My Publications
Field Notes from the Rainforest of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Herbal Medicine
7song, legendary herbalist and inspiration, lots of resources on his website.
A Modern Herbal by Mrs M. Grieve, written in 1931, remains a classic. This is the online version.
European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy – The scientific foundation for herbal medicinal products.
Henriette’s Herbal. Henriette Kress, a Finish herbalist has created a wonderful resource provifing, among other things, online versions of many classic herbal books, articles by Henrietta and a wonderful plant picture gallery.
Herbal Bear index of medicinal plants.
Jim McDonald’s website. Jim McDonald is a highly respected herbalist and author. Here he provides some useful resources.
La aventura de hacerlo tu – a website of geobotanist and ethnobotanist Gereon Jansing – Extensive information in Spanish about medicinal plants and their uses.
Matthew Wood’s website. Another highly respected herbalist and author. Here he provides some useful resources.
Michael Moore – Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Michael Moore (1941-2009) is a legendary figure in American herbalism. The resources he collected over a lifetime are available free on this website. There is also a free in-depth course in therapeutic herbalism for those who want to dig deep.
Plants For a Future plant database.
Tillotson Institute run by Alan Tilottson. Provides a free online course in the fundamentals of herbal medicine.
Botany
Botany Everyday – Resources and online plant talks: http://www.botanyeveryday.com/
Brilliant Botany: https://www.brilliantbotany.com/
Dr M Goes Wild: http://drmgoeswild.com/
Flora Iberica: http://www.floraiberica.es/eng/index.php
Geobotanica Pityusa, a website of geobotanist and ethnobotanist Gereon Jansing – Information in various languages about the plants of Ibiza and Formentera: http://www.geobotanicapityusa.es
Greek Medicine – Where western herbalism began: http://www.greekmedicine.net/
National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health (UK) – Herb info: https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance
PlantScience4U: https://www.plantscience4u.com/
Reading University Herbarium: http://www.reading.ac.uk/herbarium/
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew – Some good resources online: https://www.kew.org/
United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service – Massive amounts of information about plants found in North America: https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/
World Flora Online – An online flora of all known plants: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/
Plant Identification
Identify That Plant: http://identifythatplant.com/
Interactive flowering plant identification key: http://www.colby.edu/info.tech/BI211/PlantFamilyID.html
Wildflowers and Weeds: http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Identification/index.html
Suppliers
Bristol Botanicals – Where I get my dry herbs and most of my tinctures from. If they don’t have it, noone does! https://www.bristolbotanicals.co.uk/
Healthspan – Excellent quality, reasonably priced products, based in Guernsey: https://www.healthspan.co.uk/
Solgar – Excellent quality fall-back products, easily obtainable in pharmacies, though a tad expensive: https://www.solgar-oficial.es/
Soria Natural – A good range of dry herbs and liquid extracts (my preferred form), available in Spain: https://www.sorianatural.es/en/inicio
Other
ConsumerLab quality reviews of commercially available supplements: https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/
Plants and Healers International: http://www.plantsandhealers.org/
Health Canada Natural Products Ingredients database: http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/nhpid-bdipsn/search-rechercheReq.do
Mercola – The biggest and most cited alternative medicine site on the internet, well researched: https://www.mercola.com/
Mayo Clinic – Reliable information about diseases and conditions from a conventional medical perspective: https://www.mayoclinic.org/
WebMD – Reliable scientific information about drugs, supplements and herbs: https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/index
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