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    • Herbology :
    • American Herbal Products Association - Serves its members by promoting the responsible commerce of products which contain herbs and which are used to enhance health and quality of life.
      URL: http://www.ahpa.org
    • China Information Service System on Traditional Chinese Medicine - Over 20 databases on traditional Chinese medical research and clinical citations, herbal medicines, herbal formula, TCM products, TCM industry, etc. Also provide all kind of TCM information from China. This index page is in English.
      URL: http://www.cintcm.ac.cn/edata/index-e.htm
    • ConsumerLab.com - Provides consumers and healthcare professionals with results of independent tests of products that affect health and well-being.
      URL: http://www.consumerlab.com/
    • Crane Herb Company - This site features a number of professional resources, including a great database of symptoms and formulas.
      URL: http://www.craneherb.com/
    • Dangerous Herbs - The deadly dozen dubiously-salubrious denizens of the DA (Drug Administration). Basically this is a nice article that compares causes of death by herbs to other causes.
      URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/module15.htm
    • Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
      URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
    • Herb Research Foundation - provides a search service from their specialty research library containing more than 300,000 scientific articles on thousands of herbs.
      URL: http://herbs.org
    • HerbMed - Categorized, evidence-based resource for herbal information with hyperlinks to clinical and scientific publications. Not all herbs are listed, mostly those that have been noticed by the West.
      URL: http://herbmed.org
    • Images of Herbs - Excellent database features pictures of herbs, properties, and functions. All its missing is the Pinyin names for the herbs.
      URL: http://www.e2121.com/fherb.html
    • Institute of Traditional Medicine - Subhuti Dharmananda is one of the most prolific writers in the Oriental medicine biz today. His articles are well researched and a valuble gift to us all, from this refreshingly non-commerical website.
      URL: http://www.itmonline.org/
    • Medicine at your Feet - Somewhere in Hawaii, David Leonard, L.Ac., is putting people back in touch with the wonders of creation.
      URL: http://www.medicineatyourfeet.com
    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's "About Herbs" - Western and Chinese herbs documented mostly by biomedical indications, functions and mechanisms.
      URL: http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11571.cfm?herbsaccept=yes
    • One-Garden - Certified Organic and Biodynamic Chinese Medicinal Seeds. Grown in the USA at this non-profit source.
      URL: http://www.one-garden.org/Chinese/index.htm
    • Phytotherapies.org - Includes numerous herb monographs. Pretty good resource, but be ready to put on your cowboy hat, because the herbs are described mostly by their western indications and functions.
      URL: http://www.phytotherapies.org
    • Plant It Herbs - is a Chinese medicinal plant nursery specializing in the cultivation of wild medicinals in Athens, Ohio since 1996.
      URL: http://plantitherbs.com
    • Psychospiritual Aspects of Herbal Medicine - By Michael Tierra. Single article looks at herbs, emotions, the spirit and stuph.
      URL: http://www.gemstate.net/susan/indexPSM.htm
    • Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine - The RCHM was set up in 1987 to regulate the practice of Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) in the UK. We now represent over 400 fully qualified practitioners of Chinese Herbal Medicine.
      URL: http://www.rchm.co.uk
    • Rootdown.us - Search, Contribute, Learn, Connect. The Free Online Community for Traditional Chinese Medicine.
      URL: http://www.rootdown.us
    • Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products.
      URL: http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
    • TCM Online - Over 20 databases on traditional Chinese medical research and clinical citations, herbal medicines, herbal formula, TCM products, TCM industry, etc. Also provide all kind of TCM information, including acupuncture, diseases, TCM books, Site in Chinese.
      URL: http://www.cintcm.com
    • The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplemen - database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements. The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health produces this database.
      URL: http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=48
    • Traditional Chinese Medicine Database - Some areas of this extensive database that spans Western and traditional Chinese medicine cost money others are free with registration.
      URL: http://www.tradimed.com
    • U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Recalls and Safety Alerts. This page features alerts and recalls from the past 60 days. Very interesting stuff, actually.
      URL: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
    • Wei Laboratories, Inc. - Very credible site features herbal products for pain, bone, lung, and fatigue issues.
      URL: http://www.weilab.com