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Medicinal herbFAQ - part 7 of 7

For the full table of contents go to mediherb.html.

Email me any comments: HeK@hetta.pp.fi - Minor updates 29Dec97

Contents, this part only:

  • 4 Good Printed Sources
    • 4.1 Good Books on herbal medicine
    • 4.2 Good Books for further studies
    • 4.3 Good Periodicals
  • 5 Other sources
    • 5.1 Napralert - on-line commercial database
    • 5.2 Medline - on-line commercial database
    • 5.3 Demo or shareware herb programs
    • 5.4 Commercial herbprograms
  • 6 Teachings etc.
    • 6.1 Apprenticeships offered lately
    • 6.2 Pointers to schools
      • 6.2.1 ND degrees and accreditation
    • 6.3 Correspondence courses in the UK
  • 7 Check these sites
    • 7.1 FTP sites with info on medicinal herbs: Sunsite Herb archives
    • 7.2 Interesting WWW pages
    • 7.3 Herbal online discussions on the WWW
  • 8 Mailing lists
    • 8.1 The Medicinal Herblist
    • 8.2 The Aromatherapy List
    • 8.3 The Holistic Lists
    • 8.4 The Kombucha List
    • 8.5 The Paracelsus List
    • 8.6 The Chinese Herblist
    • 8.7 The Homeopathy List
    • 8.8 The Phytopharmacognosy List
    • 8.9 The Culinary Herblist
    • 8.10 The Napronet
    • 8.11 The Altmed-res List
    • 8.12 The HerbMed -List
    • 8.13 The HerbInfo -List
    • 8.14 The Wellpet -List
  • 9 Related newsgroups

4 Good Printed Sources

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Additions, opinions and missing details are welcome: drop me a note.

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4.1 Good Books on Herbs and Herbal Medicine

Please also check Jonno's Herbal Bookworm page: http://www.teleport.com/~jonno/ and the Herbal Hall book page: http://www.herb.com/pub.htm.
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I've now updated the list. There are so many good herbals ... any I've left out, except for those mentioned on Jonno's list of stinkers?

First:

Michael Moore's books on herbal medicine are the best I've seen to date, and they're fun to read, too. Go get his on-line books from his homepage (or by ftp from sunSITE), too; see 6.1 and 7.1 for details.
And, if you ever decide to do a book on medicinal uses of your local flora, go see how it is done in his book 'Los Remedios - Traditional Herbal Remedies of the Southwest'. It's the only work in this genre (that I've seen) that lists all traditional uses, -and- includes a paragraph labelled 'usefulness' for these traditional uses.

Next:
(these are in alphabetical order, by author):

  • Paul Bergner: The Healing Power of ... series.
    1996 - 1997, Prima Publishing, P.O.Box 1260BK, Rocklin, CA 95677.
    Excellent in-depth guides. Included so far are Garlic, Ginseng & the tonic herbs, Echinacea & Goldenseal, and Minerals.
    ISBN (in order): 0-7615-0098-7, 0-7615-0472-9, 0-7615-0809-0, and 0-7615-1021-4.
    Added 29Dec97: More info on these books can be found at http://www.medherb.com/PBBOOKS.HTM
  • Lesley Bremness: The Complete Book of Herbs - a practical guide to growing and using herbs.
    1988, Viking Studio Books, Penguin Books Ltd., 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England.
    ISBN 0-670-81894-1.
    Basic book for the beginner; nice pictures. Also cultivation.
  • James A. Duke: CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs.
    1985, CRC Press, Boca-Raton, FL.
    I don't have it, but have heard good things about it. Expensive, like all CRC books.
  • Maude Grieve: A Modern Herbal, in two volumes. (You need them both.)
    1931, reprinted in 1971, Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick Street, New York, N.Y. 10014, USA.
    ISBN 0-486-22798-7 (I), 0-486-22799-5 (II), listprice USD 9.95 each.
    A good all-round book as a reference; it has so much information on so many plants that it's not really outdated yet. 866 pages + index...
    It's on the WWW too, scanned and OCR'd in full by Ed Greenwood: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html
  • Steven Foster + James A. Duke: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants,
    Eastern/Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)
    1990, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
    ISBN 0-395-35309-2 (hardcover); listprice USD 24.95.
    ISBN 0-395-46722-5 (paperback); listprice USD 16.95.
  • Steven Foster + Yue Chongxi: Herbal Emissaries - bringing Chinese Herbs to the West.
    1992, Healing Arts Press, One Park Street, Rochester, Vermont 05767.
    ISBN 0-89281-349-0. USD 16.95.
    Very thorough description of Chinese plants (with growing instructions) for us Westerners. Good Stuff. (I LIKE books with more than 2 pages per plant. These guys use about 6 pages per...)
  • Rosemary Gladstar: Herbal Healing for Women - simple home remedies for women of all ages.
    1993, Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster, New York
    ISBN 0-671-76767-4 (softcover); list price USD 12.00
    A good book on herbs and women's health.
  • James Green: The Male Herbal: health care for men and boys
    1991, Crossing Press, Freedom, CA.
    ISBN 0-895-94459-6 (hard cover).
    The only book about herbs for men that I've seen so far.
  • James Green: The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook
    1990, Simplers Botanical Co., Box 39, Forestville, CA 95436
    listprice (paperback) USD 5.00.
    This I don't have, but one reputable source said it's a good one.
  • Christopher Hedley and Non Shaw: Herbal Remedies. A beginner's guide to making effective remedies in the kitchen.
    1996, Parragon Book Service Ltd., Unit 13-17, Avongridge Trading Estate, Atlantic Road, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 9QD, England.
    ISBN 0-7525-0093-7. GBP 7 or so.
    This one will go down thru the ages - it has roots. All recipes are tried and work, it's down to earth and well-written, and you'll get to know (and probably expand) your spice rack in ways you didn't expect when you bought your spices ;).
  • Christopher Hobbs: booklets on various topics (Valerian, Echinacea, Milk Thistle, Usnea, Medicinal Mushrooms, Natural Liver Therapy, Vitex, Immune Therapy).
    Botanica Press, Box 742, Capitola, CA 95010. (Most are USD 5-10).
    Accurate and balanced articles. Good buy!
    This search engine will yield articles by Hobbs, among others: http://www.healthy.net/Architext/AT-Completequery.html
  • David Hoffmann: The New Holistic Herbal
    1990 (3rd edition), Element Books Ltd, Longmead, Shaftesbury,
    Dorset, England.
    ISBN 1-85230-193-7 (softcover)
    From healingpgs@aol.com (HealingPgs):
    New edition with more color pictures being released under the title "Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal"; ISBN 1-85230-758-7; Release date: May '96
  • David Hoffmann: An Elders' Herbal - natural techniques for promoting health and vitality
    1993, Healing Arts Press, Vermont.
    ISBN 0-89281-396-2 (softcover); list price USD 14.95.
    From healingpgs@aol.com (HealingPgs):
    Emphasis on the treatment of the elderly by herbal medicine. Unique.
  • David Hoffmann: The Herbal Handbook: A user's guide to medical herbalism.
    1988, Healing Arts Press. USD 10.95.
    Quite thorough for a beginner's herbal.
    This search engine will yield articles by Hoffmann, among others: http://www.healthy.net/Architext/AT-Completequery.html
    He's also made a CD-ROM, see below.
  • Marie-Louise Kreuter: Natural Herb Gardening
    Macmillan Publishing Company, 866 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
    This is a translation from German. (I know because she has other books in German.)
  • Claire Loewenfeld: Herb Gardening
    Faber and Faber Limited, 3 Queen Square, London, WCIN 3AU
  • John Lust: The Herb Book.
    1974, Bantam Books, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
    ISBN 0-553-26770-1. Listprice USD 6.99.
    LOTS of tables you can look up things in.
  • Simon Y. Mills: Out of the Earth: The Essential Book of Herbalism.
    1992, Viking Press.
    From healingpgs@aol.com (HealingPgs):
    The Penguin softcover was released under the title "The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine". This is still in print, $15.00.
    ISBN 014-019309X.
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    East-Asian traditional healing (ETH) (also called TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine):

