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A man harvesting pine resin from a tree that has already been damaged.

Harvest Medicinal Trees in Your Backyard

…planting. For more details on sustainable foraging guidelines, please see our article here. Meet Our Contributors JULIET BLANKESPOOR is the founder, primary instructor, and Creative Director of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, an online school serving thousands of students from around the globe. She’s a professional plant-human matchmaker and bonafide plant geek, with a degree in botany and over…

Removing elderberries from the stem.

Medicinal Plants: Growing Healing Herbs for the Home Garden

…be gathered fresh from the garden. You can find the recipe in Dina’s exquisite book, Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. – Dew-laden sparkling lemon balm (Melissa officinalis). How to Grow + Gather Lemon Balm Lemon balm has been cultivated in medicinal gardens for over 2,000 years. Native to the Mediterranean regions of south-central Europe and…

An aromatherapy book sits next to a jar of dried flowers.

Kathi Keville’s Favorite Herbal & Aromatherapy Books

…invaluable resources.   Herbal Medicine Books for Beginners –   The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter, and Tonic Plants by Guido Masé This may sound like a foraging book, but it takes readers more into the lab than the wild. It brings together a worldwide selection of popular herbs to create teas, spirits, tinctures, and healing foods. Through…

Juliet Blankespoor's library is full of home herbal apothecary books.

The Best Herbal Medicine Books for Herbalists

…books on the brain, check out our articles on The Best Books on Foraging Wild Foods & Herbs and The Best Herb Gardening, Farming, & Permaculture Books for Herbalists. P.S. This list of The Best Herbal Medicine Books for Herbalists is an excerpt from our 1,000-hour Online Herbal Immersion—THE most comprehensive online program in sustainable, bioregional herbalism on the planet….

Floral adornment on hands.

Pride & Healing: The Flowers We Request

…that full and clear credit is given to Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and chestnutherbs.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. –…

A teacup of flowers in a garden.

How to Grow an Herbal Tea Garden

…that full and clear credit is given to Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and chestnutherbs.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. –…

Baobab tree.

African American Herbalism, Part 3: Resources and Further Learning

…to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. – Ready to build your botanical bookshelf? Check out our Favorite Herbalism Books Hub. We’re happy to present seven special reading…

A photo of Harriet Tubman in place at the Burton Street Garden in Asheville, North Carolina

African American Herbalism, Part 2: North American Black Herbalism

…that full and clear credit is given to Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and chestnutherbs.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. –…

A grazing tray with Stinging Nettles Pate.

Stinging Nettles Medicinal Benefits & My Famous Nettles Pâté Recipe

…that full and clear credit is given to Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and chestnutherbs.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. –…

A person holding a wicker basket of lemon balm.

The Medicinal Benefits of Lemon Balm

…that full and clear credit is given to Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and chestnutherbs.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Want to take a deeper dive into medicinal herbs and their uses? Our 1,000-hour Herbal Immersion Program is the most comprehensive handcrafted online herbal course available, covering botany, foraging, herb cultivation, medicine making, and therapeutics. –…