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swiha.org
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts is a private community college for Holistic Healthcare Careers with Diploma and Certificate programs in Massage Therapy, Oriental Bodyworker, Hypnotherapy, Western Herbalism, and Holistic Nutrition Practitioner. Associates of Occupational Studies Degrees offered in Holistic Health Care Practitioner, Body-Mind Transformational Psychology, Clinical Holistic Nutrition, Oriental Bodywork and Chinese Herbology.All continuing education programs are approved by the NCBMTA. "Do your Dream" - Learn to Touch lives, Heal bodies and Free souls. For more information, visit their website or call to speak with an admissions representative. 1402 N. Miller Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85257, 888.504.9106 or 480.994.9244. FAX: 480.994.3228. doyourdream@swiha.org

American Botanical Council - www.herbalgram.org
The American Botanical Council (ABC) was incorporated in November 1988 as a nonprofit education organization. ABC's goals are to educate the public about beneficial herbs and plants and to promote the safe and effective use of medicinal plants

RMHI Chinese Herbal Sciences, Continuing Education
RMHI offers professional on-site and distance-learning programs in Chinese (TCM) Herbology. Learn specific ways to improve quality in herbal practice, to promote common sense in using herbs and herbal formulas, and to protect your right to practice as an herbalist. Featured are articles by Roger Wicke, Ph,D, and C.S. Cheung, M.D., on the proper use of herbs using traditional Chinese methods, environmental health and diet, clinical case reports, and the politics and practice of Chinese herbalogy in America.

A Modern Herbal Home Page
This site contains the hyper-text version of A Modern Herbal, first published in 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve, which contains Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs. The site has a Plant & Herb Index with more than 800 varieties of herbs & plants. Word search available of the 860 page text. Index of Recipes - A listing of 29 plants that include recipes. Index of Poisons - A listing of 44 plants that are listed as poisonous.

House Committee Hears Testimony on Need for CAM Cancer Therapies
Full text of each presenter's speech is online:
http://www.house.gov/reform/hearings/healthcare/fda798/index.htm

The Collective Heritage Institute (CHI) Presents the Bioneers

Medical Herbalism
Annotated index of general and alternative medicine sites, with an emphasis on herbal medicine. Offers coverage of plant pharmacy, folk remedies, botany, ethnobotany, herbal therapeutics, medical databases, journals, and organizations. Also provides links to a number of sites related to alternative medical traditions, including acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, and Ayurvedic, traditional Chinese, Islamic, and Tibetan medicines.