  • Dan Bensky, Andrew Amble, Ted Kaptchuk: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 2nd. edition.
    Eastland Press, Inc., Seattle, Washington, 1993.
    The standard ETH Materia Medica.
  • Dan Bensky, Andall Barolet: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas & Strategies, 1st. edition.
    Eastland Press, Inc., Seattle, Washington, 1990.
    The companion Formulary.
  • >starting a course of acupuncture and Chinese herbology -- does anyone know any good books on this subject?

    From healingpgs@aol.com (HealingPgs):
    Read Ted Kaptchuk's The Web That Has No Weaver. Most of the Seattle acupuncture schools use this as a first year text and it's a lovely, intelligent explanation of the basics of TCM. The herb book that is most popular with our local acupuncturists is Dagmar Ehling's Chinese Herbalist Handbook. It's laid out in a very user-friendly fashion. The big herbal reference works for most Western trained acupuncturists are the Eastland Press books by Dan Bensky -- they are probably available through your school bookstore.

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    4.2 Good Books for further studies

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    So now you feel you've read enough books, but you're still glassy-eyed from reading the 'constituents' -part of the books (or the various ailment descriptions) - time to go shopping for some (literally) (pun intended) heavier stuff:

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  • Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd: King's American Dispensatory, in two volumes.
    1898, 18th edition, 3rd revision. Reprinted 1993, Eclectic Institute, 14385 SE Lusted Rd., Sandy, OR 97055. 1-800-332-4372.
    No ISBN number. Listprice USD 225.
    This one lists everything they knew about plants (and chemicals used in medicine) back then, and does it exhaustively. It is REALLY good.
  • Norman Grainger Bisset (Ed.): Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals, A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis.
    Translation of Max Wichtl (Ed.): Teedrogen, below.
    1994, CRC Press.
    This book has 181 monographs on European herbs with descriptions and photographs of the herbs, with lists of constituents, indications, side-effects, delivery system, method for authenticating the herb (usually a TLC), and the quantitative standards of the European pharmacaopeias where it is listed as official. Although it does not explain mode of action, this is a technical, and scientific book of excellent quality and a must for serious herbal students. It is also expensive as are all CRC books. (kathjokl@aol.com)
  • Max Wichtl (Hrsg.): Teedrogen, Ein Handbuch fuer die Praxis auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage. 2., erweiterte, ueberarbeitete Aufl.
    1989, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Birkenwaldstr. 44, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, Germany.
    ISBN 3-8047-1009-3, listprice DEM 178.
    It's expensive in the original, too, but still a good reference - for pharmacognosists. Herbalists? Naaa...
  • Trease + Evans: Pharmacognosy, 13th edition.
    1989, Bailliere Tindall, London.
    There is a great deal of chemistry involved in this book but again it is an excellent reference if this is the type of information you want. (kathjokl@aol.com)
  • Andrew Pengelly: The constituents of medicinal plants - an introduction to the chemistry & therapeutics of herbal medicine.
    1996, Sunflower herbals, "Athlone", Dorset Rd., Muswellbrook NSW 2333, Australia.
    ISBN 0-646-28498-3. Listprice AUD 25.00.
    As far as I know this is the first book on pharmacognosy by a practicing herbalist since the eclectics went away . It covers the main points of plant chemistry, and does it nicely.
  • Then you need:

  • A basic chemistry textbook.
  • A good biochemistry textbook. I have Stryer, 3.ed., so now even I understand something about enzymes.
  • A good anatomy/physiology textbook (good to put you to sleep, too).
  • The Anatomy Coloring Book
  • The Physiology Coloring Book
  • The latest Merck Manual, which lists main illnesses plaguing mankind - not for us hypochondriacs. You might need a Medicinese - English dictionary to understand it. The Merck Manual (16th edition) is now on the net:  http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/html/sectoc.htm
  • The latest Merck Index, which lists medicines by their constituents; meaning you can check which extracted part of which plant is used in which over-the-counter medicine for what illness.
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    4.3 Good Periodicals

