Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal
A Guide to Living Life with Energy, Health, and Vitality

Rosemary Gladstar

Foreword by James A Duke, Ph.D.

Hardbound, dustjacketed, beautifully designed and presented

$24.95

The herbal that has it all!

I ordered copies of this book for our book shop sight-unseen simply because I enjoy Rosemary Gladstar's other herbal books so much. I expected to find another book reflecting her love of plants and knowledge of herbs, and containing many of her outstanding formulas for various things. What I really found, and what I am jumping up and down in excitement about is nothing less than the best family health and wellness guide, the best introduction to plant lore, the most loving guide to living in wholeness on our earth I have every seen!!!!! It's fun to read, too - I could barely put it down long enough to write this review and I'm going back to it the minute I'm finished.

The publishers must have thought as I do, also, because they have put extra effort into the binding (extra heavy, signature stitched, beautiful), the paper selection (heavy, semi-gloss), the layout - two column text with many boxes of extra stories, insights, lore, the need for beautiful photos (lots of color photos of plants, people and more), the size (an extra friendly 7.5" x 7.5" x 1.5"thick). In short, this is a book that will last as long as it's usefulness (several generations) and will gladden the heart every time it's used.

Rosemary has divided the Family Herbal into 9 well-organized chapters, two appendices packed with basic information, herbal resources and an excellent index.

1. Eco-Logical Herbalism
2. A Prescription for Life - the basics of healthy living, where herbs fit in
3. Taming Stress and Anxiety
4. Home Remedies for everyday Ailments
5. Recipes for Radiant Beauty (I've been using her facial system for over 5 years with outstanding results!)
6. For Children (includes great sections on the needs of the sick child beyond remedies, dosage for children and more)
7. For Women
8. For Men
9. For Elders
   Appendix I: The Herbal Apothecary: An A-to-Z Guide
   Appendix II: The Art of Making Herbal Remedies

I can't think of any homecare situation that isn't covered here - and there is much that goes beyond the basics. This book is as joyous as its author and very, very thorough. Mini-biographies and vignets of some of our most wonderful herbalists are an extra attraction.

If you can have only one book on herbal remedies, this is the one to get!

Rosemary Gladstar is a national treasure, a leader and a visionary in the field of folk herbalism for more than three decades. . . . Don't leave this book on a shelf - it belongs on the kitchen counter, where it can be used every day!

- Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.
Member, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Common Herbs
for Natural Health

Juliette de Bairacli Levy

$11.95

It's hard to say which is more of a classic, Common Herbs for Natural Health or the remarkable woman who wrote it, Juliette de Bairacli Levy. Long before most of us had even thought of it, Juliette was blazing a trail that many after her would follow toward a simple, healthy life in harmony with the Earth and it's creatures. Common Herbs was first published in 1974, but has been out of print for nearly 20 years. Those lucky enough to have original copies clung to them like the treasures they are. Common Herbs is like having a wise woman just down the road, someone whose very living distinguishes the essential from the non-essential. Juliette knows plants and animals at a depth that sparkles forth like the Water of Life in a fairy tale. We are very grateful to Susun Weed for bringing this treasure back into print.

Herbal Healing for Women

Rosemary Gladstar

$12.00

This is probably my all time favorite herbal book. Rosemary is someone who is absolutely vibrant and joyous about her work with herbs and shares this quality beautifully on every page. Not to mention that she really knows a lot and has packed an enormous amount of information and wisdom into a single volume. Or, that her heart-awareness of Mother Earth is food for the soul. Then, there's the fact that her formulas and recipes are fun, really fun, to make and use. Herbal Healing for Women is not only the most complete women's herbal around, it is also the most inspired and the most inviting.