Medicinal Plants

Class entries

WEB LINKS

http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/ This is a site devoted to a course by James Duke, an ethnobotonist from Maryland. This site contains a lot of good information on the use of medicinal herbs from a scientific viewpoint.

2. http://nccam.nih.gov/. A search site for government research on alternate medicine.

3. http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/poison. Another site with loads of links as well as some good discussions on the effectiveness of selected herbs on specific medical problems.

4. http://www.herbmed.org/ A gateway site to the scientific literature on Herbal use.

5. http://www.quackwatch.org/

This is a huge site which has numerous links to discussions of all aspects of the use of herbs in America. Of particular interest are the links to the legislative aspects dealing with the use and oversight of herbs as dietary supplements and medical remedies.