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  • The European Journal of Herbal Medicine.
    National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH), 56 Longbrook Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6AH, UK, Europe.
    Phone + 01392 426022, fax + 01392 498963.
    Good Stuff on Herbal Medicine.
    3 issues per year, GBP 17.50/year (UK), 20.00/year (EC), 25.50/year (overseas). They don't take Visa, but check or money-order is OK.
  • The Modern Phytotherapist.
    MediHerb Pty Ltd., PO Box 713, Warwick, Qld. 4370, Australia.
    Excellent articles for the clinical herbalist. The webpage is at http://www.mediherb.com/.
    Two to three issues /year, ISSN 1322-2775, $40/yr or free of charge to customers of MediHerb.
    MediHerb has two other excellent publications for practitioners: the MediHerb Monitor (quarterly) and the MediHerb Professional Newsletter.
  • Medical Herbalism
    Bergner Communications, P.O.Box 20512, Boulder, CO 80308 Phone (303)-541-9552.
    Excellent articles for the clinical herbalist. The webpage is at: http://www.medherb.com - changed URL 29Dec97.
    Quarterly, USD 36/yr (Canada USD 39/yr, Foreign USD 45/yr). No credit cards.
  • The Protocol Journal of Botanical Medicine
    Herbal Research Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 721, Ayer, MA 01432. Phone:(800) 466 5422. fax:(800) 717-1722.
    USD 96/yr professional, USD 120/yr international. On the web at http://www.herbalresearch.com/
    This really -is- worth the money; in-depth studies on different herbal approaches to more or less common western diagnoses and how these might be viewed in other healing systems. Also some herb monographs.
    A word of warning from Robyn Klein at http://www.wtp.net/~rrr (changed URL 29Dec97): "Though this journal (a hefty 250 pages each issue) is extremely valuable and I use it A LOT, it is incredibly reductionistic. That is, it IS meant for advanced students and clinicians WHO HAVE HAD APPROPRIATE TRAINING IN HERBALISM. I suspect that many people who read this journal DO NOT have appropriate herbalist training and are probably taking a lot of information out of context."
  • Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
    National Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA), Office Manager, P.O. Box 61, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia. Email: nhaa@real.com.au.
    Quarterly. Full members (practitioners) $140/annual plus a $30 joining fee; Student members $45/annual plus a $10 joining fee; Companion members (companies & individuals with some aspect of medical herbalism) $60/annual plus $20 joining fee.
  • The Herbalist
    American Herbalist Guild, Box 746555 Arvada, CO 80006, USA.
    email ahg@earthlink.net, URL http://www.healthy.net/herbalists
    phone (303) 423-800 - Fax: (303) 423-8828.
    Professional USD 85 /year; Associate USD 50 /year; Student USD 35/year; Benefactor USD 500+. Please add USD 15 for foreign subscriptions.
  • The Herb Companion.
    Interweave Press, 201 E. 4th St., Dept. I-WC, Loveland, CO 80537.
    (800) 645-3675, FAX (970) 667-8317. http://www.healthy.net/othersites/hfh/hc.htm
    Bimonthly, ISSN 1040-581X, USD 24/year (foreign USD 31/year).
    Mainly culinary used and gardening of herbs, but lately the there's been a supplement on Herbs for Health (planned to continue), courtesy of the American Botanical Council and the Herb Research Foundation.
  • Herbs for Health.
    For a monthly dosis of information from Interweave Press subscribe to this one - it's 6 issues per year, alternating months with the Herb Companion.
    Same address as above, phone (888) 844-3727, website: http://www.healthy.net/othersites/hfh/hfh.htm
    Bimonthly, USD 24/year (foreign USD 31/year).
  • HerbalGram (Journal of the American Botanical Council and the Herb Research Foundation)
    American Botanical Council, P.O. Box 201660, Austin, TX 78720, (512) 331-8868, FAX (512) 331-1924. http://www.herbalgram.org, custserv@herbalgram.org
    Quarterly, ISSN 0899-5648, USD 25/yr. (Foreign USD 35/yr).
    Technical and scientific, ethnobotany, latest medical research.
    One BIG but: they push Varro Tyler something fierce. Just ignore that and you'll find it's a nice journal. (And no, don't buy any books by Varro Tyler. Go get the good stuff listed in good books above instead.)
  • The American Herb Association Quarterly Newsletter
    P.O. Box 1673, Nevada City, CA 95959 USA.
    Subscriptions: USD 35/supporting, USD 20/regular membership per year.
  • The Eclectic Medical Journals
    P.O. Box 936, Sandy, OR 97055 USA.
    Subscriptions: USD 84/yr for 6 issues.
    Comment stolen from an article by Jonathan Treasure: '... the articles in The Eclectic Medical Journals, while giving a useful insight into the grass-roots of the Eclectic movement, hardly justify their annual cost of USD 84 subscription to the average practitioner.'
  • North East Herb Association Newsletter.
    P.O. Box 146, Marshfield, VT 05658-0146 USA.
    Subscriptions: USD 30-USD 100/yr depending on what you can afford.
  • United Plant Savers (dedicated to replanting endangered and threatened medicinal plants),
    P.O. Box 420, East Barre, VT 05649 USA.
    USD 35 - USD 100 sliding scale.
  • The Herb Quarterly
    Long Mountain Press, 223 San Anselmo Ave, Suite 7, San Anselmo,
    CA 94960. (415) 455-9560, FAX (415) 455-9541.
    Quarterly, ISSN 0163-9900, USD 24/yr. (Foreign USD 29/year).
  • Planta Medica
    Should be in any pharmacy/pharmacognosy university library.
  • Journal of Ethnopharmacology
    Should be in any pharmacy/pharmacognosy university library.
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    Also check sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-references/literature/herb-journals.
    The Herbal Hall also has a list of periodicals at the bottom of their publications page: http://www.herb.com/pub.htm.

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    5 Other sources

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    5.1 Napralert - online commercial database

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    There's an introduction to NAPRALERT on this www page: http://info.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/napralertss.html

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    I asked Mary Lou Quinn about Napralert, and was surprised when she signed, Managing Director, NAPRALERT... She states the difference between Medline and Napralert as follows:

    NAPRALERT is and always has been restricted to world literature regarding natural products. Medline is not restricted. Just as one example, if you query NAPRALERT on the key word AMYGDALIN, you will get only that literature pertaining to the compound AMYGDALIN (otherwise known as LAETRILE).

    If you query Medline, not only will you get the above, but you will also get lots of articles dealing with the Amygdala of the brain, anatomy, physiology, etc. It has never been NAPRALERT'S goal to be all inclusive regarding medical science. However, if you want the most comprehensive database on Medicinal plants and Natural products, then NAPRALERT is the way to go.

    She also snailed me an information package. Quoting from that:

    Napralert (NAtural PRoducts ALERT) is a relational database of world literature on the chemical constituents and pharmacology of plant, microbial and animal (primarily marine) extracts.

