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Resources in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Web Resources
For information on finding additional Internet resources, see Searching for and Evaluating Web Resources.
For information about connecting to these resources from off-campus, please see Off-Campus Library Access.
- Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance
“Nonprofit professional membership organization devoted to the advancement of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.”
- Alliance for Natural Health formerly American Association for Health Freedom
“Alliance for Natural Health (ANH-USA) committed to protecting access to integrative medicine. ANH-USA is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization. As a 501(c)4, ANH-USA can conduct political advocacy initiatives at the federal and state level.”
- The Alternative Medicine Homepage
This site is a good starting point for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies. Includes links to associations and organizations; government resources; practitioners; directories; schools; training and licensure information; and sites dealing with diet, nutrition, and lifestyle interventions; herbal medicine; and individual conditions and disorders.
- American Botanical Council
Educates the public on the use of herbs and phytomedicinals.
- American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
Purpose of the ACA is to “provide leadership in health care and a positive vision for the chiropractic profession and its natural approach to health and wellness.”
- American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA)
“Support practitioners in their evolving personal and professional development as healers and to educate physicians about holistic medicine.”
- American Massage Therapy Association
“Develop and advance the art, science, and practice of massage therapy in a caring, professional, and ethical manner in order to promote the health and welfare of humanity.”
- Canadian Medicinal Crops
Chapters feature species that either are now, or have the potential to be, commercially profitable, such as ginseng, echinacea, Pacific yew, goldenseal, cascara, witch hazel, and kelp. The reader can quickly find details on a particular topic by examining the categories of information, which include: names (scientific, English, and French), description and classification, medicinal uses, non-medicinal uses, toxicity, chemistry, importance, ecology, agricultural and commercial aspects, human interest information, selected key literature, and web links. All species are attractively illustrated and distribution maps are included. Additional chapters address: the business of growing medicinal plants; the regulatory and legal framework in Canada for producing and marketing; hazards associated with medicinal plants; and medicinal plant research in Canada. Also provided are: a guide to resources helpful to the farmer and marketer interested in growing medicinal crops in Canada; a guide to experts who can be consulted on various aspects of medicinal plants; a glossary of medicinal and pharmacological terms; a general list of books, review articles, and research articles related to Canadian medicinal plants; and an extensive set of general Web links.
- The Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine
A voice for innovative medicine's professionals, patients, and suppliers.
- HerbMed®;
HerbMed is an interactive, electronic database that provides hyperlink access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and the general public. HerbMed is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc., and it is provided as a freely available, public resource. Each entry contains evidence for activity, including data from controlled clinical trials; warnings, contraindications, adverse effects and drug interactions; data on commercial methods of preparation, suppliers, and folk methods of preparation suitable for home or office dispensary; and mechanisms of action. More than 100 herbs are included in the database.
- An Illustrated Herbal—500 Medicinal Plants and Their Properties
“This site contains a compilation of around 500 plants—and their corresponding therapeutic properties—for everyday use.”
- International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements. IBIDS was developed and will be maintained through an interagency partnership with the Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Medical Library Association, Complementary Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG)
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Established in 1998 as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NCCAM’s charge is to stimulate, develop, and support research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the benefit of the public. The NCCAM is an advocate for quality science, rigorous and relevant research, and open and objective inquiry into which CAM practices work, which do not, and why. Its overriding mission is to give the American public reliable information about the safety and effectiveness of CAM practices. The site includes news and events, fact sheets, consensus reports, information on clinical trials, and other topics of interest to investigators, practitioners, and consumers.
- National Center for Homeopathy
“to promote health through homeopathy. By providing general education to the public about homeopathy, and specific education to homeopaths, we help to make homeopathy available throughout the United States.”
- Natural Standard
Provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains three sub-databases: Herbs & supplements, condition center, and alternative modalities. For each therapy covered by Natural Standard, a research team gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion in Natural Standard databases.
- Online Archive of American Folk Medicine
Wayland D. Hand (1907-1986) began to amass data for the Archive of American Folk Medicine in the 1940s from the writings of medical practitioners dating to the late 18th century. He also obtained data from scientific journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and historical sources (diaries, travel accounts, treatises on plants and animals) over the past 200 years. Other materials derive from field collections in archives at UCLA, Detroit University, Pan American University, Berkeley, Sacramento State, and the University of Oregon.
- Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The Rosenthal Center’s broad goals are to contribute to the informed research and practice of complementary and alternative medicine and to foster the development of a more comprehensive and inclusive medical system. The Center facilitates and conducts rigorous scientific investigation; evaluates the effectiveness, safety, and mechanisms of action of alternative and complementary remedies and practices; and develops standards and criteria for conducting research in alternative medicine, in particular in the areas of botanical medicine and traditional systems of medicine. The site contains links to complementary and alternative medicine resources by modality and health issue.
- UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine
“The UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine seek to promote activities that are aimed at integrating the best that Mind Body, Complementary, Alternative, and Western Biomedicine has to offer, e.g., integrative approaches. It also aims to foster research evaluating the effectiveness of a broad range of Mind Body, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine approaches, and/or mechanisms underlying their effectiveness. Priority will be given to education in these arenas aimed at patients, trainees, and the lay public.”
- What Is an Herb?
An online exhibit that highlights four herbals that are milestones in the history of Western herbal medicine: &8220;The Vienna Dioscorides&8221; (De Materia Medica, 512 A.D.); The Badianus Manuscript (An Aztec Herbal of 1552); John Gerard’s Herball, or Generall Historie of Plants (1597); and Nicholas Culpeper’s English Physician (1652). A brief introduction to herbalism and a bibliography on herbalism are also available on this site.
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