---------- If I were to recommend one book on herbals, it would be: The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. The American Botanical Council. Blumenthal, Busse, Goldberg, Gruenwald. Hall, Klein, Riggins, & Rister, 1998, Austin, TX. ISBN 0-9655555-0-X. This is the English Edition. The email address for The American Botanical Council is: [log in to unmask] If I were to recommend a second book, it would be: Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis. Medpharm Scientific Publishers (Stuttgart 1994)/CRC Press(Boca Raton). Norman Grainger Bisset. ISBN 0-8493-7192-9 CRC Press). This is the English edition. I purchased my edition from the American Pharmaceutical Association at 202-628-4410. Frank J. Nice, DPA, CPHP Watching the herbs grow in Brookeville, Maryland