I don't smoke, drink, or use most of
the herbs listed in this guide.
They have been included because millions of people have used these
plants for medicinal purposes for many millennia. Some of these plants
are illegal to grow or possess in various countries of the world.
A wise person, knowledgeable about modern medicine,
would not use most of these plants for medicinal purposes.
The mouth of a perfectly happy man is
filled with beer.
Egyptian saying (2200 BC)
Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary;
and, Let foods be your medicine.
- Hippocratus
Eat no onions or garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath
- Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Garlic is as good as ten mothers.
Do not eat garlic or onions, for their
smell
will reveal that you are a peasant
- Cervantes, Don Quixote.
Drinking: Water, Tea, Beverages - Quotes for Gardeners
The garden is the poor man's apothecary.
- German Proverb
Botany and medicine came down the ages hand in hand until
the seventeenth century; then both arts became scientific, their
ways parted, and no new herbals were compiled. The botanical
books ignored the medicinal properties of plants and the
medical books contained no plant lore.
- Hilda Leyel
Eat leeks in oile and ramsines in
May,
And all the year after physicians may play.
(Ramsines were old-fashioned broad-leafed leeks.)
Vegetables - Quotes for Gardeners
Honor the healer for his services,
for the Lord created him.
His skill comes from the Most High,
and he is rewarded by kings.
The healer's knowledge gives him high standing
and wins him the admiration of the great.
The Lord has created medicines from the earth,
and a sensible man will not disparage them.
- Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 38
At one point consciousness-altering devices
like the microscope and
telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that
psychedelic plants were banned in later years.
They allow us to peer into bits
and zones of Chaos.
- Timothy Leary
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just,
subtle, and mighty opium!
- Thomas De Quincy 1785-1859
The Pains of Opium
Roll, roll, roll a joint
twist it at the end;
spark it up-take a hit
pass it to a friend.
The slavery of the tea and coffee and other
slop-kettle
- William Corbett, Advice to Young Men
Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers?
Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
- William Makepeace Thackeray, The Kickburyson the Rhine
(1850)
My advice to people today is as
follows: If you take
the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous
system seriously, if you take your sense organs
seriously, if you take the energy process seriously,
you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
- Timothy Leary, The Politics of Ecstacy
Alcohol
and Spirits - Yahoo Index
All Herb.Com: Your Herbal Pharmacist.
Amazing Maze of Natural Medicine
American Medicinal Plants : An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to Plants
Indigenous to and Naturalized in the United States Which Are Used in Medicine. By
Charles Frederick Millspaugh. 1974. Dover Pubns. ISBN:
0486230341.
Aromatic Teas and Herbal Infusions. By Laura Fronty,
Yves Duronsoy. 1997. Clarkson Potter, ISBN: 0517708760
Bemushroomed Excerpts
from "Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico," By Robert
Gordon Wasson.
The Book of Herbal Teas : A Guide to Gathering, Brewing, and Drinking. By
Sara Perry and Christopher Irion. Chronicle Books, 1997. ISBN:
0811813371.
The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field &
Marketplace. By Lee Sturdivant, Tim Blakley, and Peggy S. McRae.
San Juan Naturals, 1998. ISBN: 0962163570.
Botanical Com-Index of
Poisons
Cannabis Information Network
Growing Your Own
Chinese Herbs A Subject
Index.
Cooking
With Coffee Coffee history, lore and more.
Coyote Medicine : Lessons from Native American Healing. By
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Lewis M. Madrona, and Andrew Weil. Firseide, 1998. ISBN:
0684839970.
Curanderismo : Mexican American Folk Healing. By Robert
T. Trotter, Luis D. Leon, and Juan Chavira. University of Georgia Press, 1997.
ISBN: 0820319627.
The Dancing Healers : A Doctor's Journey of Healing With Native Americans.
By Carl A. Hammerschlag. Harper San Francisco, 1989.