    It's housed and maintained by the Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, within the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, in the College of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street (M/C 877), Chicago, IL 60612, U.S.A.
    Phone (312)-996-2246, Fax (312)-996-7107.

    And here is what it'll cost you:

    You can access Napralert by paying bulk rate (subscribing) or by paying per question. Annual subscription fee for individual user with no ties to government agencies, small or large businesses, research institutes or libraries: USD 100, of which half gets you manuals, a user ID/password, and limited disk storage space, and the other half gets you answers (at USD 0.75 per reference obtained).

    Per question rate: USD 25 + USD 0.75 per reference obtained.
    Off-line (snailmail rate): USD 25 + USD 0.75 per reference obtained.

    NAPRALERT is also available on-line through STN in the US, Europe and Asia.

    For more info and user ID application email quinn@pcog.pmmp.uic.edu (Mary Lou Quinn).

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    5.2 Medline - online commercial database

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    You can get free Medline access from HealthGate: http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/home.html
    Compare it with this free Medline access site: http://www.healthy.net/library/search/medline.htm

    One has the niftier search engine, while the other will tell you right away if it was 'in vitro' or 'in vivo'. (Why is that important? Section 3.1.8 in part 5 of this FAQ has a nice introduction to the ins and outs of herbal research (thanks Jonno).)

    There is, of course, a caveat with depending on a (a bit skewed) database like Medline: you won't get much outside of the 'white' world; you won't get much outside of English language, you won't get much of the multitude of (occasionally very useful) far-out research. And it helps to add a keyword named 'herbs' or 'plants' when you do your search - latin names in Medline? Naaa.... it's not MADE for herbalists, it's made for MD:s. Live with it, but learn where to get information for hands-on information, as well. Like the journals I mention in the 'Good Periodicals' -part of this FAQ.

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    Comment by Mark D. Gold (mgold@holisticmed.com):

    "I find it (Medline) a very useful tool. But it is important to realize that there are several articles which warn about the "dangers" of herbs (particularly in JAMA) which are little more than inaccurate hatchet jobs."

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    This entry is based on the Medline FAQ by Gregory W. Froehlich, M.D., edited by camilla@primenet.com, corrected by DSaari@ntis.fedworld.gov:

    > I've been hearing a lot about "med-line". What exactly is it, what is it used for, and can you access it via internet?

    I'll quote from the National Library of Medicine:

    "Thousands of new books and articles in biomedicine are published every month. How can a health professional or investigator easily locate literature relevant to a particular area of patient care or research?

    Since the early 1970's, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has made searching the biomedical literature faster and easier by providing online information retrieval on the MEDLARS, (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) family of databases. MEDLINE - NLM's premier database - has over 7 million citations to biomedical articles and is searched more than eighteen thousand times a day.

    The cheapest way to access Medline is to attend a school or university with a medical library. Many schools give free medline access to students. Some university medical libraries will provide free Medline access to the public: this varies with the school and the state in which it's located. It's worth checking out. A few municipal public libraries also offer free access.

    It's also possible to get a direct account and search Medline from your home. However, there is no free way to do this.

    In order to make searching even easier and provide a user-friendly way to use the MEDLARS system, NLM, in 1986, developed a software package called Grateful Med. The simplicity and efficiency of searching with Grateful Med have made it immensely popular -more than 50,000 copies of the software have been sold since its introduction." (You can also access Medline through commercial services like PaperChase, etc - more costly).

    Step 1: Get a user ID/password. You can call the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at 1-800-638-8480 or write them at NLM, MEDLARS Management Section, Bldg. 38A, Rm 4N421, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894.

    Or, you can be a cyberstud and get the application form 'userid.txt' by anonymous ftp from nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov in the directory /online/ medlars.

    Step 2: Decide whether to use a front end (Grateful Med) or to learn how to communicate directly with MEDLINE (HINT: pick door #1).
    Download it from the same server above (check through the /grateful directory for the files you need) or order it from NTIS (see Step 1, or get the order form 'gmorder.txt' in the directory /online/medlars).
    It's USD 30 or so the latter way.

    Step 3: If you decide against using Grateful Med, you can access MEDLINE through programs like Telnet at medlars.nlm.nih.gov. You'll need an ID/password. You can also access MEDLINE through commercial services such as PaperChase (Telnet to pch.bih.harvard.edu, enter pch, signup when it asks for password)

    $$$: NLM charges for access to its MEDLARS databases (NTIS writes the bill and does the collecting though); I seem to pay about a dollar a search. Hourly charges work out to about USD 20/hour, but some searches, where abstracts are retrieved can be more expensive. Commercial services like PaperChase (available on CompuServe) are also more expensive.

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    5.3 Demo or shareware herb programs

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    Go get these and choose for yourself. They're all on sunsite, too:
    ftp sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/programs/
    and on the mirror in Japan:
    ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/programs/

  • "Healing Powers of Herbs" by Klaus Hoferichter, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/health/:
    795187 08Mar95 hph2.zip
    Graphical DOS interface - mouse essential.
  • Demo of the "Herbal Browser", by Marvel C. Stalcup, found at aol and compuserve:
    demoherb.exe (self-extracting file, size 248436).
    DOS - interface, mouse recommended but not essential.
    Really jiffy jumping function, easy to browse.
  • "Herbage for DOS" v.1.0, by Tim Johnson, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/health/:
    205133 21Feb95 herbage1.zip.
    DOS - interface, no mouse needed.
    Nice 'export text' -function.
  • "Illustrated Medical Herbal Encyclopedia" - demo version, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/foods/:
    226983 03Jan95 medherb1.zip
    DOS - interface, no mouse needed.
  • "Herb Power", v. 3.0, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/foods/: 
    1154836 30Aug95 herb3.zip
    DOS
  • "Herb Power", v. 2.1, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/foods/:
    891931 12Mar95 herbp21.zip
    DOS
  • "Dr.Weed's E-herbal guide", v.3.0, found by ftp at oak.oakland.edu (or mirrors) in /pub/simtelnet/foods/:
    198624 15Apr96 herbal30.zip
    DOS
  • I got email from Clarke Hoover <ClarkeH@NATR.COM> about a program called NaturBase (for Win31), found at http://www.3dtx.com. It's a nice program, if a bit big, so go get it if you have space for it (about 9 MB unzipped and setup, 2.8 MB zipped).

