Member Books

In this section of our website we welcome the chance to publicize books that are written (or edited) by  members of the American Herbalists Guild. If you would like to add your book(s) to this page, please send the following items to office@americanherbalistsguild.com:

  • Book title, author(s), and year of publication
  • A link (internet or postal address) to where the book can be obtained
  • A cover of the book in .JPEG or TIFF format

Conceiving Healthy Babies An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy and Lactation
Dawn Combs

Healthy babies don't just happen. The lifestyle of the prospective parents is a crucial factor in promoting fertility and ensuring a successful pregnancy. But the average North American diet is saturated with processed foods, and environmental toxins are rampant - we must take responsibility for what we put into and onto our bodies to create optimum conditions for the childbearing year.

Drawing on the author's own personal triumph over infertility, Conceiving Healthy Babies is a unique herbal guide geared to helping couples achieve balance in preconception, pregnancy, lactation and beyond. Its individualized approach to fertility explains the importance of:

Understanding, accepting and celebrating our own bodies
Basing our diets on organic, nutrient-dense foods that have been traditionally prepared
Using whole plants in their original form for their medicinal benefits.
Packed with detailed information on hundreds of different herbs, with a focus on their roles in building healthy babies, this comprehensive manual is a roadmap to wellbeing. The reference guide is rounded out by complete information on herbal use before, during and post-pregnancy, and special attention is paid to supporting nursing and lactation. Whether you have experienced challenges in conceiving or just want to ensure that your pregnancy is as natural and uncomplicated as possible, Conceiving Healthy Babies is an indispensable guide.

Cycles Of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the Stages of a Woman’s Life
Ellen Kamhi

Cultures around the world have used herbs to help a great deal with the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges associated with each stage of womanhood. This book outlines the traditional use of herbs though out the ages, now often validated by modern science, for all stages and cycles of a woman’s life: puberty, menstrual years, pregnancy, birth, lactation, menopause and more.

Dental Herbalism
Leslie M. Alexander, Ph.D., RH(AHG) with Linda Straub-Bruce

Our oral health is intimately linked with our overall health and well-being. In this practical guide to herbal dental care, medical herbalist Leslie Alexander and registered dental hygienist Linda Straub-Bruce detail how to use 41 safe and effective herbs for the mouth for optimum oral health, prevention of decay and inflammation, and relief from pain and discomfort.

Diary of a Country Herbailst
Matthew Alfs

2017

Dravyaguna for Westerners: Ayurvedic Pharmacology for Western Herbs
Vaidya Atreya Smith

This text book is the result of 13 years of clinical research and 10 years of teaching experience in Ayurvedic herbal therapies. Atreya has written this text book to help Western people truly understand the Ayurvedic method of using herbs. Most people in the USA and Europe simply use Indian herbs according to symptoms and declare that they are “practicing Ayurveda”. Since 1998 Atreya has been teaching the correct way to use herbs and other substances to his students in France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The textbook includes 115 herbal monographs that explain in detail the chosen herbs according to Ayurveda. Additionally there are 45 herbal formulas indicated by disorders – each adjusted for vata, pitta, or kapha causes of the disorder.
The true Ayurvedic approach to using herbs lies in the capacity to diagnosis which dosha is causing the problem. Then the astute practitioner gives herbs which:

  • reduce the dosha causing the disorder
  • that also work on the disorder specifically
  • that also respect the Prakriti of the patient

The whole text has been revised and corrected by my teacher of Dravyaguna, Prof. K.C. Chunekar, currently India’s greatest living expert on the botanical identification of Ayurvedic medicinal plants. Proffessor Chunekar has been kind enough to write the foreword to this course book.

Female Reproductive System & Herbal Healing Vs. Prescription Drug And Their Side Effects.
Chela R. Bathija, MH, RH (AHG)

Dr. Bathija has cured hundreds of women suffering from ovarian cysts, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and different types of sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) with herbal remedies. All his years of experience has presented in his book where he categorizes the book in three sections, teenage/puberty stage, pregnancy and childbirth age, and the menopausal women. Highlights the female health related concerns based on alternative medicinal approach.  Dr. Bathija also added a chapter in Ayurveda- the physical and mental constitution of an individual called Prakriti which is called our three doshas (vata,pita and kapha) with better understanding the healthy lifestyle.

Fibromyalgia: A Journey Toward Healing
Chanchal Cabrera

Chanchal Cabrera, an internationally known herbalist who had fibromyalgia herself, shares her holistic healing program that will help you lessen symptoms and achieve lasting wellness through herbs, diet, and other natural approaches. The book includes essential information on herbal remedies as well as nutrition, sleep management, therapeutic massage, visualization, and light therapy.

GlobalHerb Pro 2007 Professional Edition CD-ROM
Steve Blake

GlobalHerb Pro 2007 gives you fast, easy access to the most comprehensive database of alternative remedies from around the world! It covers over 6,800 treatable medical conditions, from asthma to yellow fever. You can also search by action, constituent, or name. It includes over 1,300 natural remedies, over 8,700 herb names, and over 17,000 chemical and organic constituents. Covers the spectrum of natural remedies, including herbs, Chinese herbs, Ayurvedic herbs, homeopathic remedies, supplements, aromatherapy oils, and many popular natural formulas. Quick and easy cross-referencing of biochemistry, dosages, and warnings ensures safer and more effective use of natural remedy products. Over 125,000 footnotes are included from 50 countries and regions to provide a global perspective. 200 visually appealing color photos can be viewed individually or together in a slide show. Tooltips and help buttons make this CD-ROM a snap to use.

Good Decisions Most of the Time
Danielle Brooks

Good Decisions…Most of the Time is not just another diet or nutrition book. It’s an adventure into the foundations of nutrition and the inner workings of your body, where even the smallest change can bring about a dramatic shift in how you look and feel.

If you have a vision of your best self, but have not been able to turn that vision into a reality, this book will give you the tools and information you need to achieve that vision. From the psychology of food to nutritional nuggets, Good Decisions will increase your ability to self-govern effectively around food, and teach you how to be in tune with your body and what it needs.

What You Will Learn:

• The foundations of nutrition
• How to deal with powerful emotions and food cravings
• Which foods increase mental clarity and which foods dull the mind
• How to eat to increase energy and vitality
• Which foods pack on the weight and which ones help you shed it
• Which foods decrease sex drive and which foods support it
• How hormonal imbalances affect sleep, energy, and mood, and how you can use food to bring hormones back into balance.

And much, much more!

Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies: How to Create a Customized Herb Garden to Support Your Health & Well-Being
Maria Noel Groves

In this stunning, full-color herbal gardening book, you’ll find 23 garden plans specially tailored to address the most common health needs, along with simple recipes for using each group of herbs. Discover the three to six herbs that are most effective for what ails you, whether you’re seeking headache relief, immune support, stress relief, or a simple daily tonic. For chronic stomach problems, marshmallow, plantain, rose, fennel, and calendula make the perfect medicine, with recipes for tummy tea and gut-healing broth. Groves teaches you how to plant, harvest, and care for each medicinal herb, and in all of her plant suggestions, she emphasizes safe, effective, easy-to-grow herbs that provide abundant harvests and can be planted in containers or garden beds.

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