Herbal Remedies
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing by William S. Lyon
The Ethnobotany Cafe Apage dedicated plants and their uses and how they relate to cultures.
Flavoring the World: The FAQ about Spices
Fungi Perfecti Online Specializing in medicinal mushroom products, kits, field guides and more.
Garlic: Mediterranean Medicine
Go Ask Alice Psilocybin ('Magic") Mushrooms
Go Symmetry Very informative site. Be sure to check the Health Center out.
Green Kingdom Herbs Site offers Chinese herbs, Ayurvedic herbs, Western herbs and formulas.
Herbal Pharmacist
A Handbook of Native American Herbs by Alma R. Hutchens and Alma R. Huchens
The Healing Power of Herbs : The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal Plants by Michael T. Murray
Healing With Plants in the American and Mexican West by Margarita Artschwager Kay, Margarita Artschwage Kay, and Andrew Weil
Hena's Herb Garden The medicinal value of herbs, their magical uses, and history.
Herb Drying Handbook : Includes Complete Microwave Drying Instructions by Nora Blose and Dawn Cusick
Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria by Stephen Harrod BuhnerHerbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family by Rosemary Gladstar
Herb Research Foundations Information On Health and Well Being Through The Use of Herbs.
Herbs for Sale: Growing and Marketing Herbs, Herbal Products, and Herbal Know-How by Lee Sturdivant and Peggy Sue McRae
Heroin by Humberto Fernandez. A History of Western BioMedicine
Horticultural Therapy Related Books
Howie Brounsteins's Home Page Smoking, Medicinal Herbs. Classes are available to learn about herbs.
Hydroponic Heroin: How to Grow Opium Poppies Without Soil, by Robert Neil Bunch.
Indian Herbalogy of North America by Alma R. Hutchens.
Indoor Marijuana Horticulture by Jorge Cervantes.
Invisible Marijuana and Psychedelic Mushroom Gardens by Robert Bunch.
James [Marihuana] Grow at Home Journal
Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs, by Richard Alan Miller.
Marijuana Botany by Robert Connell Clarke and Robert Cornell Clarke
Marijuana Flower Forcing : Secrets of Designer Growing by Tom Flowers.
Marijuana Grower's Guide by Mel Frank
Marijuana Grower's Handbook : The Indoor High Yield Guide by Ed Rosenthal
Marijuana Hydroponics by Daniel Storm
Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants : A Historical Survey With Special Reference to the Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown
Medicinal Herb Garden University of Washington
A Modern Herbal Common Name Index of Herbs
Michael Moore - Southwest School of Botanical Medicine An excellent index to drawings, photographs, and other illustrations of medicinal plants. Indexes by Latin botanical, English and Spanish common names.
Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve Botanical.Com 800 varieties of herbs and plants.
Mushroom.Com psilocybe
National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs There is a lot of herbal information here and an excellent history of medicinal herbs.
Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary by Daniel E. Moerman
Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman
Natural Approaches to Healing Disesaes and Conditions
Natural Energy : A Consumer's Guide to Legal, Mind-Altering, and Mood-Brightening Herbs and Suplements by Mark Mayell
New Potter's Cyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations by R.W. Wren
Opium for the Masses : A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium by Jim Hogshire
Opium Poppy : Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology by L. D. Kapoor
Pomegranate: The Ultimate Health Food by Robert A. Newman
Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies by Phyllis A. Balch
Poppies : A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation, by Christopher Grey-Wilson, 1993.
Rainforest Mushrooms Information on Shiitake and Reishi Mushrooms.
Religion and Psychoactive Sacramentals
Remedy Guide Interactive Remedy Finder.
Renaissance Herbs - Pest Control
Sacred Plant Medicine : Explorations in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Sage California White and Purple Sage for ceremonial and ritual uses.
Starbucks Coffee Taste Matcher helps you choose the best coffee for you.
"Sweet flag is referred to as Acorus calamus. It has rich medicinal value and is used in both cosmetic and indigenous health practices. Basically it has properties to stimulate memory power, intelligence and voice. It is also an excellent medicine for stomach related disorders." For information on cultivating this plant or purchasing this plant from Bangalore, India, please write to Chandrakanth Mysore.
10 Essential Herbs: Everybody's Handbook to Health, by Lalitha Thomas.
Tobacco Smoking - Yahoo IndexTobacco Crops - Yahoo Index
Today's Herbal Health: The Essential Reference Guide by Louise TenneyUnsafe Herbs A List Published by Michigan State University
Your Herbal Pharmacist
Wild Women's Garden by Jillian VanNostrand and Christie V. Sarles
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