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<p><span class='head3'>Alternative Medicine Foundation (AMF)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.amfoundation.org/' target='_top'>www.amfoundation.org/</a><br />
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing evidence-based research information for health care professionals. It features HerbMed, an evidence-based resource on medicinal herbs providing a variety of detailed information on approximately 75 herbs and hyperlinked to clinical and scientific publications. Also included on the web site are events (conferences and seminars); publications; programs such as HerbMed and TibetMed, a community information network on Tibetan medicine; public information materials; consultancies; and information sources.</p>
<p><span class='head3'> American Botanical Council (ABC)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.herbalgram.org/' target='_top'>www.herbalgram.org/</a><br />
A nonprofit educational organization offering online herbal monographs as well as herbal books, software, videotapes, and audiotapes for sale via online ordering. Contains links to other useful sites; a calendar of educational events; a list of medicinal herbal education programs and organizations providing referral information to herbal practitioners; and regulatory/government resources.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.herbal-ahp.org' target='_top'>www.herbal-ahp.org</a><br />
A nonprofit educational organization dedicated to providing detailed botanical monographs critically reviewed by worldwide experts (available in print only). The web site contains a detailed description of the project; online ordering information; and an online monograph use survey to assist in the development of future monographs.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>American Herbalists Guild (AHG)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.americanherbalistguild.com' target='_top'>www.americanherbalistguild.com</a><br />
A nonprofit educational organization of professional herbalists. Contains links to quality herbal websites, articles from their newsletter <I>The Herbalist,</I> AHG position papers, and referral information to AHG herbalists.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists (ANMP)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.anmp.org' target='_top'>www.anmp.org</a><br />
This nonprofit organization offers thorough and well-documented online scientific herbal monographs, added on a quarterly basis. The web site also includes online ordering of professional-level print information; subscription information to the ANMP quarterly newsletter <I>The Source</I>; and ANMP membership information.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Healthwell.com</span><br />
<link>www.healthwell.com</a><br />
Part of a commercial web site, the web site provides high quality information on herbal remedies, nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, drug interactions and health concerns and diseases. The information is provided by Healthnotes, Inc. and is based on referenced scientific information from 548 scientific and medical journals, clinical experience or traditional usage as cited in each section.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Herb Research Foundation (HRF)</span><br />
<a href='http://www.herbs.org' target='_top'>www.herbs.org</a><br />
The web site of this nonprofit educational and research organization features herbal news; a Q & A Column; HRF fact sheets; a list of recommended herbal books; a “hotline service” for calls on herbal questions; a custom herbal research service; and information packets on common herbs for sale.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Herbs and Botanical Information </span><br />
<a href='http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm' target='_top'>http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm</a><br />
Produced by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, this web site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each herb, botanical, vitamin and supplement with details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. A consumer version of each monograph also is available. </p>
<p><span class='head3'> Medwatch</span><br />
<a href='http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm' target='_top'>http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm</a><br />
This web site was established by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to report adverse events. Reporting instructions for consumers, health professionals, medical product manufacturers, distributors, packers and user-facilities are provided online. Reporting can be done by mail, phone, fax or Internet.</p>
<p><span class='head3'> RxList</span><br />
<a href='http://www.rxlist.com/alterntive.asp' target='_top'>www.rxlist.com/alterntive.asp</a><br />
This commercial web site, part of HealthCentral.com, offers a section on alternative medicine which includes several herbal monographs, herbal FAQ’s on 25 herbs, Chinese herbal FAQ’s on 32 herbs, and homeopathic FAQ’s on 3 remedies. Ayurvedic FAQs will be added.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>U.S. Food and Drug Administration</span><br />
Special Nutritionals Adverse Event Monitoring System <br />
<link ext>http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/aems.asp</a><br />
This U.S. government site was created in 1993 as a reporting mechanism for herbal adverse events reported to the FDA or other public health agencies by consumers and health professionals. Reports can be downloaded or searched by keyword with search instructions provided online.</p>
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