(AMH) A Modern Herbal - Mrs M. Grieve Publisher- Penguin- Great Britain. First published by Jonathan Cape 1931.  ISBN 0 14 046-440 9
(AMP) Australian Medicinal Plants - E.V. Lassak & T. McCarthy. Publisher- Reed New Holland, Australia 1983. ISBN 1876334703.
(BDM) Barefoot Doctors Manual - Published by Madrona Publishers Seattle Washington ISBN 0-914842-52-8
(BG) Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica - Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble - Eastland Press 1986 Seattle Washington ISBN 0-939616-15-7
(BHP1983) British Herbal Pharmocopoeia 1983 Published by the British Herbal Medicine Association ISBN 0 903032 07 4.
(BMP) Blackmores publication- The Botanical Medicine Prescriber. 23 Roseberry St. Balgowlah NSW 2093. Authors Denis Stewart and David Turner.
(CEM)  The Commission E monographs- German.
(CGMH) The Complete Guide To Modern Herbalism. Simon Mills. Publisher Harpers Collins London. Printed- 1989. ISBN 0 7225 2945 7.
(ECMM) An Enumeration of Chinese Materia Medica SHIU YIN HU With Editorial assistance from Y.C. Long and Paul P.H.But The Chinese University Press- Hong Kong 1980
(FaM) Fruit as Medicine Published in Nanning- China, May 1982, under the title Yao Yong Guo Pin. First published in English 1986. ISBN  0 909901 61 9 The Rams Skull Press Box 274 Kuranda  Q 4872  Australia.
(HC) Herbal Codex Published by Earthventure Pty Ltd. Mapleton 4560 Queensland Australia ISBN 0 949382 00 0(SET).
(IP) Information from Inner Path Natural Therapies Clinic Smith House  100 Barney St. Armidale 2350 N.S.W. Australia. Ph 02 6772 3894.
(LM) Herbal Materia Medica Course Notes For Diploma of Naturopathy and Diploma of Herbalism Students by Lydia Mottram.
(MEMP) The Macdonald Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants. Roberto Chiej. Publisher- Macdonald and Co. London and Sydney. ISBN 0-356-10542-3.
(MH) Mediherb- A herbal extract company based in Warwick Qld. 4370 Australia   www.mediherb.com
(PEC) The Chinese Materia Medica A practical English - Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Director Hu Ximing ISBN 7-81010-111-X/R-110
(PNC) Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations  R.C. Wren Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in Great Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company Limited. 1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound by Biddles, Guildford ISBN 085207 1973.
(PPP) Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy. Modern Herbal Medicine  Simon Mills and Kerry Bone. Published by Churchill Livingstone 2000.ISBN 0443 060169.
(SA) Sunspirit Aromatherapy. Sunspirit Oils Pty Ltd. A Ti-Tree Place. Byron Bay NSW 2481. www.sunspirit.com.au.
(Seif/H) Translation notes from Gary Seiford and Hocu Huhn - NSW College of Natural Therapies. Sydney Australia.
(TAE) The Ayurvedic Encylopedia. Natural Secrets to Healing, Prevention, and Longevity. By Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha. Published by Ayurveda Holistic Center Press. Bayville, NY USA. http://ayurvedahc.com/press.htm ISBN 0-9658042-2-4.