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    5.4 Commercial Herbprograms

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    From Jim Bardon <73052.1606@CompuServe.COM>, 21 May 96, on Paracelsus:
    There are 2 "state-of-the-art" packages to investigate which--I believe--will prove much more depth in the long-run for you as your needs grow:

  • GlobalHerb (Windows or Mac) - $400 from Chris Blackburn at Global Healthfinders. Phone # 1-707-585-3677 (voice) or fax 1-707-585-3678. Snail-mail: Global Health Finders, 4332 Grace Court, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
    Just call him and ask for literature and a free "demo disc".
    The demo disc--though not updated to show all the features of the newest "GlobalHerb" version, will still give you a taste of the real "power" in this program. No CD-ROM program I've seen can touch its WESTERN herb database.
    Note: Although it does contain SOME Chinese patent herbal formulas, they are few-and-far between. It is basically a 99% WESTERN approach to herbology. Very well done--search by symptom, dose, toxicity, etc. Get the demo disc and see for yourself.
  • Green Medicine Database (Windows or Mac) - $500 from Redwing Books.
    Phone: 1-800-873-3946 (Brookline, MA). Internet: redwing@oa.net.
    This is 100% oriented to CHINESE HERBAL FORMULAS -- has very little in terms of Western herbology. But it's by far the easiest to use and most complete Chinese Herbal Formula software I've ever found. Redwing will sell you a demo disk for just $10 (Windows or Mac)--well worth the ten dollars to see what a serious "Chinese Herbal Software" program can do for your practice. It's written by Daniel Weber, a Chinese Herbalist who lives in Australia--of all places. I've found this program to be easier to use than the "Formulary" Chinese herbal program--although you might find it the other way around. So, just for the record, here's how to investigate the "Formulary"...
  • Formulary - just visit Dr. Christopher Jayne's "CHIRON" web home page -- he acts as a "clearing house" selling MANY different software packages for holistic practitioners and serious students. A definite "Must Visit" web site for anyone on the Paracelsus list! Here's the address: http://www.chiron-h.com/chiron.htm
    Or you can contact the "Formulary" producers directly: EAST WEST HEALING ARTS CENTER, Park Boulevard Professional Building, 4174 Park Blvd., 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA 94602, (510) 531-4346. (no demo disc, unfortunately)
  • -----
    From Paul Bergner <bergner@concentric.net> 29Jun96:

  • Christopher Hobbs' Herbal Prescriber. Info: Botanica Press, 10226 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (408) 457 9095
    - Its not CD-ROM, and Windows only. About 36.95 USD.
  • It's the best software yet on medical herbalism. It's thorough, clinically based, and inexpensive. It has therapeutic information from the Eclectic works, and also from German texts that have not been translated into English.

    Comment by HeK - (added 27Oct97): the information certainly is reliable, but unfortunately there is no way that a program of 5 disks (for the PC) can reach the depth of information found on a CD-ROM (which can take up to 680 MB).
    In addition, the interface isn't all that good - there is no 'automatic' closing of the current window, so if you want to look at something else, and neglect to click the various 'ok' buttons, you get a 'beep' and nothing else. Frustrating.

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    CD-ROMs:
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  • The Herbalist, ver.2.0, by David L. Hoffmann, CD-Rom database, listprice USD 54.95 (USD 45 now?), DOS, Windows31, Mac.
    Available from Hopkins Technology, 421 Hazel Lane, Hopkins, MN 55343-7116. Phone 612-931-9376 or 800-397-9211.
    More info found at http://www.hoptechno.com/herbmm.htm.
  • "The Herbalist" was made before crosslinking really took off, but it has a nice index/search engine. If you need fast access to thorough plant / ailment information this program is excellent. As a bonus there's pronounciations of some plant Latin - the British way ... (groan - good thing you can read the names as they speak, and there's a replay button).
    For the next version I'd like plant name pronounciations the Finnish way ;) , more pics, more crosslinks, more physiology and how which plant affects it, and more plants; but then, which reference work ever has all the information you want?

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine & Pharmacology. Hopkins Technology (as above). Listprice USD 54.95.
    More info found at http://www.hoptechno.com/cherbal.htm.
  • Well worth the price, if you do have some basic knowledge about Traditional Chinese Medicine. I can't say how good it is if you really know your Chinese herbs, but for my knowledge of TCM (basic) it's perfect.

    "The Herbal Pharmacy" consists of a Materia medica (300 herbs), pictures (288 or so), and a Formulary (100 formulas). It is extensively crosslinked, well organized, and includes a score of ways to search for information. There's goodies all over the program: for example, if you add your own notes these will become part of the crosslinks, too. The information is quite reliable - Brigitte Mars has been a practitioner for 27 years.
    The publisher has made a demo version with 25 herbs and 20 formulas available on their website (see above).

    There are some missing parts (like no in-depth explanations about ailments, actions, or properties), but what with the online upgrades to registered users (the missing parts will be remedied asap), and the truly amazing way this information is organized, I still think this is the best herbal program on the market.

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    6 Teachings and stuff

    If you know of any good additions please let me know.
    Also check the Herbal Hall. Robbee's got a LOT of schools on: http://www.herb.com/school.htm.
    Or go for the Herbnet listing: http://www.herbnet.com/university.html; but do read below comments first, otherwise you might end up taking a correspondence course at Clayton.

    From EProvence@aol.com (Eugenia Provence):
    Both the American Herb Association (AHA), PO Box 1673, Nevada City, CA 95959 and the American Herbalist Guild (AHG), http://www.healthy.net/herbalists, publish directories of schools and classes in the US.
    You will be sure to find one that appeals to your approach to herbalism, whether that's a folk or a scientific approach.

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    6.1 Apprenticeships, correspondence courses, and such

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    Apprenticeships:

    Howie Brounstein, Columbines and Wizardry Herbs, Inc. (howieb@teleport.com)
    You'll find his offer on his homepage:
    http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/howie.html

    The rest of the stuff on his homepage is readable, too. Go get a laugh at Fad herbs, or read up on smoking herbs, or mugwort. Have fun.

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    Michael Moore, Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, Bisbee, Arizona.
    His offer is found on his homepage: http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE.
    While you're on site have a good look at all the goodies; if you are not a beginner, get the big textfiles - Herbal Materia Medica, Herbal Repertory, Herbal/Medical Dictionary, Herbal-Medical Contraindications, Specific Indications, Herbal Tinctures, Herbal Energetics, and anything else that might have been added. But _do_ download the Herbal Energetics.

