AMERICAN HERB ASSOCIATON
RECOMMENDED HERBAL LINK
Compiled by Kathi Keville, AHA Director
HERB ASSOCIATIONS
American Botanical Council
www.herbalgram.org
Nonprofit that educated public on medicinal herb use. Publishes HerbalGram quarterly journal and HerbClip, a bi-weekly summary of media and scientific articles. Site has the very extensive herb, botany, conservation links.AMERICAN HERB ASSOCIATION
www.ahaherb.com
You’re already on this site! Kathi Keville’s website with herb and current aromatherapy information, studies, and links. How to become a member and receive the AHA Quarterly Newsletter. Herb and aromatherapy products from Oak Valley Herb Farm and Kathi’s books.American Herbal Pharmacopedia
www.herbal-ahp.org
AHP series of scientific, herbal monograph described.American Herbal Products Association
www.ahpa.org
Herbal products industry national trade association promotes responsible commerce, interfaces with FDA, and addresses legal and marketing controversies.American Herbalists Guild
www.americanherbalistsguild.com
Professional herbalist organization to promote responsible herbalism. They offer a professional journal and annual conference.Herb Research Foundation
www.herbs.org
Nonprofit research and educational organization that educates the press, public, scientists, doctors, legislators, and herb industry about medicinal herbs. Research reviews, news stories, etc.Herb Society of America
www.herbsociety.org
Dedicated to promoting knowledge, use, and delight of herbs through educational programs and meetings, although little interest in medicinal herbs. Site has herb of the month, children's links, and plant collections.National Herbalists Association of Australia
www.nhaa.org.au
Organizational information and starting native Australian herb monographs. Links include botanical gardens.National Institute of Medical Herbalists
www.nimh.org.uk
Describes organization, NIMH herb research, and lists herbalists and training centers worldwide.New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists
www.nzamh.org.nz
Gives information on organization and lists NZ practitioners and gives basic introduction to herbalism.Ontario Herbalists Association
www.herbalists.on.ca/
Promotes public awareness about medical herbalism and helps establish education standards for professional herbalists. Canadian political updates, North American educators, and herb links provided.
HERB SITES
Ask Dr. Weil
www.pathfinder.com/drweil
Andrew Weil, MD answers consumer and professional questions and provides health and wellness information that often includes herbs.Botanical.com
www.botanical.com
Hyper-text version of well-known A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve (1931) with medicinal uses, economic properties, cultivation, and folk-lore of 800 herbs. Also articles on herbs preparations and therapies, and on-line survey of St. John's wort users.Henriette's Herbal Homepage
www.henriettesherbal.com
"Frequently Asked Questions" about medicinal and culinary herbs prepared for alt.folklore.herbs newsgroup developed into this Q&A Homepage gives Latin and foreign names. Reprinted classic herbal texts (King's, Ellingwood, Felter, BPC, Cook).HerbMed
www.herbmed.org
Free, interactive herbal database from Alternative Medicine Foundation in Maryland is linked to scientific data on individual herbs. An enhanced, licensed version available.Herbal Hall
www.herb.com/herbal.htm
Interactive website with chatroom for professional herbalists.Herbal Materia Medica
www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy/herbal/herbic/herbs/index.html
Herbal Materia Medica from Bastyr Naturapathic School located on HealthWorld Online [www.healthy.net].Herbal Resources
www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/herbs/index.htm
West Virginia Herb Association gives herbal resources and links through WV University’s site.Howie Brounstein's Home Page
www.teleport.com/~howieb/howie.html
Extensive collection of sites and resources.Lloyd Library
www.lloydlibrary.org
A 200,000 volume collection of herbal, botany, pharmacy, horticulture, and rare books in Cincinnati, Ohio was founded by the Lloyd brothers, eclectic physicians.Paul Bergner’s Medical Herbalism
www.medherb.com
From Medical Herbalism quarterly herbal medicine journal, includes reviews on current herbal controversies. Links to medical information and other relevant resources. Journal available on-line.Medicinal Herbs Online
www.egregore.com/
Facts on a few hundred herbs.Medicinal Plants for Livestock
www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/medicinal/index.html
Brief information on treating large animals with herbs.Michael Moore’s Herbal Reference Library
www.all-natural.com/herbindx.html
Herbalist Michael Moore provides herbal information, many resources, and photos. Also information about his Southwest School of Botanical Medicine.Michael Tierra's Planetary Herbology
www.planetherbs.com
Includes information on Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs and Tierra’s East West Herb courses.Christopher Hobbs’ virtual Herbal
www.christopherhobbs.com
On-line newsletter contains new herb information and studies and details on his classes, correspondence course, and books.World Herb
www.worldherb.net
Resource for herb companies, current news items, links, & chatroom, etc.
