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is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have partnered to launch CAM on PubMed -- a new subset of PubMed -- to provide free, web-based, access to Complementary and Alternative Medicine sources of information. PubMed, a system of the NLM, provides an easy way to access over 11 million citations and abstracts in the MEDLINE database and additional life sciences.
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements database is jointly produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) of the National Agricultural Library (NAL). Contains citations of journal articles including abstracts where available on dietary supplements including vitamins,minerals, selected herbal, and botanical supplements.
The Phytochemical Database allows searches by plant, by chemical, by biological activity, and ethnobotanical uses. Links are also provided to other ethnobotanical databases. Compiled by James A. Duke, author of Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL.: CRC Press, 1992.
Information on more than 300 common herbal remedies, based on sources such as Commission E, Germany's regulatory body on herbal medications and the PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies, each entry presents scientifically verified applications, common uses, special cautions, and typical doses. The herbs are listed alphabetically by common name (instead of Latin or brand name)
