Monographs
Medherb.com
Provides links to medical
information and to any resource relevant to medicinal herbs or
herbalism practiced in a clinical setting, regardless of the
medical tradition or system.
Phytotherapies.org
An extensive searchable and
hyperlinked herbal database on current herbal therapeutics.
Free access but registration is required.
Rocky
Mountain Health Institute - Chinese herbology
A school offering
courses on Chinese herbal medicine and environmental sciences.
The most useful part of this website is probably its interesting
and useful collection of articles on Chinese herbs, especially
in reference to current research, availability, and legalities
of using these herbs. Useful information found under the section
for "Online References".
Southwest School of Botanical
Medicine
Southwest School
of Botanical Medicine, Arizona offers an intense 4 month clinical
herbalist course. This site has a collection of beautiful photos,
classic engravings, and pen-&-ink drawings of a large variety
of medicinal plants. Also contains a page of links to other sites
with medicinal plant images, organized alphabetically by plant
name.
University
of Arizona Herbarium
Features information
on the plants and activities at the University of Arizona Herbarium.
Their plant photograph collection, organized by family name,
is quite interesting, but of varying quality.
University of Hawaii Vascular
Plant Family Access Page
An extensive collection
of plant photographs, with a brief description of each plant.
Some of these photographs are wonderful.
University
of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden
Contains some good
photo images of the medicinal plants growing in the garden, listed
alphabetically by Latin and common names. Also features a virtual
walk through the garden.
University
of Wisconsin - Department of Botany
A large collection
of plant photographs, some of which are of questionable usefulness.
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Associations, Organizations, Guilds, Journals
American
Botanical Council
A non-profit
organization dedicated to educating the public about beneficial
herbs and plants, and promoting the safe and effective use of
medicinal plants. Herbalgram is the official journal of
the ABC. Contains mainly information about the organization and
on-going projects, a catalogue of books available through them,
and some links to sites related to botanical conferences and
research projects.
Herb
Research Foundation
The homepage for
the Herb Research Foundation (HRF), a nonprofit research and
educational organization focusing on herbs and medicinal plants.
In conjunction with the American Botanical Council, HRF publishes
HerbalGram and Herbs for Health. Features general
information on the organizations, a forum to discuss issues concerning
herbal medicine, and a search engine for links to other sites.
Herb Society (UK) Online
Features a collection
of articles with general information on herbal medicine, information
about the society, and includes a page of links to other sites,
with a detailed description of each site.
Medical
Herbalism Home Page
Home page for Medical
Herbalism, a journal for clinical practitioners. Features
reprints of current and past articles. A free quarterly electronic
version of the journal is available through this site.
Queensland
Herb Society
Not a lot of information
on individual herbs per se, but has lots of recipes, teas, and
interesting historical facts on local herbs.
The
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - The Herbarium
Features a list
of the research on botanical medicine conducted at the Royal
Botanic Gardens, with information on how to access it. Kew Gardens
houses one of the largest collections of plants and plant information
in the world.
The
Society for Economic Botany
The Society for
Economic Botany (SEB) was established to foster and encourage
scientific research, education, and related activities on the
past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship
between plants and people. Features reports of SEB meetings,
their newsletter, etc. A limited list of links is also available.
Species
2000
Species 2000 has
the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals,
fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies
of global biodiversity. Users worldwide can verify the scientific
name, status and classification of any known species via the
Species Locator on this homepage.
United
Plant Savers
United Plant Savers
(UpS) is a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to preserving
native medical plants. Features information on endangered plants,
proper wildcrafting methods, and names of other organizations
with similar intent.
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Interest
Botanical.com
A hyper-text version
of the classic A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve. Contains
descriptions of medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties,
cultivation and folk-lore of over 800 plants, as well as a list
of poisonous plants. Contains an internal search engine.
Classic Works in Herbal
Medicine
Transcripts of classic
texts on herbal medicine. Must have Acrobat Reader for graphics;
if not, these are text-only.
Clinical Herb Manuals by
Michael Moore
Transcripts of useful
charts and manuals, including a herbal materia medica, herbal
repertory, herbal-medical contraindications, and intake forms
and worksheets. Some files are only accessible through Adobe
Reader. Michael Moore is the Director of the Southwest School
of Botanical Medicine.
Elchai's
Herbal Remedies and Lore
A very nice website,
with information on different herbs, mythical and spiritual aspects
of herbs, herbal formulas, and so on.
Environmental Estrogens
and Other Hormones Webpage - Phytoestrogens
Useful, well-referenced
information on phytoestrogens.
Henriette's
Herbal Homepage
A personal homepage
that has some links to other webpages, botanical facts collected
from the Internet, recipes and includes a forum for questions
about medicinal herbs. Limited internet versions of some herbal
software also available. Some very useful information can be
found here. Includes an internal search engine. This site provides
valuable fulltext access to a number of classic herb texts.
The
Herbal Encyclopedia
Features basic medicinal
and magical/spiritual information on specific plants. Also has
articles on growing, harvesting and storing herbs, some herbal
combinations, etc. Created with Pagan/Wiccan/Native needs in
mind, but is useful for everyone interested in the properties
and uses of the various healing herbs.
Herbal
Hall
Features an on-line
herbal library, with an internal search engine. Also contains
profiles on individual herbs, and links to other botanical sites.
HerbNET
Lots of information
on all things herbal. Links to other herb-related sites, an online
newsletter, a calendar of events, information on herb books,
etc.
Herbs
for Health
A small but frequently
up-dated collection of articles pertaining to medicinal herbs.
Also has a page of links, divided into categories such as Herbs
and Cancer, Chinese Herbalism, Ayurvedic Herbalism, and general
herb sites. Has an internal search engine.
