THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES RELATED TO HERBAL MEDICINE ARE LISTED BELOW AND ARE LINKED TO THE SITES CONCERNED

 

 

AGRICOLA:
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural
literature created by the National Agricultural Library, USA

Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED) is a unique database produced by the Health Care Information
Service of the British Library. This database will be of interest to individuals wanting to know more about alternatives
to conventional medicine, and includes resources to complementary medicine, palliative care and several professions
allied to medicine. Available in a variety of formats from print to online. Indexed journals are found on this list.

 

Bandolier Evidence-based health care:

Print and Internet journal using evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers. The content is 'tertiary' publishing, distilling the information from (secondary) reviews of (primary)trials and making it comprehensible."
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Oxford Pain Internet Site

 

Carotenoid Database for US Foods
Collaborative effort between the USDA and the Nutrition Coordinating Center at the University of Minnesota. Mainly pdf files. The complete database can be downloaded.

ClinicalTrials.gov: locate current information on disease treatment at particular institution or by a disease, drug,
modalitity, therapy or procedure. Does contain complementary and alternative medicine therapies [search by words: alternative (medicine or therapy) or complementary (medicine or therapy) or by particular modality: acupuncture or by a particular substance: ginko or shark cartilage

The Cochrane Collaboration: systematic, up-to-date reviews of all relevant Randomized Control Trials of health care includes subscribed access to

The Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews. Search for complementary and alternative therapies (examples: acupuncture, ginko, chinese medicine)

To understand the definition, role and function of a Cochrane Collaboration Field Cochrane Manual on Fields (Networks).


University of Maryland, Complementary Medicine Program (CMP). This program does systematic literature review and evaluation and includes databases such as The Arthritis and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Database (ARCAM) and the Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Pain Database (CAMPAIN).

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) database of federally funded
biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. These projects are funded by theNational Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDCP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH)

Datadiwan : "a database where you can access actual information on holistic medicine and frontier sciences. Secondly, the Datadiwan is as a scientific discussion forum, where interested parties can discuss scientific topics with other like-minded people...all over the globe. And thirdly, the Datadiwan is a network which links research institutions and organizations world-wide." Most lterature is in German.

Directory of Databases,

Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York : "compilation of established sources in the USA, Europe and
Asia, designed to facilitate research by both professionals and the public. This may be clinical, biomedical, review, meta-analytical or survey research. The listing is hyperlinked to existing Web sites where available, or to brief information on the resource, such as: how to obtain further details; type of literature covered; size of the holding; and mode of access"

EMBASE: an international database to citations covering the biomedical, pharmacological and drug literature.

HerbMed
Electronic evidence-based resource for herbal information, with hyperlinks to clinical and scientific publications and dynamic links for automatic updating.

Herbal Medicine databases

 

The Hom-Inform Database of indexed literature references in homoeopathy is produced by British Homoeopathic Library at Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital is searchable free online.

IBIDS
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and
botanicals, produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health.

Index to Chiropractic Literature 1985-2001: bibliographic citations produced by "the Chiropractic Library Consortium (CLIBCON: a group of health science librarians working in chiropractic colleges throughout the world whose goal is to improve access to the chiropractic literature"

LIGAND Database
Ligand chemical database.

Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy (MANTIS) Database, ( formerly CHIROLARS ) Action Potenitials, Inc.: coverage for health care disciplines not significantly represented in the major biomedical databases, references from more than 1,000 journals, with preference given to peer-reviewed journals. Includes health promotion, & prevention, accupuncture, allopathic medicine, alternative medicine, chiropractic, herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, and Chinese medicine.
MANTIS database available as a fee-based product from the following services and web sites:
Dialog Corportation
OVID Technologies, Inc.

 

MICROMEDEX Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Series, "an accurate and scientifically based, in-depth series of databases covering four areas: herbal medicine and dietary supplements,clinical protocols, patient education, and herbal & dietary supplement toxicology." The AltMedDex™ System, the first in the series provides information on herbals and other dietary supplements. "The Complementary & Alternative Medicine Series from MICROMEDEX is a comprehensive, clinically focused reference tool that is based on a thorough compilation of
scientific literature. Monographs in the series present data on administration, dosing, warnings, precautions, contraindications, and interactions."