    These are summaries of how to prepare and use plants you already know in ways you already know (even though you didn't necessarily know that you can use THAT plant in THIS way before reading the stuff).

    Then go get the plant folders - GOOD stuff. Funny, too, like most of the more wordy stuff (watch me look up some strange medicinese word in his Dictionary and start to grin over those descriptions ... whew.)

    Then get the Classic Texts. And read them, too.
    And then all the pictures and illustrations and whatever else you might find - most of it is Well Worth Downloading.

    I think that ftp is better than webbrowsers for downloading the LOADS of stuff you can get from this site (get * instead of that endless save-ok-yes-save-ok-yes-save-ok-yes ritual), so I asked would he want an FTP mirror. Yes he would. Michael Moore updates the files on his WWW site quite often; I download the new stuff to SunSITE once a week or at least once every second week. Use FTP to go to sunsite.unc.edu (or sunsite.sut.ac.jp) and cd to
    /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/SWSBM/

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    7Song, NorthEast School of Botanical Medicine, found at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~wolfe/NSBM/NSBM97.html

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    6.2 Pointers to schools

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    On the herblist July 1995:

    From Roy Collins, ac956@osfn.rhilinet.gov:

    Although I've heard a lot good things about Dominion Herbal College (in Burnaby, BC) it is basically a correspondence school. Nothing beats hands on field work and direct interaction with a flesh and blood teacher. There are numerous schools that offer *certificates* of graduation from herb schools, but the herbal profession is not a licensed practiced in the U.S. and legal repercussions can occur, as it is defined as a form of medical practice.

    This is not true in England and the European countries, however, and licensing is commonplace. One way of getting around this is to find a good Naturopathic School (which incorporates the use of herbs) and to become a licensed Dr. of Naturopathy (N.D.) and set up practice. I believe many states (including Connecticut) *allow* this alternative medical art to be practiced. The names and addresses for both herbal schools and schools of Naturopathy are regularly published in the advertising sections of health, herb, and vegetarian magazines.

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    Michael Tierra, The East-West Herb Course, is at http://www.planetherbs.com/.
    I have heard nothing but praise for this course.

    David Hoffmann has a correspondence course (self-study) in Therapeutic Herbalism.
    If you would like more information, his address is:
    2068 Ludwig Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 707/544-7210.

    David Winston has a course called Herbal Therapeutics. He is in Changewater, NJ, and his number is 1-908-835-0822.

    Then there's the School of Natural Healing, Dr. John Christopher, UT 1-800-372-8255.
    They have an Herbalist course and a Master Herbalist course, among others.

    Rosemary Gladstar has a correspondence course, and a seven-month apprenticeship program. Write her at Sage PO Box 420 E. Barre, VT 05649.

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    You might want to check out the Australasian College of Herbal Studies: http://www.herbed.com; based in New Zealand, this School has branched out into Oregon. Contact: australasiancollege@herbed.com.

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    A chinese herbal school: the Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute at http://www.ronan.net/~rmhi/
    PO Box 579
    Hot Springs MT 59845 USA
    contact: Roger W. Wicke, Ph.D. rmhi@ronan.net
    406-741-3811

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    From: Rosemary, Healing Pages Bookstore (healingpgs@aol.com)
    Newsgroups: alt.folklore.herbs
    Date: 1 Dec 1996 00:15:18

    There's a new school that just opened in Albuquerque, NM, called the National College of Phytotherapy. According to the article in Herbalgram 38, they are currently seeking accreditation for a three-year bachelor's degree in phytotherapy. Faculty includes David Hoffman, Simon Mills, and Michael Moore (go see Henriette's recommended book list to see the number of great herbal books authored by these guys). Also a number of NDs and a MD listed on staff. Looks good, and I'd love to hear from anyone attending their classes or with more information on the school. School phone number is given as (505) 265-0795, address: 120 Aliso SE, Albuquerque NM 87108.

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    From: Cathy Weigl <rweigl@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
    To: Paracelsus@teleport.com
    Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:52:49 -0600

    There are several herbal schools in Canada, depending on your focus of study. Many of the community colleges now offer courses for the public to take for general interest, as well.

    There are two schools that have developed programs for "clinical herbalists". Dominion Herbal College and Coastal Mountain College of Healing Arts. Both are in Vancouver, B.C. These are 3 year programs at the schools, no correspondence for these programs. Very intense an very educational, but also fairly pricey.

    Dominion Herbal College, 7527 Kingsway Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V3N3C1, Canada, (604) 521-5822

    Coastal Mountain College of Healing Arts, Inc., 1745 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1M2, Canada, (604) 734-4596, Fax (604) 734-4597

    There are also two other very good programs for herbal education:

    Wild Rose College, #302 - 1220 Kensington Road, N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2N 3P5, Canada, (403) 270-0936

    Emerson College of Herbology, 582 Cummer Avenue Willowdale, Ontario M2K 2M4, Canada (If this address isn't correct, contact Global Botanicals @ 1-800-887-6009)

    The Canadian Association of Herbal Practitioners is developing an educational review committee to maintain certain standards for herbal practitioners. Please contact them at (403) 270-0891 if you have any questions regarding educational requirements.

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    6.2.1 ND degrees and accreditation
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    From Eric Yarnell <yarnell@scn.org>:

    There are three naturopathic medical schools in the United States which are accredited or in the process of being accredited.

    The accrediting agency is the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME).
    The CNME can be contacted at: 402-391-6714, POB 11426, Eugene OR, 97440.
    The CNME is accredited by the US Department of Education and is the only recognized licensing agency for naturopathic medical schools in the US.

    Bastyr University was the first accredited school in the US. The school can be contacted at:
    (206)-823-1300
    14500 Juanita Drive NE, Bothell, WA 98011-4995
    The school will be relocated to a new campus in summer 1996 (Ed. note: I don't have the new address yet, but it's still Seattle, WA).
    The school offers a certificate in Chinese herbal medicine, degrees in acupuncture and nutrition, and other offerings besides the ND degree.

    National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) is the oldest continuously operating naturopathic medical school in the US. It can be reached at:
    503-255-4860
    11231 SE Market St, Portland OR 97216
    It offers an ND degree.

    The Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences is the newest naturopathic medical school. It can be reached at:
    602-990-7424
    6535 E Osborn Rd, Ste 703, Scottsdale AZ 85251
    The campus will be moving eventually, perhaps in 1997.
    The school offers an ND degree.

