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About this book
This valuable and timely book (Winner of the International Herb Association's 2002 Book Award!) will help you navigate the sea of information about herbs and herbal remedies on the Internet. Besides listing hundreds of reliable Internet sites and what you'll find there, it discusses criteria for assessing the quality of health information on the Internet. This book will show you how to find: mailing lists, chat rooms, and newsgroups providing herbal information; answers to specific consumer/patient questions; information about laws, standards, and regulations governing herbal products; organizations dealing with herbal medicine; consumer protection, health fraud, and quackery; Internet resources in specialized health areas such as cancer and AIDS; online indexes and databases such as MEDLINE; and much more! Complete with easy-to-read tables and charts as well as a glossary of terms you'll encounter on these Web sites, The Herbal Internet Companion: Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online is the resource that puts the power of the Internet in your hands!To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Herbal Medicine and the Internet
- Chapter 2. An Herbal Renaissance
- Chapter 3. Identification, Cultivation, and Conservation: Botanical and Agricultural Resources
- Chapter 4. The Traditional Herbalist Movement and the U.S. Herbal Industry
- Chapter 5. Herbal Associations and Organizations
- Chapter 6. The Mainstreaming of Herbal Medicine
- Chapter 7. Traditional Medicine, Folklore, and Ethnobotany
- Chapter 8. Laws, Regulations, and Standards
- Chapter 9. Clinical Evidence and Clinical Trials
- Chapter 10. Adverse Effects, Adverse Reactions, and Drug Interactions
- Chapter 11. Quackery, Health Fraud, and Consumer Protection
- Chapter 12. Information for Consumers and Patients
- Chapter 13. MEDLINE and Other Online Indexes/Databases
- Chapter 14. AIDS, Cancer, and Other Specialized Health Areas
- Chapter 15. Aromatherapy
- Chapter 16. Mailing Lists, Newsgroups, and Chat Rooms
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index
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