Your herbal medicine is only as strong as the herbs you use in making your remedies and in the bulk ingredients chosen for your creations- this is not the area in your life to skimp.  Here are some of my favorite herbal resources- may they help you in becoming the best budding herbalist you can be!

 

Places in Seattle to Purchase High Quality Herbs

• Dandelion Botanical Co. in Squim

• SugarPill on Capitol Hill

• Rainbow Natural Remedies on Capitol Hill 

• The Herbalist in Ravenna

• Herban Wellness in Kirkland

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Places Online to Order High Quality Herbs

• Pacific Botanicals

• Pharmacopia Herbals

• Oregon's Wild Harvest

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Places to Purchase Medicine-Making Supplies

• Mountain Rose Herbs

• Zenith Supplies in Roosevelt

• Specialty Bottle Co. in Seattle

• Alchemical Solutions:  high quality organic alcohol

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High Quality Essential Oil Distributors

• Floracopia

• Veriditas Botanicals

• Snow Lotus

• Simpler's Botanical Co.

• White Lotus Aromatics in Port Angeles, WA

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Online Resources

•  Jim McDonald's Website- Herbcraft

  • Jim has some amazing blogs, I especially value the one on managing back pain.  He also does a wonderful job explaining the Galenic system of actions in a understandable way.

• The Late Michael Moore's Website- Southwest School of Botanical Medicine

  • An incredible resource, including the full texts of some of our most treasured herbal texts.​

• The Late Dr. David Duke's Phytochemical Website- Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database

  • A database detailing the phytochemicals contained in a variety of medicinal plants.  Actions are also associated with the chemicals outlined for each plant.  ​

• Henriette Kress' Website: Henriette's Herbal Homepage​

  • Full of wonderful herbal resources!​

• 7Song's Herbal Website: NE School of Botanical Medicine​

  • Another website full of incredible herbal treasures- plus, I just really like 7Song!​ 

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Books to Intrigue You and Feed Your Mind

• Michael Moore,  Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West

• Pojar and Mackinnon, Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast

• Scott Kloos, Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 120 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness 

• Stephen Harrod Buhner, The Secret Teachings of Plants: In the Direct Perception of Nature

• Rosemary Gladstar, The Family Herbal: A Guide to Living Life with Energy. Health, and  Vitality and Herbal Healing for Women

• Mary Bove, N.D.,  An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants

• Sharol Tilgner, Herbal Medcine from the Heart of the Earth

• Donald Yance, Kr., C.N., M.H., A.H.G,  Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer

• Ruth Trickey, Women, Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle

• Kathi Keville with Christopher Hobbs L.AC, Women's Herbs Women's Health

• Matthew Wood, The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines and The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants

• Peter Holmes, The Energetics of Western Herbs: Vol. 1 & 2

• Nancy and Michael Phillips, The Herbalist's Way: The Art and Practice of Healing with Plant Medicines

• Margi Flint, The Practicing Herbalist

• David Hoffman, Medicinal Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine

• Eric Yarnell, N.D.,  Phytochemistry and Pharmacy for Practitioners of Botanical Medicine and Clinical Botanical Medicine, by Yarnell N.D., Abascal B.S., J.D., Roundtree M.D.

• Lisa Ganora, Herbal Constituents: foundations of phytochemistry

• Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

• Francis Brinker, N.D., Complex Herbs-Complete Medicines