LOCAL SITES

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CITEM is an export promotions agency of the Department of Trade and Industry whose thrust is to promote the Philippines as a reliable source of high quality products and services through trade fairs, special exhibits, in-store promotions, trade missions and other promotional activities here and abroad.

ITDI plays a vital role in providing tests and analytical services needed by government agencies and industries in the discharge of their functions and by industries for product and raw material evaluation/testing.

TESDA formulates manpower and skills plans, sets appropriate skills standards and tests, coordinates and monitors manpower policies and programs and provides policy directions and guidelines for resources allocation for the technical-vocational education and training (TVET) institutions in both the private and public sectors.

TAPI is one of the service agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) whose major thrust is to promote the transfer and commercialization of technologies and market the services of other operating units/agencies of DOST.

PCHRD, one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), is a forward-looking, partnership-based national body responsible for coordinating and monitoring research activities in the country.

ONLINE JOURNALS

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Comprehensive categorized listing of electronic journals, distinguishing full-text access from TOC or abstracts only; provides links to other relevant sites.

Peer reviewed journal from the American Botanical Council includes research reviews, legal issues, herb market trends, news, book catalogue and features.

Interdisciplinary journal of research on indigenous drugs. Official journal of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology. Tables of Contents available.

A full text clinical newsletter for the herbal practitioner.

HERB SITES

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One of the earliest herb sites on the Web. Click on the Apothecary for information on medicinal herbs.

Miscellany of links and resources for herbalists.

Educating the public on the use of herbs and phytomedicinals.

Promoting excellence in herbalism and providing a network of support and communication for herbalists.

Deliver courses on medicinal use of plants, fungi and extracts for naturopathic medical students. Conducts research in botanical medicine. Useful reference resource.

Collection of resources and links on botanicals. Features a hyper-text version of a Modern Herbal, 1931, by Ms. M. Grieve.

Online botany education resource from Indiana University's Biotech Project.

Collection of medicinal and culinary herb resources.

Interactive site for professional herbalists.

Herb growing and marketing network.

Herbal solutions for health, well-being and the environment.

Herbal Miscellany from Britain.

Collection of sites and resources.

Extensive academic resources covering economic botany and ethnobotany. Categorized lists of links to academic sites and collections worldwide.

Categorized links to information on medicinal herbs and herbalism in the clinical setting from the journal, Medical Herbalism.

Idiosyncratic, lively site to explore.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Medical plant images and much more.

ORGANIZATIONS

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CCS is a non-profit organization, dependent upon donations for its mission to prevent and control cancer and other degenerative diseases through nutrition and non-toxic therapies. CCS publishes its Green Sheet, a directory of doctors practicing Alternative Medicine, and its Patient Sheet, cancer therapies and nutrition, a list of names, addresses and phone numbers of patients who say they were controlled by Alternative Therapies.

VIRTUAL GARDENS

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Bioprospecting and Dinosaur Safari.

Hypertext tour of a medicinal herb garden.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

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Click on Directory of Herbal Education Programs.

Click on reference, then on A List of Schools and Apprenticeships.

Offers day and evening professional programs in the field of massage therapy and related bodywork. Financial aid grants/loans are available to those who qualify.

Offers day and evening professional programs in the field of massage therapy and related bodywork. Financial aid grants/loans are available to those who qualify.

Offers day and evening professional programs in the field of massage therapy and related bodywork. Financial aid grants/loans are available to those who qualify.

Offers day and evening professional programs in the field of massage therapy and related bodywork. Financial aid grants/loans are available to those who qualify.

Under the Steiner Education Group, it offers degree and non-degree programs to help acquire the skills necessary to be competitive within today's bodywork industry.

Under the Steiner Education Group, it offers degree and non-degree programs to help acquire the skills necessary to be competitive within today's bodywork industry.

Under the Steiner Education Group, it offers degree and non-degree programs to help acquire the skills necessary to be competitive within today's bodywork industry.

New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics (NMSNT) is a non-profit organization consisting of a Natural Therapeutics and Massage Therapy School, a professional and Student Clinic and a Natural Remedy Store.

The oldest accredited college of Oriental medicine in the U.S., it offers graduate programs in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Offers the finest education in ayurveda.

An accredited graduate institution that connects the spiritual and practical dimensions of intellectual life.

Offers a three-year program that features acupuncture, herbology, qigong, tuina and shiatsu. Financial aid available.

Offers Masters and Doctoral degree programs in Acupuncture and Traditional Oriental Medicine and certificates in in Oriental Body Therapy. Financial aid available.

Offers low-residency programs for students who want to cross the borders of traditional academic disciplines to make new connections and even pioneer new fields.

Graduate School for Holistic Studies.

A leading national university for adults that offers individualized undergraduate and graduate distance-learning programs that combine flexibility, social relevance and rigorous academic standards.

POLITICAL/LEGAL/REGULATORY ISSUES

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Regulatory issues from the Herb Research Foundation home page.

Latest herb related news from the Herb Research Foundation.

ADVERSE EFFECTS

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Information on herbs helpful and counterindicated in pregnancy from GardenGuides.com.

From Mrs. M. Grieve: A Modern Herbal.

Information resource from the Center For Complementary and Health Studies, University of Exeter. You need an identifier to use the Herbal Adverse Drug Reactions site.

It is always useful to know what the Quackbusters are saying about the use of medicinal herbs.

SEARCHABLE GLOSSARIES

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Full text document defining the terminology of a herbalist.

A virtual garden from the Bronx.

Hypertext tour of a medicinal herb garden.