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Chemistry/Biology 491 "Pharmacognosy and How Drugs
Work"
Herbal-Type Resources: Note;
Be
careful! Not all of the information in
these sites is scientifically based. Very good for some background work,
folk and herbal lore, history and reputed uses. I will try to point out
the most objective resources.
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Herbs for Health-
a generally authoritative review of the evidence of many popular
herbs.
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Monographs from
the American Botanical Council on
Echinacea,
Garlic,Gingko,St.John's
Wort and Hawthorn.
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New Ideas in Herbal
Therapy. A crash course in phytomedicinesfor health professionals .
A good starting point. It's a commercial site for Bayer, who sell herbal
suppliments, is nonetheless a good source of infor on herbal medicines.
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Southwest
School of Botanical Medicine Homepage. Stunning
photos of herbs are available here! Good links and some great historical
documents are available here.
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Medicinal Herb FAQ.
Generally good and interesting information from the herbalist perspective.Generally
good and authoritative info. Part of Henriette's
Herbal web site, another good source of historical information.
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Ethnobotanical Leaflets-
a good historical anthropological source of info
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The US Pharmacopea: A must
reference guide to see whether a given botanical substance is currently
recognized as effective in well-designed human trials. A great search engine.
See for example the positive report on Saw Palmetteo and the negative report
on Valerian. Generally reliable reviews of clinical data in easily digestible
mongraphs. I would try here first!
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