Henriette's Herbal Homepage | Medicinal herbFAQ - part 7 of 7For the full table of contents go to mediherb.html. Email me any comments: HeK@hetta.pp.fi - Minor updates 29Dec97
Contents, this part only:
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Additions, opinions and missing details are welcome: drop me
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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):
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East-Asian traditional healing (ETH) (also called TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine):
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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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Then you need:
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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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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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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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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/
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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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:
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From Paul Bergner <bergner@concentric.net> 29Jun96:
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" 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?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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To subscribe, write to list@idma.com
with the following text
join aromatherapy
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A moderated medicinal herblist. List moderator: carey@zz.com
To subscribe: send a blank message to: herbmed-request@zz.com
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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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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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