Alternative Health: Herbs

Extensive site with a good range of articles about alternative medicine, herbs, herbal remedies, a gallery of photographs and links to other herbal sites.

Folk-lore of herbs and other plant products. Includes comprehensive list of herbs with their uses and hazards.

Includes a encyclopedia of common and botanical names photos, history of uses, scientific reports, descriptions of conditions/symptoms for which the herb has clinically demonstrated effects and descriptions of its actions, as well as the safety of each.

Herb resources and reference for herbal cosmetics, herbal remedies, recipes, herb magic, legend and lore.

Promote, facilitate and enhance herb growing, networking opportunities with fellow herb growers, and access to current market information, workshops and conferences.

An electronic re-incarnation of Botanical Dermatology by John Mitchell and Arthur Rook.

Educational web site with links to articles, reference materials, conversion tables, and a word search engine for _A Modern Herbal_ by Mrs. M. Grieve, pub. 1931. Online surveys and petitions.

Informative site on herbs and herbalism in South Africa, covering both medicinal and culinary uses.

Botanical name: Mucuna Pruriens. Mentioned in ancient East Indian medical texts as a powerful herb.

Full text of Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653 edition). Includes breakdown by individual herb, directions for making remedies and catalog of simples.