| Elchai\'s_Herbal_Lore_and_Remedies Information preparations and formulas, therapeutic terms, and ceremonial use. Also includes herb profiles with uses, actions, precautions, and active constituents. |
| Essiac_Information_Site Information about the herbal tea known as essiac, including history, controversial issues, scams, marketer ethics, product prices, and recipes. |
| Evening-Primrose-Oil_com Provides articles and information about the possible health uses of evening primrose oil, including PMS, autoimmune conditions, inflammation, and weight loss. |
| goodHealthinfo_net Seven Boston-area herbalists discuss their approaches to correcting imbalances in the body's energy, using herbs and muscle testing. |
| GreyWing’s_Herbal An online text with chapters about history, harvesting, drying, horticulture, preparations, and therapeutic actions. |
| Healing_Herbs An interactive community offering herbal information, recipes, chat, discussion groups, events, gardening information, and herb photos. |
| The_Herb_Coach An e-zine containing herbal and natural health news. |
| The_Herb_Index An online guide for herbs and supplements, includes scientific names and contra-indications. |
| Herb_Net Collection of resources, including herb profiles, a practitioner directory, and a calendar of events. |
| Herb_Research_Foundation Orgainization dedicated to researching and providing scientific information on the safety and health benefits of botanicals throughout the world from multiple medical traditions. Find information abou |
| The_Herb_Society_of_America Provides history and purpose, membership information, projects, programs, publications, calendar, conferences and scholarships. Includes herb profiles, seed exchange forum, and plant collection infor |
| Herb_Wisdom Includes information about toxicity, recipes, lore, history, remedies, and herbs for pets. |
| Herbal_Contraception Discussion of herbs that have been used through history to prevent conception, with modern observations on how they work. |
| The_Herbal_Encyclopedia Alphabetical listing of healing herbs, with information about medicinal and religious uses, and culivation. Also provides articles about safety, storage, remedies, recipes, and special uses. |
| Herbal_Legacy Offering herb information sponsored by Christopher Publications. Includes sections about recipes, ailments, formulas, programs and literature. |
| The_Herbal_Nexus Herbs, their uses, folklore, medical information, photos, and a bookstore. |
| Herbal_Safety Facts and safety information presented by the University of Texas El Paso. Includes an introduction to scientific monographs, herb fact sheets, articles, and presentations. |
| Herbs_for_Weight_Loss Article about effectiveness and safety of herbs for weight loss, including ephedra, hoodia gordonii, cayenne, green tea, seaweed, nettle, ginseng, cascara, and senna. |
| Herbs_Herbals Information about individual herbs, and instructions for making various types of herbal preparations. |
| Herbtalk_Discussion A free email discussion group with information about herb safety, remedies, and recipes. |
| Holisticonline_com__Herbs Herbal knowledgebase covers more than 2000 herbs from around the world. Also provides information about remedies, interactions, preparations, and regulation. |
| Home_Made_Medicine Provides information about herbal healing, home remedies, and a complete guide listed by illness. |
| Juniper_and_Sage Includes information on preparing and using herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes, and organic growing and wildcrafting. |
| kellymom_com__Herbs_and_Breastfeeding Provides articles about how herbs affect lactation, and safety information for nursing mothers. Includes research and book references. |
| Laurie_Lacey\'s_Wild_World_of_Plants Information about traditional use of plant and tree medicines. Also offers workshops, a blog, and links. |
| Linda\'s_Herbal_Remedies Information about individual herbs and blends, and how to make remedies, salves, extracts, and capsules. |
| Medicines_and_Foods_from_the_Wild Information about identifying, preparing, and using wild medicinal and edible plants in the northeastern United States. |
| Padma_28_And_Tibetan_Herbal_Formulation Discusses clinical and research study about Padma 28, a tibetan herbal formulation. |
| Pioneer_Thinking__Herbal_Health Offers an alphabetical database of herbs and ailments, and articles about gardening and making herbal preparations. |
| Southwest_School_of_Botanical_Medicine Medicinal plant photographs, illustrations, maps, abstracts, constituents, monographs, major papers and folios by genus and species. |
| Suite_101__Herbalism Articles, discussions, and links on the uses of herbs for medicinal and magical purposes. Also includes suggestions for seasonal home remedies, crafts, tricks, and tips. |
| Suite_101__Historical_Uses_of_Herbs Offers articles on history, as well as information on current research. |
| Trickstar_in_the_Herb_Garden Includes a glossary, monographs, properties and phytochemicals, and an email newsletter. |
| About_com__Reiki_Hand_Placements Diagrams show the hand placements used for self treatment and treatment on others. Links to Reiki articles. |
| Alef_Reiki Information on ancient healing modality based on the Hebrew alphabet rediscovered by Eli Machani. |
| Bill\'s_Reiki_Page Bill Pentz provides an overview of various styles and indepth articles on issues. |
| Essential_Reiki Multilingual site maintained by José Manuel Afreixo Nunes da Cruz. |
| The_Global_Reiki_Association,_Inc_ Free association for practitioners regardless of lineage or style. Searchable member profile pages available. |
| The_Healing_Touch Free articles and information on Reiki and Karuna Reiki. |
| Holistic_Online__Reiki How the technique works, clinical trials, the conditions for which it is beneficial. Use of crystals and other articles. |
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Also known as the purple cone flower, it is the rhizome that is the most significant proven herbal immune system stimulant. Without toxicity is stimulates the body’s defenses against disease. It is also an antibiotic, antiviral, and restores inflamed connective tissue. It treats fevers and infections and may reduce allergies.
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