    States which offer licenses to people who have graduated with an ND from one of these three schools, after passing the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Exam (NPLEx):
    Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Montana, Oregon, Washington

    There are additional recognized ND licenses in Utah and Florida. No new licenses are being granted in those states, however.

    The naturopathic medical school in Canada considered legitimate by the above groups is the
    Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine:
    416-251-5261
    60 Berl Ave, Toronto ON M8Y 3C7
    British Columbia and Ontaria currently license NDs who pass licensing exams and who have graduated from any of the four legitimate naturopathic medical schools with an ND.

    Botanical medicine is an important part of naturopathic therapy. NDs are the only health care professionals licensed specifically to treat using medicinal herbs, and who are explicitly trained as physicians in the use of said agents.

    Other resources:

    Federation of Naturopathic Medical Licensing Boards, Inc.
    602-937-4756
    5002 W Glendale Ave, Ste 101, Glendale AZ 85301

    American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
    206-328-8510
    2366 Eastlake Ave E, Ste 322
    Seattle WA 98102

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    From: tim@thorne.thorne.com (Tim Birdsall, ND), on 23Mar96:

    Just as of last week, Utah passed a naturopathic licensure bill, which has been signed into law by the governor, so Utah is now on the list of licensed states.

    Web pages:
    American Association of Naturopathic Physicians: http://infinity.dorsai.org/Naturopathic.Physician/

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    about Clayton's 'ND' correspondence courses - which are 'accredited':

    From: Paul Bergner <bergner@concentric.net>
    Subject: Clayton School

    Someone recently posted that the Clayton School had obtained "accreditation". By what body, may I ask? Is it something recognized by the Department of Education, or is it some form of gratuitous self-accreditation? The test of legitimacy is whether students are eligible for government student loans.

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    From: tim@thorne.thorne.com (Tim Birdsall, ND)

    I have absolutely no quarrel with distance learning. However there is a substantive difference between getting an MBA by home study and getting a health care degree! How can you learn physical diagnosis without someone standing over your shoulder saying "No, the spleen is here." or "Yes, this person's liver feels enlarged." To the best of my knowledge, no other health care profession has any legitimate degrees offered exclusively via home study.

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    6.3 Correspondence courses in the UK

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    from David Powner

    Details of Correspondence courses in the UK.

    As far as I'm aware, there is only the one college that offers proper qualifications via mail.

    The School of Phytotherapy
    Bucksteep Manor
    Bodle Street Green
    Nr. Hailsham BN27 4 RJ
    Phone: (0)1323 833812
    Fax : (0)1323 833869

    This college does several courses:

    Four year full time residential course. This now leads to a B.Sc. Honours Degree in Phytotherapy, and one is legally permitted to practice as a Medical Herbalist upon qualification, and to apply for membership of a professional body such as NIMH (National Institute of Medical Herbalists). Current Fees: GBP 3,900.00 per year

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    Four year correspondence course. Similar to above, with a Diploma in Herbal Medicine. Also permits the practising of Herbal Medicine, and to apply for professional membership.
    Current Fees: 160 sterling per quarter excluding books, seminars, exams etc.

    There is also a requirement to undertake 500 hours of clinical training at about 2.50 sterling per hour - spread over the four years. Also yearly seminars at a cost of 140 each (excluding accommodation)

    Overseas students can arrange to have their clinical training with an approved herbalist in their own country, but the 5 day seminars are only held in the UK - one each year, and are obligatory.

    This is the course that I'm aiming at taking; it involves 20/30 hrs per week studying, but I reckon it's good value for money. Depends what you want out of it!

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    One Year correspondence course: leads to a Certificate of Herbal studies, but does not permit the practicing of Herbal Medicine. It is necessary to attend an examination/seminar at the end of the year if the certificate is required.
    Current Fees: 130 sterling per quarter or 475 if paid in full in advance. The weekend seminar is 80 sterling (excluding accommodation)

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    There are other courses for GPs & Osteopaths etc., and Introductory and Preliminary courses in Biology & Chemistry. The college has recently had degree status granted for their four year residential course, as herbal medicine is regaining worldwide acceptance.

    David Powner <David@filtermx.demon.co.uk>

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    7 Check these sites:

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    Among the goodies you'll find herbal mailing list and newsgroup archives, Michael Moore's files, and some nice WWW pages.

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    7.1 FTP sites with info on medicinal herbs: Sunsite Herb archives

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    All files in the /pub/ directory tree on SunSITE.unc.edu are mirrored on the server in Japan: SunSITE.sut.ac.jp.

    Under
    http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/ or
    ftp sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/ or
    ftp sunSITE.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/
    you'll find below mentioned newsgroup and mailing list archives, LOTS of pictures, and a mirror of all the SWSBM files (Michael Moore's stuff). There's other herbal files, as well - just browse around. If you have homeless herbal files drop me a note: HeK@hetta.pp.fi

    The archives for alt.folklore.herbs and the culinary and medicinal herblists are found here:
    http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/archives.html or
    ftp sunSITE.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/archives/ or
    ftp sunSITE.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/archives/

    The herbfaqs are found here:
    http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/faqs/herbfaqs.html or
    ftp sunSITE.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/faqs/ or
    ftp sunSITE.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/faqs/

    A lot of gardening faqs (including the growing herbs for sale faq), and the archives for rec.gardens, are found here:
    ftp sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/gardening/ or
    ftp sunsite.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/gardening/ or
    ftp sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/gardening-faqs/ or
    ftp sunsite.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/gardening-faqs/

    And you'll find a wealth of herb information here - unfortunately not very well organized, but if you do have the time to browse you'll find it is a treasuretrove:
    http://sunSITE.unc.edu/london/Herb_Archives.html or
    ftp sunSITE.unc.edu /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-references/ or
    ftp sunSITE.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-references/

    Ftpmail: send e-mail to ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu for helpfile on ftpmail usage

    WAIS: also available by telnet; follow login instructions

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    7.2 Interesting WWW pages

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    I'll only list the most important herbal WWW pages here. You'll find the rest of the good stuff from the links on Howie's and my pages. And you should use a search engine to look for information on specific plants.

    Michael Moore's homepage: http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE
    Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Lots of goodies. All things found here are also available by ftp or gopher on sunsite. See 6.1 above.

