General Herb Info
This page has links to general herb info that applies to all classes.
Botanical Info:
- Botanical Families (R. Newman)
- Making Sense of Botanical Names
- The Meaning of Latin Plant Names
- Plant Families
- Classification of Plants
- Herbs that can be classified into more than one category
- Alkaloids – definition
- UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
- American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
General:
- Herb Names: Chinese, English or Latin? – part 1
- Herb Names: Chinese, English or Latin? – part 2
- Cooking herbs in bran
- Chinese Herbs as Potential Allergens
- Intro by Shabuti Dharmananda, Ph.D.
- Bitter tastes can help asthma – BBC news
- How to Write An Herbal Formula, Bob Flaws
- Herbs that have issues to consider when ordering
- Chinese Herbs as Potential Allergens
- Herb-Drug Interactions
- 50 Most Important Asian Herbs (L.Farson)
- First-Aid Kit, Cold-Flu prevention, Travel Remedies
- Travel Recommendations from Robert Newman
Learning Asian Languages:
- learning Chinese characters – Pleco software
- Pleco character translation for travel in China
- ChinesePod.com
- Touchcards – flashcards for learning
Learning Herbs & Formulas:
Stay tuned. More to come soon….