ISBN: 0062503952.
The Deoxyribonucleic Hyperdimension
Dictionary of Materia Medica. By Clarke. 3
Volumes.
Earth Medicine-Earth Food : Plant Remedies, Drugs, and Natural Foods
of the North American Indians. By Michael A. Weiner. Fawcett Books,
1991. ISBN: 0449905896. Find more about this
book?
Echinacea Information
on history and uses of the herb.
Echinacea
Yahoo Health - Herbal Remedies
Elder
Yahoo Health - Herbal Remedies
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing. By
William S. Lyon. W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. ISBN:
0389331735.
The Ethnobotany Cafe Apage dedicated
plants and their uses and how they relate to cultures.
Flavoring the World: The FAQ
about Spices
Fungi Perfecti Online Specializing in
medicinal mushroom products, kits, field guides and more.
Garlic:
Mediterranean Medicine
Go Ask Alice
Psilocybin ('Magic") Mushrooms
Go Symmetry Very
informative site. Be sure to check the Health Center out.
GreenKingdom Herbs Site offers
Chinese herbs, Ayurvedic herbs, Western herbs and formulas.
Green Pharmacy. By B. Grieggs. Herbal
Medicine from prehistoric times to present.
Herbal Pharmacist.
A Handbook of Native American Herbs. By Alma R.
Hutchens and Alma R. Huchens. Shambhala, 1992. ISBN: 0877736995.
The Healing Power of Herbs : The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders
of Medicinal Plants . By Michael T. Murray. Prima
Publishing, 1995. ISBN: 1559587008
Healing With Plants in the American and Mexican West.
By Margarita Artschwager Kay, Margarita Artschwage Kay, and Andrew Weil.
University of Arizona Press, 1996. ISBN: 0816516464.
Hena's Herb Garden
The medicinal value of herbs, their magical uses, and history.
Herb Drying Handbook : Includes Complete Microwave Drying Instructions. By Nora Blose and Dawn Cusick. Sterling Publications, 1993. ISBN: 8069028170.
Herb Research Foundations
Information On Health and Well Being Through The Use of Herbs
Herbs for Sale: Growing and Marketing Herbs, Herbal Products, and Herbal
Know-How. By Lee Sturdivant and Peggy Sue McRae. San Juan
Naturals, 1994. ISBN: 096216352X.
Heroin. By Humberto Fernandez. Hazelden
Information Education, 1998. ISBN: 1568381530.
A History of Western BioMedicine
Horticultural Therapy
Related Books
Howie Brounsteins's Home Page
Smoking, Medicinal Herbs. Classes are available to learn about herbs.
Hydroponic Heroin: How to Grow Opium Poppies Without Soil.
By Robert Neil Bunch. Loompanics Unlimited, 1998. ISBN: 1559501782.
Indian Herbalogy of North America. By Alma R. Hutchens.
Shambhala Publications, 1991. ISBN: 0877736391.
Indoor Marijuana Horticulture. By Jorge Cervantes. Van Patten Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 1878823175.
Invisible Marijuana and Psychedelic Mushroom Gardens. By
Robert Bunch. LoomPanics Unlimited, 1998.
ISBN:
1559501693.
James [Marihuana] Grow at Home Journal
Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs. By Richard Alan Miller.
Inner Traditions Intl Ltd, 1992. ISBN: 0892814012.
Marijuana Botany. By Robert Connell Clarke, Robert
Cornell Clarke, R. E. Shultes (Designer), Cherlyn Lee (Illustrator). Ronin
Publishing, 1992. ISBN: 091417178X.
Marijuana Flower Forcing : Secrets of Designer Growing.
By Tom Flowers. Quick Trading, 1997. ISBN:
0964794616.
Marijuana Grower's Guide. By Mel Frank, L. P. Kallan
(Illustrator) and Oliver Williams (Illustrator.) African American Athletic
Alumni Assn.,1997. ISBN: 0929349032.