ENVIRONMENTAL HERBAL SITES
National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal
www.ncpmh.org
Helps protect and expand medicinal herb populations, especially those deemed "at risk" by United Plant Savers. Educates public about these herbs, researches growing methods, and encourages organic farming, biodiversity issues, and conservation practices.United Plant Savers
unitedplantsavers.org
Group of professional herbalists seeking to protect native, North American medicinal plants and their native habitats, while ensuring an renewable supply through cultivation.
ETHNOBOTANY SITES
Plants of the Machiguenga
www.montana.com/manu/
Neurologist Ethan Russo in Peru's rainforest with medicinal herb information, photos, and virtual rainforest tour.Rx List
www.rxlist.com/alternative.htm
Fact sheet monographs on medicinal Western and Chinese herbs.Laboratory of Ethnobotany
www.lsa.umich.edu/umma/research/labs/ethnobotany
Extensive reports on domesticated plants worldwide and specimens from archaeological sites.People and Plants Online
www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants/
An international interface between people and plants, promoting sustainable use of plant resources, conservation, and development. Newsletter highlights recent research and developments.Plant Talk
www.plant-talk.org/
National Tropical Botanical Garden quarterly magazine offers worldwide plant conservation information, book reviews, reports, encouragement, and advice.SOCIETY for ECONOMIC BOTANY
www.econbot.org/home.html
Established 1959, the society encourages scientific research and education on past and present plant uses. Holds meetings and offers publications.Tropical Plant Database
http://rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Monographs on hundreds of tropical plants used in traditional medicine, with clinical research available.
TECHNICAL PLANT SITES
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
www.cimap.res.in/
Information on herb use, cultivation, production, and utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants, acclimatizing exotic species, and use of high-yield seeds for increased production. An herbarium and museum of economic plants is being developed.Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database
www.ars-grin.gov/duke
Database of plant chemicals and their actions, medicinal uses, and ethnobotany from herbal researcher and author Dr. James Duke.IBIDS
ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements database from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health contains international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including herbs.Medicinal and Poisonous Plant Databases
www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/poison/
Medicinal plant information and databases, including chemistry, molecular modeling, and pharmacognosy. Cancer and HIV resource links.PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
National Library of Medicine free access to 11 million abstracts from scientific journals on MEDLINE. Simply type in herb, condition, author, etc.Rosenthal Center
www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/
One of sixteen specialty research centers funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at NIH. Contributes to research and practice of complementary medicine and fosters development of a more comprehensive medical system.United States Department of Agriculture
http://plants.usda.gov
USDA generates categorized data reports on natural resources and conservation issues.
MEDICINAL PLANT JOURNALS
(Primarily indexes with ability to order specific articles.)
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/3/5/\
The use of plant and animals in traditional medicine, published by Elsevier Science.Journal of Natural Products
http://208.209.231.30/journals/jnprdf/
Joint publication from American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy for natural product chemists, biochemists, taxonomists, ecologists, and pharmacologists.Journals for American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
www.naturopathic.org/content.asp?pl=14&contentid=14