Howie
Brounstein's Homepage
Features articles
on wildcrafting, endangered plants, and good information on a
variety of herbs and herb-related topics. Lots of links to other
pages as well.
MedHerb.com
Provides links to
medical information and to any resource relevant to medicinal
herbs or herbalism practiced in a clinical setting, regardless
of the medical tradition or system. Organized into useful categories.
PhytoNET
An information resource
for those involved in the development, manufacture, regulation
and surveillance of herbal medicine, involving Simon Mills and
the European Scientific Co-operative on Phytotherapy. Features
the latest research, information on herbal adverse drug reactions,
a list of useful contacts, and so on.
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Commercial
Sites
Crane
Herbs
This is probably
one of the best commercial sites available for Chinese herbs.
Each product description includes a description of each herb
and its medicinal use. Allows searches for products by symptoms
and classical patent name.
Herbal
Information Center
Contains some general
information on a selection of popular herbs.
The
Natural Pharmacist
A well organized
site of botanical information. Information is accessible by condition;
herb or supplement. Includes information on drug interactions
and very detailed condition information.
Richters
Herbs Herb Info Sheets
Useful features
on this commercial site include charts on basic properties and
growing instructions for a variety of common herbs. Access to
Mark Tierney's Medicinal Herb Database, which contains an internal
search engine, searchable by common name, properties/ uses, and
bodily system affected, is also provided.
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Databases
Alternative
Nature Herbal Link Page
A growing collection
of herb information and links. Features a collection of articles
on a variety of herbal subjects, a wildflower and herb photo
gallery, a list of recommended books, and a page of useful herbal
links with an internal search engine.
American
Indian Ethnobotany Database
A searchable database
of journals, books, and papers related to the plant medicines,
foods, drugs, and dyes of Native North American Peoples. Gives
the medicinal and household use of the plant as well as which
tribes use it. A useful resource.
Botanical
Dermatology Database
Very basic information
on plants related to dermatology, either as a treatment of certain
conditions, or that cause dermatological pathologies. Classified
by plant name, plant products, and dermatological indexes. Still
under construction.
Dr.
Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Allows searches
for phytochemical content and activity, and ethnobotanical uses
of all the plants listed in the US National Agricultural Library.
Very useful and easy to use.
Herbal-Shaman Home Page
A regularly updated
archive of information on almost 300 species of ethnobotanicals,
with an emphasis on the medicinal and visionary herbs, cactus
and fungi.
The
Magic Garden
Basically, a page
of links to other botanical-related sites, divided into different
categories.
NAPRALERT
NAPRALERT (NAtural
PRoducts ALERT) contains bibliographic and factual data on natural
products, including information on the pharmacology, biological
activity, and chemistry of plant, microbial, and animal (including
marine) extracts. Theoretically, a great resource, but very confusing
to use!
Natural
Medicines Comprehensive Database
This database provides
up to date clinical data on natural medicines, herbal medicines
and dietary supplements. The data included for each entry is
referenced to peer-reviewed medical literature, The database
includes product names, brand names, scientific names and common
names. Access to this database is available from CCNM computers
- simply click on the "Click to Login" button.
PLANTS
Project
Sponsored by the
United States Department of Agriculture, this site provides access
to several databases, including the National PLANTS Database
project (providing standardized information on plant names, symbols,
and other attributes), the National Plant Data Center (features
large collection of plant images) and the Integrated Taxonomy
Information System (online, scientifically-verifiable list of
biological names of North American flora and fauna).
Rainforest
Plants
Features information
on a large variety of rainforest/tropical medicinal plants, including
common names, medicinal uses, ethnobotanical uses, pharmacology,
and pictures. Contains a collection of articles on rainforest
plants, and other interesting and useful information.
Soil
and Health Library
A free online public
library about alternative agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient
living, and personal and spiritual development. Features transcripts
of older, out-of-print books on these subjects.
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Online Books
Henriette's Herbal Homepage
SouthWest School of Botanical Medicine
Classic Herbal Texts
Includes King’s Dispensary, Materia Medica and other titles
A Modern Herbal
The hyper-text version of the book first published in 1931 by M
Grieve, contains medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic
properties, cultivation and folk-Lore of Herbs
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See
Alternative Nature Herbal Link Page in Databases
Floral
Radiographs
Not really a botanical
site per se, but this site has some gorgeous black-and-white
radiographic images of flowers that are worth checking out for
interest's sake.
Floridata
An on-line photo
reference of plants, covering categories such as trees, shrubs,
vines, cactus, water plants, annuals and many more. Each photo
is accompanied by a brief description of the plant, its habitat,
growing conditions, etc..., but no real medicinal information.
Flowerbase
Searchable database
of pictures of flowers, with not much additional information.
Köhler's Medizinal
Pflanzen
Contains over 300
beautiful colour images of medicinal plants, taken from Hermann
A. Köhler's book, Medizinal Pflanzen, published
in 1887. Searchable by botanical name.
See Rainforest
Plants in Databases
Smithsonian
Catalog of Botanical Illustrations
Images from the
Smithsonian's botanical illustration database, which contains
over 3000 plant images. The on-line version contains about 500
illustrations, but all the illustrations will eventually be digitalized.
The only drawback is that plants can only be located by selecting
a plant family and then a generic name from the index.
See Southwest
School of Botanical Medicine in Educational
Institutions
See University
of Hawaii Plant Family Access Page in Educational
Institutions
See University
of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden in Educational
Institutions
See University
of Wisconsin - Department of Botany in Educational
Institutions
WiseAcre
Gardens Photos
Features photographs
and a short write-up on a collection of plants, as well as some
very nice garden images.