Herbal & Alternative Remedies, American Academy of Family Physicians, familydoctor.org: a database of alternative medicines arranged in alphabetic index or search by name. Information provided by AltCareDex™, one of MICROMEDEX THOMSON HEALTHCARE products

NAPRALERT, NAtural PRoducts ALERT from STN International: contains bibliographic and factual data
on natural products, including information on the pharmacology,biological activity, taxonomic distribution,
ethno-medicine and chemistry of plant, microbial, and animal (including marine)extracts. In addition, the file contains
data on the chemistry and pharmacology of secondary metabolites that are derived from natural sources and that have
known structure. The NAPRALERT File contains more than 100,000 records from 1650 to the present.
Approximately 50% of the file is from systematic survey of the literature from 1975 to the present. The remaining
records were obtained by selective retrospective indexing dating back to 1650.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM Databases includes the CAM on PubMed: bibliographic citations obtained from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed (Medline) database that uses a feature to locate citations with a CAM subset database search

Online Archive of American Folk Medicine, "For more than fifty years, folklorists associated with the University of California, Los Angeles have systematically documented beliefs and practices relating to folk medicine and alternative healthcare. In order to make the data more readily available to the worldwide community of researcher and medical practitioners, this Archive was established in 1996 under the direction of Dr. Michael Owen Jones, a professor of folklore and history at UCLA.

Patent Database, United States Patent and Trademark Office: tool to locate registered patents in complementary and alternative medicine

Plants for a Future
From Leeds University, UK, the Species Database contains nearly 7000 plants, either edible, have medicinal properties or have some other use such as fibres, oils or soaps. Three websites for
searching and downloadable version.

PubMed
National Library of Medicine's search interface to access the 10 million citations in MEDLINE, and Pre-MEDLINE,
and other related databases.

Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

PhytoNET, Centre For Complementary Health Studies University of Exeter: "resource for those involved in the development, manufacture, regulation and surveillance of phytomedicines and herbal drugs", contains information from the European Scientific Co-operative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP), forms to submit adverse effects of herbal medicines, development of European standards for safe use of phytomedicines

Poisonous Plant Database , United States Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages

Tropical Plant Database
Each plant file contains taxonomy data, phytochemical and ethnobotanical data, uses in traditional medicine, and clinical research

 

 

NON-SEARCHABLE SITES:


Only description and access information are provided at the www sites.

Herb Research Foundation
Provides a search services.

Lloyd Library and Museum
The 200,000 volume collection contains pharmacy, botany, and horticulture rare books and other collections.

See also the Directory of Databases for other relevant databases.

Glossaries:

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
Searchable glossary

Plantas Medicinais
Alphabetical listing of medicinal plants and their characteristics.

 

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Online Journals and Citations:

Medical Herbalism
A full text clinical newsletter for the herbal practitioner.

Bibliography from Bastyr University
A collection of citations from the literature on herbals from the Bastyr library. The categorized listing is extensive and also cites the journals used for the compilation.

CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health: indexes alternative medicine journals

 

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Mailing Lists:
Instructions on how to join or leave lists are provided at the urls below.

Centre for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research
CIEER is an international network of ethnobotanical researchers and provides a public discussion forum and listserv to exchange information on the safe and effective use of medicinal plants.

Herbal Hall
Interactive site for professional herbalists, students, and public

The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Discussion List
Three lists are featured at this site: The Medicinal Herblist; The Culinary Herblist; and The HerbInfo-list archives. There is also a newsgroup: Alt.folklore.herbs.

 

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Related Links:

Alternative Nature Home Page
Miscellany of links and resources for herbalists.

American Botanical Council
Educating the public on the use of herbs and phytomedicinals. ABC publishes HerbalGram and has an extensive list of publications in the herbal Education Catalog.

 

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
The goal of AHP is to produce authoritative herbal monographs containing accurate, critically reviewed information on botanicals to provide guidance in the appropriate use of herbal therapeutics.

Botanical.com
Collection of resources and links on botanicals. Features a hyper-text version of A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M.Grieve:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html

Environmental Estrogens (Phytoestrogens)
Scientific information on environmental estrogens and other hormones.

Flavornet
Compilations of aroma compounds sorted by their chromatographic and sensory properties - from Cornell University.

Henriette's Herbal Homepage
Collection of medicinal and culinary herb resources.

HerbNET
Herb growing and marketing network.

 

Herb Research Foundation
Information resource for the worldwide use of herbs for health, environmental conservation and international development.

