"Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You"
THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF SHEPHERD'S PURSE
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS

SHEPHERD'S PURSE - BIBLIOGRAPHY
SHEPHERD'S PURSE
by Deborah Ray
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 2.    Audubon Society Field Guide of North American Wildflowers, Western Region, New York, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1988.      
 
3.     Barlow, Max G., From the Shepherd’s Purse, Idaho, Spice West Publications, 1990.
 
4.     Block, Polly, Polly’s Birth Book, Utah, Hearthspun Publishers, 1996.
 
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7.     Brown, Tom, Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival, New York, Berkley Books, 1983.
 
8.     John R. Christopher, N.D., M.H., The Complete Works of Dr. John R. Christopher, Utah, Christopher Publications, 1997. 
 
9.     Christopher, N.D., M.H., Every Woman’s Herbal, Utah, Christopher Publications, 1998.
 
10.   Christopher, N.D., M.H., 100 Herb Syllabus, Utah, Christopher Publications,1998.
 
11.   Christopher, N.D., M.H., School of Natural Healing, 20th Anniv. Edition, Utah, Christopher Publications, 1996.
 
12.   Culpeper, Nicholas, as repoted in Christopher (100 Herb Syllabus), Hutchens, and Grieve.

13.   Davis, Elizabeth, Hearts and Hands, A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy & Birth, 3rd Edition, California, Celestial Arts Press, 1997.
 
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17.   Griggs, Barbara, Green Pharmacy, The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine, Vermont, Healing Arts Press, 1997.
 
18.   Haines, John, poem, Shepherd’s Purse, published in Sept. 1994 in The Atlantic Monthly online, Vol. 274, No. 3, found at http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/atlpoets/hain9409.htm, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.
 
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 20.  Hearle, Carmela, as reported to the author via e mail on 10 Jan., 2001 from  [email protected].
 
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22.   Hutchens, Alma R., Indian Herbalogy of North America, Massachusetts, Shambhala Publications, 1991.
 
23.   Iurisson, S., [Determination of active substances of Capsella bursa-pastoris] 1971[In Russian], Tartu Riiliku Ulikooli Toim (270):71-79, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.
 
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25.   Karnick, C.R., Pharmacopoeial Standards of Herbal Plants, Vols. 1-2, Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, Vol. 1: p. 86-87, Vol. 2: p. 119, 1994, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.            
 
26.   Kaye, Connie, Ph.D., Medicinal Plants of the Heartland, Illinois, Cache River Press, 1997.      
 
27.   King, Kurt, M.H., Herbs to the Rescue, Herbal First Aid Handbook, Utah, Christopher Publications, 1994.
 
28.   Kloss, Jethro, Back to Eden, 58th Anniv. edition, California, Back to Eden Publishing Co., 1997.
 
29.   Kuroda, K. and K. Takagi, Studies on Capsella bursa pastoris II.  Diuretic, anti-inflammatory and anti-ulcer action of ethanol extracts of the herb., 1969, Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther, 178 (2):392-399, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.       
 
30.   Lust, as reported by Christopher, 100 Herb Syllabus.
 
31.   McGuffin, M. et al., American Herbal Product Associations’s Botanical Safety Handbook, Boca Raton, CRC Press, 1997, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.       
 
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33.   Moore, Michael, Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, New Mexico, Red Crane Books, 1995.
 
34.   Moulton, LeArta as reported by Christopher, 100 Herb Syllabus.                    
 
35.   Moulton, LeArta,  Nature’s Medicine Chest, Shepherd’s Purse card, Utah, 1997.       
 
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37.   Parkinson, as reported by Alma R. Hutchens. 
 
38.   Rovera, Cindy as reported to the author via e mail on 09 Jan., 2001 from [email protected].
 

39.   Schwartz, Deb, Shepherd’s Purse, 2000 found at Cloud Net, online, http://www.cloudnet.com/~djeans/FlwPlant/ShPurse.htm, accessed 10/5/00.
 
40.   Weed, Susan S. Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, New York, Ash Tree Publishing, 1986.
 
41.   Wichtl, M. and N.G. Bisset (eds.), Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals, Stuttgart, Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1994, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.            
 
42.   Wichtl, M., Monographied-Kommentar,1996 in: Braun, R. et al. Standardzulassungen fur Fertigarzneimitten–Text and Kimmentar, Stuttgart, Deutscher Apotheker Verlag, 1997, as reported in On Health online, http:/onhealth.webmd.com/alternative/resource/herbs/item%2C77183.asp, via yahoo.com, accessed 10/5/00.            
 
 
[Table of Contents] [History] [Location] [Chemical Constituents] [Medicinal Qualities]
[Contra-Indications] [Known Herbal Formulas] [Dosages & Applications] [Personal Experience] [Bibliography]