American Botanical Council (ABC)
The American Botanical Council, incorporated in 1988, is the leading nonprofit educational and research organization disseminating science-based information that promotes the safe and effective use of medicinal plants and phytomedicines. This site provides an Herb Reference Guide for commonly used herbs, educational resources for professionals, subscription information and sample articles from the HerbalGram publication, and an extensive catalog featuring over 300 books, monographs and software in the fields of botany, ethnobotany, research, food/nutrition and herbal education literature.
American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)
Founded in 1983, the AHPA is the national trade association and voice of the herbal products industry. Herbal FAQs, Resource Links and Press Room are useful. News and other information are accessible only to members.
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
These databases contain information on the activity of chemicals in plants, and ethnobotanical uses for plants. Databases are searchable by plant(scientific or common name), chemical (e.g., ascorbic acid), or activity (e.g., antiviral).
EthnoMedicinals for Research and Development
This is a project of Catalyst Consultants, a firm specializing in natural products research and development, and Web database design. The director, Anthony Torkelson, is the author of the CRC Press four-volume set, "The Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants," a unique reference, which allows matching of scientific, and common names through a comprehensive cross-index. Information on natural products used in human and animal health, an extensive taxonomy database, links to other taxonomy and botany web sites, links to nutrition sites including legislative information, and a directory of pharmacognosy sites including safety of herbal products, veterinary resources and medicinal biologics databases.
Henriette's Herbal Homepage
“Herbal medicine and culinary herbs: one of the oldest and largest herbal information sites on the net.” Includes electronic versions of historical texts.
Herb Research Foundation (HRF)
The Herb Research Foundation, a nonprofit research and educational organization focusing on herbs and medicinal plants, provides a comprehensive survey of herbal news worldwide, and monitors legislative developments in the U.S. The News & Views category has extensive free (referenced) articles on current and controversial topics. HRF offers custom fee-based reference services.
HerbMed
"An interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an impartial, evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public, provided by the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc."
Longwood Herbal Task Force ( LHTF)
The LHTF was organized in the fall of 1998 by Boston Children’s Hospital, the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute to learn more about and teach clinicians about herbs and dietary supplements. The LHTF has no affiliation with herb, drug or supplement manufacturers, and does not accept grants or donations from the pharmaceutical industry. In-depth monographs have extensive references to scientific studies; thorough patient education sheets on various botanical substances are available.
Native American Ethnobotany
"A database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived from plants." Sponsored by the University of Michigan--Dearborn.
Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute (RMHI)
The RMHI is a private educational and research organization offering professional training in Chinese herbal sciences since 1987. The institute offers courses to professionals and the general public, publishes textbooks on Chinese herbology, provides healthcare to the public and conducts research projects. This site offers informative articles on Chinese herbology, clinical reports and healthcare politics, plus free access to the TCM HerbLibrary, a database of over 220 herbs of the Chinese material medica. Extensive links to databases and directories of herbal and health resources, practitioner referrals, TCM links, discussion groups and book distributors.
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
Created by Michael Moore, a prolific author. This site contains interesting texts, and a long list of botanical woodcuts, images, and illustrations.
The listings on this site are not comprehensive nor does inclusion imply endorsement by Bastyr University. These resources are intended to be a starting point for further research. Bastyr is not responsible for choices made by individuals. Please consult with your practitioner about the diagnosis and treatment of specific medical conditions.