Howie Brounstein's Home Page
Collection of sites and resources.

Medherb.com

Categorized links to information on medicinal herbs and herbalism in the clinical setting from the journal, Medical Herbalism.

MedWebPlus - Herbs
A collection of herbal sites compiled by y-DNA, Inc.

Michael Moore's Home Page
Maintained by the Director of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, features a collection of publications and images.

Michael Tierra's Planetary Herbology

Idiosyncratic, lively site to explore.

Phytotherapies.org
free service to individuals registering with the site, "sponsored by Herbworx Corporation, an Australian company dedicated to ensuring that practitioners are supplied not only with high quality herbal medicine, but also clinically relevant, scientifically validated technical information, and Phytomedicine, manufacturer quality herbal extracts for practitioners." Even though it is a commercial service the herbal mongraph database contains indications, actions, constituents, studies & articles.

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Cultivation and Conservation Issues

Directory of forest Products, Wood Science, and Marketing
Resource compiled by Steve Shook from the University of Idaho.

 

Herb Society of America
Membership organization, founded in 1933. Concerned with the cultivation of herbs and the study and history of their uses, past and present. The Society is committed global environmental protection
and encourages the practice of environmentally sound horticulture.

 

Horizon Herbs
Source of roots and seeds for medicinal plants

Isoprene and Monoterpene Emitting Species Survey
Resource from Lancaster University, UK

Laboratory of Ethnobotany
The Ethnobotany laboratory houses extensive collections of domesticated plants from around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological sites.

National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs
Research on conservation of at-risk botanicals

National Plant Germplasm System
NPGS is a cooperative effort by public (State and Federal) and private organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants.

Non-Timber Forest Products
Marketing and utilization of specialized non-timber forest products.

Non-Timber Forest Products - US
Conservation and development information on commercial, recreational, and subsistence extraction of non-timber forest products in the US.

People and Plants Online
International initiative in applied ethnobotany, focusing on the interface between people and the world of plants. It promotes sustainable use of plant resources, and the reconciliation of conservation and
development.

PLANTLAX
PLANTLAX is a pioneering organization in Mexico with an emphasis on organic herb products under a sustainable management.

USDA PLANTS National database
National resource from the USDA generates categorized data reports on natural resources and conservation issues.

 

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Illustrations:

 

CalPhotos
Searchable database of over 21,000 images from University of California, Berkeley.

Kohler's Medicinal Plants
Illustrations from a classic text, Medizinal Pflanzen, from Leipzig, Germany.

Wild Herb Medicinal Flowers
Herb pictures, medicinal plans, wild flower photos and descriptions of uses in alternative medicine.

 

Virtual Gardens:

Missouri Botanical Garden
Bioprospecting and Dinosaur Safari.

New York Botanical Garden
A virtual garden from the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

University of Washington
Hypertext tour of a medicinal herb garden.

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Education & Training:

Bastyr University - Dept. of Botanical Medicine
Courses on medicinal use of plants, fungi and extracts for naturopathic medical students. Conducts research in botanical medicine.

CyberBotanica
Online botany education resource from Indiana University's BioTech Project.

Herbal Hall
Click on Reference, then on A List of Schools and Apprenticeships.

Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute
Chinese herbology education and courses.

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center The mission of the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica, is the generation and dissemination of sustainable management practices for tropical ecosystems.

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Adverse effects:

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Information resource from Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada

ESCOP
European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy contains the herbal adverse drug reactions database, PhytoNet.

FDA: Poisonous Plant Database (PLANTOX)
Little known resource compiled by D. Jesse Wagstaff, DVM, with plant names and citations accessable from an alphabetical listing.

HerbMed
HerbMed hyperlinks to the evidence on contraindications, toxic and adverse effects, and drug/herbal interactions.

Herbs and Pregnancy
Information on herbs helpful and counterindicated in pregnancy from GardenGuides.com.

Index of Poisons
From Mrs. M. Grieve: A Modern Herbal.

Quackwatch - The Herbal Minefield
It is always useful to know what the Quackbusters are saying about the use of medicinal herbs.

ToxAgents
Information resource from Cornell University.

Toxic Plant Database
Compilation from the veterinary Medicine Library, UIUC

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Legal Information:

Herb World News Online
Latest herb related news from the Herb Research Foundation, includes legal updates.

Controversial Herbs and Natural Products
From the Herb Research Foundation Home Page