Recommended Reading & Listening
I love learning about herbs. I started as a very young person and will probably not give it up until I draw my last breath. There will always be a new plant to learn, or a new understanding of an old friend. In this section, I will keep a running list of books that I'm enjoying throughout the year so that you can see what catches your eye.
Books
Whenever possible (and affordable), order books directly from the publisher to directly benefit the authors... unless they are no longer with us, as in the case of Nicholas Culpeper or Maude Grieve.
"Iwígara" by Enrique Salmón
"Held by the Land" by Leigh Joseph
"Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship" by J.T. Garrett and Michael Garrett
"Way of the Wise" by J. T. Sibley
"Southern Folk Medicine" by Phyllis Light
"African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions" by Lucretia Van Dyke
"Icelandic Plant Magic: Folk Herbalism of the North" by Albert Björn
"The Complete Herbal and English Physician" by Nicholas Culpeper, available at https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49513/pg49513-images.html
"A Modern Herbal" by Maude Grieve, available at botanical.com
Online
"Black Folk Herbalism" by Carolyn Jones and Matthew Wood
@linda.black.elk on Instagram
Shereel Washington
@ixaltednaturalbody on Instagram
Podcast "On Black North American Herbalism"
"A Modern Herbal" by Maude Grieve (also in print)
"The Complete Herbal" by Nicholas Culpeper (also in print)