Welcome to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Homepage, celebrating the legacy of herbalist Michael RS Moore, the “godfather of western botanical medicine.”

The Southwest School of Botanical Medicine (SWSBM), founded by herbalist Michael R.S. Moore, offered in person intensive botanical medicine programs from 1980 until 2006. This site contains information he collected, discovered, elucidated, and cataloged about medicinal plants, after a lifetime spent using, selling, and teaching about them. Scanned texts of classic Eclectic and Physiomedical books, ecological and habitat distributions of medicinal plants in the Western US, and downloadable versions of his teaching materials are also available for viewing.

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Resources

MASTER GENUS INDEX

Integrating all plant photos, illustrations, maps, abstracts, constituents, monographs, major papers and folios by genus and species.

All Works
by Michael Moore

Texts and herb manuals authored by Michael Moore, and teaching materials from the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

Classic eclectic texts and pictures hand-scanned by Michael with his commentary.

BIOREGIONAL HERB RESOURCES

An updated resource list is in the works and will be added soon.

COMING SOON

An Essay by Laurel Luddite

Laurel Luddite (not her real name) was a student of Michael’s from the early 2000’s. More of a philosophical statement than a treatise, this essay represented Michael’s viewpoint of DIY (Do It Yourself) herbalism, and he placed it prominently on his historical website.

Please visit our courses page for free access to Michael Moore’s online SWSBM programs. These lectures represent Michael’s herbal wisdom and the unique knowledge that he accumulated during three decades of teaching and a lifetime of studying medicinal plants.

FREE COURSES

Michael Roland Shaw Moore

January 9, 1941 – February 20, 2009

Husband | Father | Grandfather | Great-Grandfather | Friend | Teacher | Musician | Herbalist

So Very Beloved.

READ FOUNDER’S MEMORIAL

Remembering Michael Moore

Michael Moore was one of the “Three Leading Lights” in western herbalism; W. LaSassier, R. Gladstar and M. Moore. His books are treasures and incredible resources.

David Winston

Disclaimer: SWSBM is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to preserving the life and legacy of Michael Moore. Any commercial use of the information contained on the site must be with permission with links back to this site. All donations go to support the website. In Michael’s words, “These manuals and materials are all copyrighted by Michael Moore. Use them, share them, just don’t sell them or change them in any way (unless you get our permission).”