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Alternative Medicine Foundation (AMF)
www.amfoundation.org/
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.
American Botanical Council (ABC)
www.herbalgram.org/
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.
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP)
www.herbal-ahp.org
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.
American Herbalists Guild (AHG)
www.americanherbalistsguild.com
A nonprofit educational organization of professional herbalists. Contains links to quality herbal websites, articles from their newsletter The Herbalist, AHG position papers, and referral information to AHG herbalists.
Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists (ANMP)
www.anmp.org
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 The Source; and ANMP membership information.
Herb Research Foundation (HRF)
www.herbs.org
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.
MedlinePlus Herbs and Supplements
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/herb_All.html
Herbal monographs prepared by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Herbs and Botanical Information
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
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.
Medwatch
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm
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.
The University of Maryland Herbal Database
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/Herbs.html
Evidence-based information covering overview, plant description, medicinal uses, indications, available forms, instructions, precautions, interactions, and references. Links to conditions it is used for, herbs with similar uses, drugs that interact, and herbs with similar warnings.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Dietary Supplements Adverse Event Reporting
http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/Alerts/ucm111208.htm
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.
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Content last modified on Jul 15, 2009
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