Appendix B Sources of Supply

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

Doug Larson

Many of the herbs I have talked about in this book — and, of course, a great many others — grow wild. Even if you live in a city you can find many of them cohabitating with you or only a short drive away. Since many of these herbs are invasives, most people will be glad for you to take them away.

If you need to buy your herbs, the Internet is a good way to seek them. I suggest running a web search for the herbs you are looking for to find the cheapest prices; if you are persistent you can often save half off normal retail.

If you are going to be buying a lot of herbs and you live in the United States it makes sense to buy a resale license from your state. The price is often minimal and it will allow you to buy wholesale; most wholesalers will want a resale certificate before they will sell to you.

And, of course, you can grow them yourself. Once established most of the herbs in this book will provide medicine for you and your family forever.

Here are some of the best sources I know of for the herbs in this book. All of them are in the United States.

1stChineseHerbs.com

• 5018 Viewridge Drive, Olympia, WA 98501
• 888-842-2049
• www.1stchineseherbs.com
• Wonderful people with a very large selection of Chinese herbs, including most of those discussed in this book. Most herbs by the pound.

Elk Mountain Herbs

• 214 Ord Street, Laramie, WY 82070
• 307-742-0404
• www.elkmountainherbs.com
• Wonderful tinctures from local wildcrafted Western plants.

Green Dragon Botanicals

• 48 Elliot Street, Suite D, Brattleboro, VT 05301
• 877-591-1874
• www.greendragonbotanicals.com
• A good source for Japanese knotweed.

Healing Spirits Herb Farm and Education Center

• 61247 Route 415, Avoca, NY 14809
• 607-566-2701
• www.healingspiritsherbfarm.com
• Matthias and Andrea Reisen have been growing wonderful medicinal plants for years. The plants just jump out of the bag and laugh when you open it up.

Horizon Herbs, LLC

• P. O. Box 69, Williams, OR 97544
• 541-846-6704
• www.horizonherbs.com
• Richo Cech has spent much of his life learning how to grow common and rare medicinals. He has seeds or young stock for most of the plants in this book as well as great information on how to grow them.

Mountain Rose Herbs

• P. O. Box 50220, Eugene, OR 97405
• 800-879-3337
• www.mountainroseherbs.com
• A nice selection, sustainably produced.

Pacific Botanicals

• 4840 Fish Hatchery Road, Grants Pass, OR 97527
• 541-479-7777
• www.pacificbotanicals.com
• This is perhaps the best wholesaler (they also sell retail) in the U.S. Their herbs are magnificent. Normally, all are sold by the pound.

Sage Woman Herbs, Ltd.

• 108 East Cheyenne Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
• 888-350-3911
• www.sagewomanherbs.com
• They have some herbs otherwise hard to get, especially isatis tincture (just the root though).

Woodland Essence

• 392 Teacup Street, Cold Brook, NY 13324
• 315-845-1515
• www.woodlandessence.com
• Kate and Don make wonderful tinctures and medicines and can sell you many of the herbal tinctures that I discuss in this book; if they don’t have them, they can probably point you in the right direction.

Zack Woods Herb Farm

• 278 Mead Road, Hyde Park, VT 05655
• 802-888-7278
• www.zackwoodsherbs.com
• Melanie and Jeff are wonderful people and grow tremendously beautiful medicinal plants. Very, very high-quality herbs. Usually sold by the pound.