Marijuana Grower's Handbook : The Indoor High Yield Guide. By
Ed Rosenthal. Quick American Archives, 1998. ISBN: 0932551254.
Marijuana Hydroponics. By Daniel Storm.
Ronin Publishing, 1986. ISBN: 0914171070.
Medical Botany. By Stephenson and Churchill. 3
Volumes.
Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants : A Historical Survey
With Special Reference to the Eastern Indian Tribes. By Charlotte
Erichsen-Brown. Dover Publishings, 1989. ISBN: 048625951X.
Medicinal Herb Garden
University of Washington
Medicinal Plants. By Bentley and Trimen. 4
Volumes.
Medicines From the Bible. By de Waal. Herbs and
Bibical Lore.
A Modern Herbal. The Medical, Culinary, Cosmetic and
Economic Properties, Cultivation, and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees
with All Their Modern Scientific Uses. By Mrs. M. Grieve. New York,
Dorset Press, 1992, 1931. Index, 912 pages. ISBN: 0880299215.
A Modern Herbal
Common Name Index of Herbs
Michael Moore -
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine An excellent index to drawings,
photographs, and other illustrations of medicinal plants. Indexes by Latin botanical,
English and Spanish common names.
Modern Herbal by Mrs. M.
Grieve Botanical.Com 800 varieties of herbs and plants.
Mushroom.Com psilocybe
National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs There is a lot of herbal information here and an excellent history of medicinal herbs.
Native American Ethnobotany. By Daniel E. Moerman.
Timber Press, 1998. ISBN: 0881924539.
Natural Approaches to Healing
Disesaes and Conditions
Natural Energy : A Consumer's Guide to Legal, Mind-Altering, and
Mood-Brightening Herbs and Supliments. By Mark
Mayell. Three Rivers Press, 1998. ISBN: 0517888212.
Order
this book?
New Potter's Cyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations.
Re-edited by R.W. Wren. Harper Colophon Books, 1978. ISBN: 0060902639.
Opium for the Masses : A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making
Opium . By Jim Hogshire. Loompanics Unlimited, 1994.
ISBN: 1559501146.
Opium Poppy : Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology. By L. D.
Kapoor, Editor. Haworth Press, 1997. ISBN: 0789002027.
Poppies : A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
By Christopher Grey-Wilson. Timber Press, 1993. ISBN:
0881922323.
Rainforest Mushrooms
Information on Shiitake and Reishi Mushrooms.
Religion and Psychoactive
Sacramentals
Remedy Guide Interactive Remedy
Finder.
Renaissance Herbs - Pest
Control
Ronin Publishing
Sacred Plant Medicine : Explorations in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism.
By Stephen Harrod Buhner. Roberts Rinehart Publications, 1996. ISBN:
1570980918. Buy this book?
Sage California White and
Purple Sage for ceremonial and ritual uses.
Starbucks
Coffee Taste Matcher helps you choose the best coffee for you.
"Sweet flag is referred to as Acorus calamus. It has rich medicinal value and is
used in both cosmetic and indigenous health practices. Basically it has properties to
stimulate memory power, intelligence and voice. It is also an excellent medicine for
stomach related disorders." For information on cultivating this plant or
purchasing this plant from Bangalore, India, please write to Chandrakanth Mysore.
Tea
- Yahoo Index
10 Essential Herbs: Everybody's Handbook to Health.
By Lalitha Thomas.. Hohm Press, 1995. ISBN:
0934252483.
Unsafe Herbs A List
Published by Michigan State University
Your Herbal Pharmacist.
Wild Women's Garden. By Jillian VanNostrand and
Christie V. Sarles. Radical Weeds. 1998. ISBN 0966424603.
Lot's of very good information on how to use the herbs. You can also
get free seeds!
Spirituality and Concerns of the Soul
Simplicity
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Pulling
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The
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