The following herbal books and journals are divided into categories:
HERBALS | MEDICAL HERBAL RESOURCES | INDIVIDUAL HERBS | NUTRITION | OTHER BOOKS | JOURNALS

Cooper, Jack R., Floyd E. Bloom and Robert H. Roth 1991: The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, 6th edition;
Oxford University Press, NY 454 pp. ISBN 0-19-507118-2

Craker, Lyle E. and James E. Simon, eds. Note: The books edited by these authors are quite medically technical, pricey, and subject to delayed availability. Still, for those who are interested in the in-depth scientific approach, they may be very useful.

1992: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants: recent advances in botany, horticulture, and pharmacology, Volume 1;
Food Products Press, NY 359 pp. ISBN 1-56022-043-0

1991: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants: recent advances in botany, horticulture, and pharmacology, Volume 2;
Food Products Press, NY 255 pp. ISBN 1-56022-018-X

1988: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants: recent advances in botany, horticulture, and pharmacology, Volume 3;
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ 220 pp. ISBN 0-89774-360-1

1995: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants: recent advances in botany, horticulture, and pharmacology, Volume 4; Food Products Press, NY 267 pp. ISBN 1-56022-857-1

Crellin, John K. and Jane Philpott 1990: Herbal Medicine Past and Present, Vol II: a reference guide to medicinal plants;
Duke Univerisity Press, Durham, NC 549 pp. ISBN 0-8223-0879-7

Leikin, Jerrold B. and Frank P. Paloucek 1995: Poisoning and Toxicology Handbook, 2nd edition;
Lexi-Comp Hudson, OH 1858 pp. ISBN 0-916589-30-7

McGuffin, M., C. Hobbs, R. Upton, and A. Goldberg., 1997. Botanical Safety Handbook: Guidelines for Safe Use and Labeling for Herbs in Commerce.;
CRC Press. 256 pp. ISBN #0849316758
Safety data on herbs, contraindications, side effects, and other herbal classifications of use for commerce and general info. Technical, but useful.

Mowrey, Daniel B. 1986: The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine;
Keats, New Canaan, CT 316 pp. ISBN 0-87983-534-6

Tyler, Varro E. 1994: Herbs of Choice: the Therapeutic Use of Phyto-Medicinal;
Pharmaceutical Products Press, Binghamton, NY 209 pp. ISBN 1-56024-895-5.
Readable by the layperson (in a way most of the other books listed in this category are not), this book deals with various medical ailments and symptoms, and discusses the use of herbs to treat them. What Tyler has done in his books (the other one is listed in the HERBAL section) was in part the goal of The Herbal Nexus, before we discovered these books. He is in tune with published medical research, and is forthright about contraindications and toxicity, and actual usefulness of the herb in question. Where insufficient work has been done to draw firm conclusions, he will state this as well.

Last Updated: March 6, 1999.