Health, healthcare, and healing
In a broken healthcare system, knowledge is power. These books and zines can help learn about your body, understand physical illness, gain perspective on medical history and culture and the health care system, rally for change and plan for sickness and dying.
When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Home Healthcare in Challenging Times
In a time when our health (and health system) is particularly susceptible to strain, it's invaluable to know what to do…
Health Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy—All at the Same Time
"We can do better." This is an observation about the American health care system that is obvious to many of us. Our…
It's Going to be Anarchy: Anarchist Analyses of the Coronavirus Pandemic
An overview of anarchist responses to the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, written between late March and early April,…
We've Been Too Patient
This collection of 25 different stories delves into the current mental health culture that is plaguing our society.…
Outdoor Medicine: Management of Wilderness Medical Emergencies
This nifty pocket-sized guide clearly and concisely covers crucial information for managing illnesses, injuries and…
Herbal First Aid: Assembling a Natural First Aid Kit
A guide to using plants in your environment for their medicinal properties! A whole host of tips and tricks for tending…
How to Be Well When You're Not: Practices and Recipes to Maximize Health in Illness
Even though allopathic doctors told her she would never recover from Lyme Disease and chemical poisoning, Ariane…
How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick
This book is about what to do when your friend gets cancer or any other sort of chronic physical or mental illness.…
Sick: A Compilation Zine on Physical Illness
Sick collects peoples' experiences with illness in order to help establish a collective voice of those impacted within…
Sick (hardcover)
"Once, I got sick," begins this graphic novel. "REAL sick." From there, it spirals quickly into macabre, dystopian…
Medicine: A Graphic History
From prehistoric times to dreams of a distant future, this thick graphic novel explains the history of allopathic or…
The Chinese Medicine Bible: The Definitive Guide to Holistic Healing
TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, takes a holistic approach to health and healing. With this book, you can learn how…
Gender Medicine: The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender and Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment
Studies have shown that women are more sensitive to antihistamines, that Aspirin is more effective in preventing strokes…
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual
This book takes a more academic look at the idea of herbal medicine, diving into the particulars of crafting and…
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick: What They Know, Why It Works, and How It Can Work for You
Do you strive to be a person who never gets sick, but have thus far been unsuccessful in your endeavors? Fear not!…
Is Medicine Still Good for Us?: A Primer for the 21st Century
An open and honest examination of the ethics of the medical industry and the impact they have in modern society. With…
Kicking Sick: Your Go-To Guide for Thriving with Chronic Health Conditions
From being a tween in chronic pain to a pill-popping young woman to a woman in charge of her own health, Amy Kurtz…
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Taking an investigative look into modern women's health care and examines the women's health movement throughout history…
The Transmasculine Guide to Physical Transition: For Trans, Nonbinary, and Other Masculine Folks
This in-depth exploration of all aspects of physical transition is an accessible and supportive guide for transgender…
Take Back Your Life: A Wimmin's Guide to Alternative Health Care
This excellent, practical, illustrated DIY guide teaches everything from healing common infections of the vagina and…
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
A surprisingly affirming and hopeful book about what it's like to die under capitalism. Gawande draws on his experience…
Cat's Claw Herbal
In this 2002 zine, Heron Brae, now an established herbalist and teacher, shows a developing love and understanding of…
Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary
Dr. JJ Pursell, a board-certified naturopathic physician, walks readers through how to heal yourself and your loved ones…
The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism
Have something that ails you, but not sure where to start with the healing process? Well, after you go to a doctor, this…
Medical Herbalism
A textbook-sized tome of herbalism knowledge, this book will help you take your practice to the next level. Packed with…
Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana—Revised and Updated
Your search for a comprehensive resource of marijuana plants and their practical applications are over. Cannabis…
Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists
A guide for practiced herbalists and midwives to better serve their communities with herbal abortion options.…
Healing Painful Sex: A Woman's Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain
Millions of women suffer from painful sex and pelvic pain due while struggling with a healthcare system that fails to…
STI FAQ: Keep Calm and Learn Real Facts About Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Got an STI (sexually transmitted infection)? Or just worried you'll get one? In this informative and crass zine, two sex…
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Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers [SUNSET]
The demonization of badass women proves to be a historical trend, bred from the reeking loins of male fear. Witches,…
The Self-Care Guide to Surgery: A BodyMindCORE Approach to Prevention, Preparation and Recovery
This is a book for people who don't want to have surgery and want to avoid it by making lifestyle changes, doing some…
Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned
A thought-provoking tour of a multitude of ethical questions faced by doctors today, tackling issues that we sometimes…
Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom: A Complete Prescription to Optimize Your Health, Prevent Disease, and Live with Vitality and Joy
Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom shows you how to integrate Ayurveda into your modern lifestyle. Using Ayurveda traditional…
Cooking with Healing Mushrooms: 150 Delicious Adaptogen-Rich Recipes that Boost Immunity, Reduce Inflammation and Promote Whole Body Health
Cooking with Healing Mushrooms: 150 Delicious Adaptogen-Rich Recipes that Boost Immunity, Reduce Inflammation and…
$25 Superpack: Herbal Healing
Life is full of scrapes and sunburns and headaches and yeast infections and other ailments where the doctor isn't going…
Sticker #050Standardized Healthcare
Republicans will be quick to tell you that the national debt is a result of welfare mothers leeching off of the system.…