To help prepare you for the Intermediate Herbal Course, we would like to suggest a few books and materials that may come in handy throughout your studies. We always recommend studying herbs using three different resources.
Herbalism Books:
Botany in a Day
By: Thomas J. Elpel
Medical Herbalism
By: David Hoffman
Nutritional Herbology
By: Mark Pederson
The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism
By: Matthew Wood
The Web That has no Weaver
By: Ted J. Kaptchuk
Healing with Whole Foods
By: Paul Pitchford
The Yoga of Herbs
By: David Frawley and Vasant Lad
The Lost Language of Plants
By: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Making Plant Medicine
By: Rico Cech
Some supplies you may need to practice your unit projects include:
8 oz. mason jars, cheese cloth, strainer, large bowls, funnel, small 1 or 2 oz. bottles, raw wildflower honey, apple cider vinegar, high proof brandy or vodka, natural waxed paper
For herbs, we recommend these websites for ordering:
Mountain Rose Herbs (also for bottles, etc.)
Bulk Herb Store (also for bottles, etc.)
Frontier
Zack Wood Farms
Jean’s Greens
For herbal products (tinctures)
Herbalist Alchemist
Herb Pharm
Gaia Herbs
Urban Moonshine (bitters)
Amazon also carries a wide selection of bottles and herbal products
Recommended Herbs
There are hundreds of recipes in the Intermediate Herbal Course, so you can imagine the many herbs we’ll be discussing throughout the 10 units. You will be asked to practice and share your experience working on one of the recipes for each unit; the options are vast. So, to get you started, we recommend stocking up on some of these herbs, which are included in the recipes and also make wonderful teas.
For tea:
| Nettles | Lemon balm | Chamomile |
| Raspberry leaf | Dandelion | St. John’s wort |
| Licorice | Peppermint | Motherwort |
Some other suggestions for placing an order include the following herbs. Pick a few that you may be interested in trying! They will not go to waste!
| Angelica root | Bee balm | Burdock root | Calendula |
| Cardamom pods | Cayenne | Cinnamon | Elder berry |
| Fennel seeds | Gentian root | Hawthorn berries | Hyssop |
| Lavender | Linden flower | Marshmallow root | Meadowsweet |
| Passionflower | Plantain leaf | Reishi | Rose petal |
| Rosemary | Sage | Thyme | Tulsi (Holy basil) |
| Tumeric | Valerian | Wood betony | Yarrow |
| Yellow dock root |
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If you are interested in more recommendations for herbal products or would like to see an expanded book resource list, please visit our Reviews page and our Resource page.
