This volume concentrates on the female reproductive system, with a plethora of herbs that assist in "normalizing" the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth, and both peri-menopause and the crone stage of life.

Herbs include pulsatilla, angelica, baneberry, black cohosh, trillium, chasteberry, raspberry, dead nettle, fairy candelabra, gromwell, partridge berry, peony, pond lily, gromwell, rose, shepherd's purse, crampbark, vervain and more.

The body's nervous system is complex, responsive and self-regulating. It stores memory of past events and patterns that shape its reactivity.

The herbs in this volume assist the body in finding a healthy balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

These include wood betony, bird's foot trefoil, chamomile, ghost pipe, hops, elephant head, lemon balm, wild lettuce, marsh hedge nettle, wild oats, passion flower, Saint John's wort, Scullcap, and valerian.

This volume looks at plants and fungi that influence brain health. This is a complex subject, as 80% of what we know about the various regions of the brain, the various hormones influence, and how everything interacts, has been identified in last five years.

Herbs include albizia, ashwangandha, bacopa, buffalo berry, burnet, calamus, clubmoss, comb's tooth, daffodil, ice plant, henbane, ginkgo, psilocybe species, snowdrop, velvet bean and more.

The lymphatic system contains three times more fluid than blood. It has no means of movement save the rhythmic diaphragm and yet bathes every cell in our body with nutrients.

This volume will look at herbs that address lymphatic congestion, lymphoedema, and the importance of tonsils, appendix, spleen, and Peyer's patches. These include alder, cleavers, blue flag, soapwort, bogbean, moonseed, red root, figwort, forsythia, ocotillo, pokeroot, pipsissewa, stillingia, sweet clover and bittersweet.

The journey of a western herbalist is unique, and personal. And yet, there are common themes of discovery, re-awakening and healing.

This volume introduces basic concepts and understandings of plant medicine, and may help the budding herbalist on their individual journey.

Adaptogens are herbs that increase the body's ability to reduce response to stress. They are non-specific, and alter our reactivity by balancing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In turn overactive and underactive hormonal and endocrine functions are returned to homeostatic balance.

Herbs include astragalus, devil's club, eleutherococcus, American ginseng, goji berry, gymnostemma, wild licorice, maral root, prickly spine, wild sarsaparilla, spikenard, rhodiola, and schisandra. Medicinal mushrooms include reishi, artist's conk, and other Ganoderma species as well as cordyceps.