Useful Information for Aspiring Herbalists

Botanical Medical Schools

The Australasian College of Herbal Studies
P.O. Box 57, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
(503) 635-6652
(800) 48-STUDY (78839)
http://www.herbed.com
email: achs@herbed.com

Bastyr University
14500 Juanita Drive NW, Bothell, WA 98011-4995
(206) 602-3100
www.bastyr.edu

The California School of Herbal Studies
Box 39, Forestville, CA 95436
(707) 887-7457

National College of Naturopathic Medicine
049 SW Porter Street, Portland, OR 97201
(503) 499-4343

Sage
P.O. Box 420, E. Barre, VT 05649

Rosemary Gladstar's correspondence course

South Puget Sound Community College

The Professional Herbalist Certification Course

Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa and Associates
(360) 754-7711 X 365

Southwestern School of Botanical Medicine, Bisbee, AZ 
P.O. Box 4565, Bisbee, AZ 85603
http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html

Other Sources of Information

American Herbalists Guild

P.O. Box 70, Roosevelt, UT 84066
(435) 722-8434

The Ethnobotanical Resource Directory
http://www.cieer.org/directory.html

email: mthomas@botany.ufl.edu

Friends of the Medicinal Herb Garden
c/o Botany Department, University of Washington, Box 355325,
Seattle, WA 98195-5325

 

Books

Arber, A. 1986. Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521338794

Balick, M. J. and P. A. Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany (Scientific American Library Series, No. 60). WH Freeman & Co. ISBN: 0716750619

Griggs, B. 1997. Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine. Healing Arts Press. Rochester, VT. ISBN: 0892814276

Heiser, Charles B., Jr. 1992. Of Plants and People. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN: 0806124105.

Hoffman, D. 1996. The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies. Element. ISBN: 1852307587.

Ody, P. 1993. Complete Medicinal Herbal. DK Publishing. ISBN: 15645818X.