    Howie Brounstein's homepage: http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/howie.html
    Columbine and Wizardry Herbs. Lots of goodies. See 6.1 above.

    Jonathan Treasure's Herbal Bookworm page: http://www.teleport.com/~jonno/
    All you need to know about herb books: excellent in-depth reviews, a list of must-read books, a list of stinkers, and a Reality Check.

    The Herbal Hall, Rob Bidleman: http://www.herb.com/herbal.htm
    The home of the professional herbalists' discussion group, it's got loads of goodies. I like that 'for beginners' page a lot ;) - but you'll also find surprising treasures in the Sources / Wildcrafter's barrel -pages - especially if you're interested in adaptogens.

    Michael Tierra's page: http://www.planetherbs.com/
    Nice setup, lots of goodies. Also includes high-quality www discussion pages.

    Henriette's Herbal Homepage: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/
    Culinary and medicinal herblist archives, alt.folklore.herbs archives, herbfaqs, pictures, neat stuff, and things. A Really Neat Site. (Tehehe. Who says you can't plug your own homepage in a FAQ?)

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    7.3 Herbal online discussions on the WWW

    Any I left out? Drop me a line, and I'll add them.
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    The newest, and probably (given time) highest quality WWW medicinal herb discussion site is:

    One of the oldest (and very high-volume) herbal chat page is:

    A nice and lively page:

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    8 Mailing lists

    Mailing lists have a distinct advantage over the online WWW chat pages: you don't have to be online. Just pull down your email from the server, and read and reply at leisure. It's lots cheaper for those of us who pay by the minute.
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    In addition to the lists mentioned here there's Herbal Hall, a low-volume, high-quality list for professional herbalists, but that's by invitation only.

    Any other lists you think should be here? Any changes in the lists listed?

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    8.1 The Herblist, the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants discussion list

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    A high-volume list for discussions about herbal medicine and medicinal herbs, also known as the 'trearn' -list.

    To subscribe: write to listserv@trearnpc.ege.edu.tr with the following text:
    SUBscribe HERB (your full name)

    Be sure to read the Rules of the Game before posting there: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/archives/herblist/rules.html

    Archives found on my www pages / in my ftp space: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/

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    8.2 The Aromatherapy list

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    To subscribe, write to list@idma.com with the following text
    join aromatherapy

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    8.3 The Holistic lists:

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    There actually are two holistic lists nowadays:

    8.3.1 The Holistic list for laymen

    To subscribe: write to listserv@siu.edu with the following text:
    SUBscribe HOLISTIC-L (your full name)

    8.3.2 The Holistic list for professionals

    To subscribe: write to Listserv@Citadel.Net with the following text:
    SUBscribe HOLISTIC-L (your full name)
    If you decide to subscribe you will have to submit an introduction wherein you clearly state that you are a healthcare professional.

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    8.4 The Kombucha list

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    To subscribe: write to kombucha-request@relay1.shore.net with the following text:
    SUBSCRIBE
    END

    (If this doesn't work try HELP to the same address.)

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    8.5 The Paracelsus Mailing list

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    Subscription is limited to practitioners, educators, researchers and students in alternative and conventional medical fields.

    To subscribe: write to majordomo@teleport.com with the following text:
    SUBSCRIBE PARACELSUS
    and, as part of the subscription approval process, send a biographical note indicating training, practice and interests to
    paracelsus@teleport.com.

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    8.6 The Chinese Herblist - The Chinese Herb and Health Discussion Forum

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    It's quite dormant. Please start posting.

    To subscribe: write to Majordomo@geog1.hkbu.edu.hk with the text:
    SUBSCRIBE herb emailaddress
    (like SUBSCRIBE herb joe@abc.edu)
    They also have a WWW page: http://www-geog.hkbu.edu.hk/health

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    8.7 The Homeopathy List

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    To subscribe: write to homeopathy-request@lyghtforce.com with the text:
    join homeopathy

    The archives for this list and a FAQ on homeopathy are kept on
    http://www.dungeon.com/~cam/homlist.html

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    8.8 The Phytopharmacognosy List

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    Membership to the phyopharmacognosy discussion group is limited to academics, industrialist, healthcare practitioners and others who have -expertise- in medicinal plants.
    To subscribe: write to:  mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
    Subject: (leave blank)
    Text: join phytopharmacognosy First-name Last-Name
    The list is moderated.
    Here's a WWW page for this list: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/pharm/

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    8.9 The Culinary Herblist

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    This is the list for the gardening and use of culinary herbs:
    To subscribe: write to: herbs-l-request@q7.com with the text: subscribe

    Archives found on my www pages / in my ftp space: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/

    Quite dormant, especially in the winter months (Northern hemisphere).

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    8.10 Napronet

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    The purpose of NAPRONET is to provide a scientific forum to discuss chemistry and biological activity of natural products.

    To subscribe: write to: listproc@bilkent.edu.tr with the text:
    SUBSCRIBE NAPRONET <your full name here>

    It's a low-volume list.

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    8.11 The Altmed-res -list

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    Very low volume list, with no welcome message outlining the purpose of it.

    To subscribe: write to: Majordomo@virginia.EDU with the text:
    subscribe altmed-res

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    8.12 The HerbMed -list

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    A moderated medicinal herblist. List moderator: carey@zz.com

    To subscribe: send a blank message to: herbmed-request@zz.com

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    8.13 The HerbInfo -list

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    Yet another medicinal herblist, not quite as high-volume as the trearn -list (see 8.1).

    To subscribe: write to: majordomo@bolis.com with the text: subscribe herbinfo <your e-mail address here>
    Leave the subject line blank.

    Archives found on my www pages / in my ftp space: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/

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    8.14 The Wellpet -list

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    A list for an holistic approach to animal health.

    To subscribe: write to:MAJORDOMO@LISTSERVICE.NET with the text: subscribe wellpet
    Leave the subject line blank.

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  • alt.folklore.herbs (archives found on my www pages / in my ftp space: http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/)
  • misc.health.alternative
  • rec.gardens
  • rec.gardens.edible
  • rec.food.preserving
  • bionet.plants
  • sci.med.*
  • alt.support.cancer.prostate
  • alt.support.sinusitis
  • alt.support.prostate.prostatitis
  • alt.support.*
  • alt.aromatherapy (comes complete with the usual complaint: 'my site doesn't carry this one' - well mine doesn't so I can't say what they talk about over there)
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