When starting your herbal studies, a good resource book is gold. Unless you live under the same roof as a master herbalist, you will need to start an herbal library. Crafting your Materia Medica from credible sources will give your herbalist practice a solid foundation. This a quick beginner’s list to start your herbal bookshelf. Let us know if you have read any of these or if there are any we should add!
1. Medicinal Herbalism: Hoffman
2. Herbal Healing for Women: Rosemary Gladstar
3. Herbal Healing for Men: Rosemary Gladstar
4. Braiding the Sweetgrass: Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Matthew Wood
6. Nutritional Herbology: Pendersen
7. Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine: Foster and Johnson
8. Prescription for Nutritional Healing: Phyllis A. Balch
9. Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing: Michelle Lee
10. The Way of Herbs: Michael Tierra
11. The Modern Herbal: Margaret Grieve
