One Earth Herbal Sourcebook

Comments on Dr. Tillotson’s herbal medicine textbook The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, released July, 2001 from Kensington Publishing, New York.


“Alan has independently developed safe natural medicine treatment strategies for hypoglycemia, multiple sclerosis and uveitis, and demonstrated their usefulness with patients. He has brought important treatments for retinal bleeding, hepatitis C, allergic rhinitis and glaucoma to America for the first time. Alan is a skilled thinker, writer and worker in his chosen field, and enjoys the respect of world leaders in the field of herbal medicine.”

Albert Schatz, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus Temple University
Discoverer of Streptomycin


“Delaware’s premier herbalist, Dr. Alan Tillotson, has created a primer of nature’s botanical answers which have served people through two millennia. He has assembled the best of Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbs, and the described the principles behind their use under one cover in an easy-to-read and informative style. His case histories demonstrate the depth of his ability to work with western physicians in determining the best therapeutic options for their patients.”

Robert Abel, Jr., MD.
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Will’s Eye Hospital, Philadelphia


“Conveniently arranged, this superb book will answer questions you haven’t yet thought to ask, skillfully answered by an experienced clinical herbalist.”

James A. Duke, Ph.D., the “Dean of Herbal Medicine”, developer of the USDA databases, author of million-seller The Green Pharmacy (Rodale Press) and 30+ books.


“Dr. Alan Tillotson is a trailblazer at integrating the key tenets of the great traditional systems with current scientific understanding. Working side-by-side with Alan for over a decade, I can tell you that he is uncompromisingly committed to and consistently successful in finding high quality clinical outcomes for individuals with severe, chronic and degenerative diseases. His thinking goes far beyond recipes and simplified protocols. I highly recommend this book to all patients and all dedicated practitioners of the healing arts.”

Salvatore D’Angio, MD
Former Medical Director and Chief of Staff
Cherokee Medical Center, Cherokee, North Carolina
Co-Founder, Asheville Wellness Center, Asheville, NC


“An important resource for researchers and physicians while at the same time accessible to the general reader. An outstanding and unique treatise on herbalism and the complicated subject of chronic disease. Thorough, enjoyable, enlightening.”

Cynthia Husted, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Director, Dos Pueblos Medicinal Plant Project
University of California, Santa Barbara


“Finally an herb book that truly has something new to add. It is a must for herbalists and devoted students of botanical medicine. Written in the spirit of Planetary Herbology, it reaches wide and deep into the realms of science, TCM and Ayurveda to form a credible synthesis for the 21st century.”

Michael Tierra, OMD, LAc, AHG
Author of Planetary Herbology and The Way of Herbs


“Publishers have certainly noticed the tremendous interest in herbal medicine, each year they add hundreds of new titles to their inventories. Some of these titles are useful, many are mediocre and the majority are useless. Into this crowded arena of herb books comes a brilliant new work by an experienced herbal clinician, Alan Tillotson, AHG. The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook not only lives up to its lofty name, I feel it surpasses it. Alan educates the reader to the basics of good and safe herbal usage and then goes on to discuss in clear easy to understand terms the subtleties of western, Ayurvedic and Chinese botanical medicine. I am surprised and very pleased at the success achieved in this work. I wouldn’t have believed it possible, but reading is believing.”

David Winston, AHG
Dean of the Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanic Medicine


“Heads up! Here is a whole new kind of herbal–a real layman’s guide written by an experienced herbalist from the trenches. The hundreds of pearls of herbal wisdom make this book an herb course in itself, and one you can really sink your teeth into. The philosophy and holistic concepts of herbal medicine come to life in this honest to goodness, useful guide to herbs. Get beyond those other diluted and plagaristic herbals. Wow! Get this book!”

Robyn Klein, AHG
Editor of Robyn’s Recommended Reading, Bozeman, MT


“Alan’s book is one of the rare gems of new herbals that speaks to the needs of the educated patient, the neophyte herbalist, as well as the seasoned clinical practitioner and researcher. Indeed, his insights are rich, his perspectives broad, his research comprehensive, and his personal style so accessible that we all might wish he were a practitioner and teacher in our own neighborhoods. This book is destined to become a well-used desk reference for practitioners, and a much borrowed book from many clinic lending-libraries.”

Aviva Jill Romm, AHG
Author of The Natural Pregnancy Book and ADHD Alternatives