reading list
Everything I am reading to understand my body
A growing library of old texts, modern handbooks, and evidence-led resources. Reading is part of my care — always alongside qualified medical support.
Charaka Samhita (English translation)
Charaka; tr. A. C. Kaviratna / P. V. Sharma
Free / Public domainAyurvedaAn English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita
Sushruta; tr. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1907–16)
Free / Public domainAyurvedaAshtanga Hridaya of Vagbhata (Eng. tr., Vol. 1)
Vagbhata; tr. K. R. Srikantha Murthy
Free / Public domain scanAyurvedaAstanga Hrdayam (illustrated Eng. translation)
Vagbhata; tr. Dr. R. Vidyanath
Free / Public domain scanAyurvedaAshtanga Sangraha of Vagbhata
Vagbhata; tr. K. R. Srikantha Murthy
Free / Public domainAyurvedaBhavaprakasha of Bhavamishra
Bhavamishra; tr. K. R. Srikantha Murthy
Free / Public domainAyurvedaMadhava Nidana (Rogaviniscaya)
Madhavakara; tr. K. R. Srikantha Murthy
Free / Public domainAyurvedaSharngadhara Samhita
Sharngadhara; tr. K. R. Srikantha Murthy
Free / Public domainAyurvedaBhela Samhita
Bhela; ed./tr. various
Free / Public domainAyurvedaKashyapa Samhita (Vriddhajivakiya Tantra)
Kashyapa / Vriddhajivaka
Free / Public domainAyurvedaRasa texts & Ayurvedic alchemy (Rasashastra) library
Various (Rasaratna Samuccaya etc.)
FreeAyurvedaThe Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies
Vasant Lad
PaidAyurvedaAyurveda: The Science of Self-Healing
Vasant Lad
PaidAyurvedaAyurveda and the Mind
David Frawley
PaidAyurvedaPrakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution
Robert E. Svoboda
PaidAyurveda / HerbalismThe Yoga of Herbs
David Frawley & Vasant Lad
PaidYoga / PhilosophyThe Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patanjali; tr. Charles Johnston / others
Free / Public domainYoga / Subtle bodyHatha Yoga Pradipika
Svatmarama; tr. Pancham Sinh (1914)
Free / Public domainYoga / Subtle bodyThe Gheranda Samhita
Gheranda; tr. Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
Free / Public domainYoga / Subtle bodyThe Shiva Samhita
tr. Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
Free / Public domainTantra / ChakrasThe Serpent Power (complete)
Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe)
Free / Public domainTantra / EnergyShakti and Shakta
Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)
Free / Public domainTheosophy / ChakrasThe Chakras
C. W. Leadbeater
Free / Public domainChakras / EnergyWheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System
Anodea Judith
PaidChakras / PsychologyEastern Body, Western Mind
Anodea Judith
PaidEnergy medicineThe Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy
Cyndi Dale
PaidEnergy healingHands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
Barbara Ann Brennan
PaidYoga / MeditationRaja Yoga
Swami Vivekananda
Free / Public domainKundalini / ExperientialKundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man
Gopi Krishna
PaidWestern herbalismCulpeper's Complete Herbal
Nicholas Culpeper
Free / Public domainWestern herbalismA Modern Herbal
Maud Grieve
Free / Public domainEclectic / Western herbalismKing's American Dispensatory (1898)
Harvey Wickes Felter & John Uri Lloyd
Free / Public domainEclectic / Western herbalismClassic Herbal Texts (Eclectic archive)
Various (Felter, Ellingwood, Cook, Scudder...)
