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Herbal
Resources
AHPA is devoted
to bringing you the most valuable herbal resources. We have launched
this section with a handful of excellent herb related links and are
committed to its continued development. AHPA's Herbal Resources
will greatly expand over time.
Educational
American Botanical
Council (ABC)
http://www.herbalgram.org/
For over a decade, The American Botanical Council has educated the public,
governmental agencies, research institutions and industries on solid
scientific research on the safe and effective use of medicinal plants.
ABC publishes the well-respected peer reviewed journal, Herbalgram.
Herb Research
Foundation (HRF)
http://www.herbs.org/
As an education organization, the Herb Research Foundation has been
educating the public, health practitioners, legislators, and the media
about the health benefits and safety of herbs. HRF has built a specialty
botanical library containing more than 250,000 scientific papers on
thousands of herbs.
HerbMed(c)
http://www.herbmed.org/
HerbMed is an interactive, electronic herbal database that provides
hyper linked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs
for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals,
researchers, and general public. HerbMed(r) is a project of the Alternative
Medicine Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available, public resource.
American Herbal
Pharmacopoeia (AHP)
http://www.herbal-ahp.org/
The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia's goal is to produce 300 qualitative
monographs on therapeutic botanicals, including many of the Ayurvedic,
Chinese and Western herbs most frequently used in the United States.
Once completed, AHP's monographs will represent the most comprehensive
and critically reviewed body of information on herbal medicines in the
English language, and will serve as a primary reference in the United
States.
The American
Herbalists Guild (AHG)
www.healthy.net/herbalists/
The American Herbalists Guild is a non-profit, educational organization
that represents the goals and voices of herbalists. It is the only peer-review
organization for professional herbalists who specialize in the medicinal
use of plants. Their web site provides a searchable database of herbalists
in the U.S.
South West School
of Botanical Medicine http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
The South West School of Botanical Medicine was founded by herbalist
and author Michael Moore. For 18 years, the South West School of Botanical
Medicine has offered a comprehensive intensive training program on medicinal
herbs. Check out the wonderful plant illustrations that Michael and
his herbal peers have posted on this site.
Dr. Duke's USDA
Phytochemical Database
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
Dr. James Duke, PhD., while working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
for 30 years, created this searchable database so that a user can type
in almost any plant and get a list of the plant's chemical components.
The user can also type in a specific chemical and receive a list of
plants containing that chemical.
Phytonet
http://www.ex.ac.uk/phytonet/
Phytonet is a British based information resource for those involved
in the development, manufacture, regulation and surveillance of phytomedicines
and herbal drugs. PhytoNet is set up and maintained by the Center for
Complementary Health Studies, University of Exeter.
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Associations
National Nutritional
Foods Association (NNFA)
http://www.nnfa.org
The National Nutritional Foods Association maintains an aggressive lobbying
presence in Washington, D.C. where it serves as the watchdog for the
natural products industry on regulatory and legislative matters.
Council for
Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
http://www.crnusa.org
The Council for Responsible Nutrition supports a science-based environment
for the responsible marketing of dietary supplement products and provides
its member companies with legislative guidance, regulatory interpretation,
scientific information on supplement benefits and safety issues, and
communications expertise.
Consumer Healthcare
Products Association (CHPA)
http://ndmaininfo.org
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association is a national trade association
that represents manufacturers of nonprescription over-the-counter (OTC)
medicines and dietary supplements.
American Association
of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAOM)
http://www.aaom.org
The American Association of Oriental Medicine was formed in 1981 in
order to be the unifying force for American acupuncturists. AAOM is
committed to ethical and high educational standards, and to a well-regulated
nationally recognized profession. It provides a list of national and
international practitioners.
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Government/Legal
The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/fdahomepage.html
Federal Register
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm
Legal documents posted by FDA.
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Conservation
United Plant
Savers (UpS)
http://www.plantsavers.org
United Plant Savers (UpS) is a non-profit grassroots membership organization
devoted to protecting and replanting at risk native medicinal plant
species. UpS raises public awareness of the endangerment of native medicinal
plants.
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Medical
Journals
The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com
The New England
Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org
British Medical
Journal
http://www.bmj.com/
Journal of the
American Medical Association
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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The
information on this herb comes from the book, "101 Medicinal
Herbs" (Interweave Press), written by world renown
herb expert 