Herbs and herbal treatments can be used to enhance health and to treat illness.
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- Botanical.com Provides an electronic, searchable version of "A Modern Herbal," by Maud Grieve. Also includes message boards, articles, book reviews, and links.
- The Herb Society of America Provides history and purpose, membership information, projects, programs, publications, calendar, conferences and scholarships. Includes herb profiles, seed exchange forum, and plant collection information.
- Alternative Nature Herbals Includes articles, herb profiles with horticulture and remedy information, a gallery of photographs, and links to other herbal sites.
- The Herb Index An online guide for herbs and supplements, includes scientific names and contra-indications.
- Herb Net Collection of resources, including herb profiles, a practitioner directory, and a calendar of events.
- Bouquet Garni Herbs Provides information about growing herbs, and using them for health, beauty, and cooking.
- Herbs Herbals Information about individual herbs, and instructions for making various types of herbal preparations.
- Trickstar in the Herb Garden Includes a glossary, monographs, properties and phytochemicals, and an email newsletter.
- Herb Wisdom Includes information about toxicity, recipes, lore, history, remedies, and herbs for pets.
- Juniper and Sage Includes information on preparing and using herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes, and organic growing and wildcrafting.
- Laurie Lacey's Wild World of Plants Information about traditional use of plant and tree medicines. Also offers workshops, a weblog, and links.
- Holisticonline.com: Herbs Herbal knowledgebase covers more than 2000 herbs from around the world. Also provides information about remedies, interactions, preparations, and regulation.
- Culpeper's Herbal Online Full text of Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653 edition). Includes breakdown by individual herb, directions for making remedies and catalog of simples.
- goodHealthinfo.net Seven Boston-area herbalists discuss their approaches to correcting imbalances in the body's energy, using herbs and muscle testing.
- Home Made Medicine Provides information about herbal healing, home remedies, and a complete guide listed by illness.
- Herbal Legacy Offering herb information sponsored by Christopher Publications. Includes sections about recipes, ailments, formulas, programs and literature.
- The Daisy Institute Information and testimonials about using herbal remedies for various life-threatening diseases.
- The Herbal Encyclopedia Alphabetical listing of healing herbs, with information about medicinal and religious uses, and cultivation. Also provides articles about safety, storage, remedies, recipes, and special uses.
- Medicines and Foods from the Wild Information about identifying, preparing, and using wild medicinal and edible plants in the northeastern United States.
- Herbal Contraception Discussion of herbs that have been used through history to prevent conception, with modern observations on how they work.
- Herb Research Foundation Organization dedicated to researching and providing scientific information on the safety and health benefits of botanicals throughout the world from multiple medical traditions. Find information about services and resources, news, and sustainable development.
- Essiac Information Site Information about the herbal tea known as essiac, including history, controversial issues, scams, marketer ethics, product prices, and recipes.
- Philippine Herbal Medicine A reference site featuring various herbs used as traditional medicine in the Philippines, including the 10 plants endorsed by the Philippine Department of Health.
- Botanical Dermatology Database An electronic, searchable version of "Botanical Dermatology," by John Mitchell and Arthur Rook, which includes a botanical index.
- About.com: Healthy Herbs Weekly features and extras, product and book reviews, free newsletter, chat and bulletin board from About.com.
- Pioneer Thinking: Herbal Health Offers an alphabetical database of herbs and ailments, and articles about gardening and making herbal preparations.