Free / Public domainEclectic / Western herbalismThe American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy
Finley Ellingwood
Free / Public domainPhysiomedicalismThe Physiomedical Dispensatory
William Cook
Free / Public domainWestern herbalismThe Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes
John Gerard
Free / Public domainWestern herbalismThe Earthwise Herbal (Vol. I Old World / Vol. II New World)
Matthew Wood
PaidClinical herbalismMedical Herbalism
David Hoffmann
PaidWestern herbalismRosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide
Rosemary Gladstar
PaidWestern herbalismThe Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
James Green
PaidWestern / regional herbalismMedicinal Plants of the Mountain West / Southwest
Michael Moore
Mixed (book paid; papers free)Traditional Chinese MedicineHuangdi Neijing — Lingshu (Spiritual Pivot)
Attributed to the Yellow Emperor
Free / Public domainTraditional Chinese MedicineThe Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Su Wen)
tr. Ilza Veith
Free (scan) / Paid (reprint)Traditional Chinese MedicineShennong Bencao Jing (Divine Farmer's Materia Medica)
Attributed to Shennong
Free / Public domainTraditional Chinese MedicineShang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)
Zhang Zhongjing
Free / Reference; paid translationsTraditional Chinese MedicineThe Web That Has No Weaver
Ted J. Kaptchuk
PaidTraditional Chinese MedicineThe Foundations of Chinese Medicine
Giovanni Maciocia
PaidWhole-food nutritionNutrition and Physical Degeneration
Weston A. Price
Free / Public domainNaturopathyNatural Therapeutics / Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics
Henry Lindlahr
Free / Public domainNaturopathy / DetoxRational Fasting / Nature's Healing System
Arnold Ehret
Free / Public domainNutrition / JuicingBecome Younger / Water Can Undermine Your Health
Norman W. Walker
PaidNutritional therapyA Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases
Max Gerson
PaidNaturopathyThe Complete Guide to Natural Healing
Various / naturopathic reference
PaidHomeopathyOrganon of Medicine (6th edition)
Samuel Hahnemann
Free / Public domainHomeopathyMateria Medica Pura
Samuel Hahnemann
Free / Public domainHomeopathyPocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke
Free / Public domainHomeopathyRepertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent
Free / Public domainFlower essencesThe Bach Flower Remedies / Heal Thyself
Edward Bach
Free / Public domainYoga philosophyThe Bhagavad Gita
tr. Edwin Arnold / Kashinath Trimbak Telang
Free / Public domainVedanta philosophyThe Upanishads (multiple translations)
tr. Max Müller / others
Free / Public domainYoga / SpiritualityAutobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Free (official) / Paid printTaoismTao Te Ching
Laozi; tr. James Legge / others
Free / Public domainTaoism / DivinationThe I Ching / Book of Changes
tr. James Legge
Free / Public domainMind-body medicineFull Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn
PaidMind-body medicineThe Relaxation Response
Herbert Benson
PaidEnergy / mind-bodyAnatomy of the Spirit
Caroline Myss
PaidEnergy medicineVibrational Medicine
Richard Gerber
PaidTibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa)The Root Tantra & Explanatory Tantra (Four Tantras / rGyud bzhi)
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo; tr. various
Mixed (translations paid; overview free)Indigenous / ethnobotanyNative American Ethnobotany
Daniel E. Moerman
Free (database) / Paid (book)AromatherapyAromatherapy: The Complete Guide / Gattefossé's Aromatherapy
René-Maurice Gattefossé / Robert Tisserand
PaidEnergy healing (Reiki)Reiki: The Healing Touch / The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui
Mikao Usui & Frank Arjava Petter
PaidReflexologyThe Complete Reflexology Tutor / classic reflexology texts
Various (Eunice Ingham lineage)
PaidUnani / Greco-Arabic medicineUnani Medicine (Tibb) — foundational references
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) et al.
Free (overview) / MixedUnani / Greco-Arabic medicineThe Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb)
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Free / Public domain (scans)Siddha medicineSiddha Medicine — classical references
Siddhars (Agastya lineage)
Free (overview) / MixedRepository (multi-tradition)Internet Sacred Text Archive
J. B. Hare (ed.)
Free / Public domainRepository (multi-tradition)Internet Archive (archive.org)
Internet Archive
Free / MixedRepository (Indic)Wisdom Library (wisdomlib.org)
Wisdom Library
FreeRepository (public domain)Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg
Free / Public domainRepository (herbalism)Henriette's Herbal Homepage
Henriette Kress
Free / Public domainRepository (homeopathy)Homeopathy — Homéopathe International library
Homeopathe International
Free / Public domainEvidence base (integrative)NCCIH — National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
U.S. NIH / NCCIH
FreeRepository (AYUSH systems)CCRAS / AYUSH digital repositories
Govt. of India (Ministry of AYUSH)
FreeEvidence base (research)PubMed (biomedical literature)
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Free (abstracts)