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Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc. –Founded in 1982 by David Winston Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc. is one of the premier herb product companies in the United States with over 300 products including tinctures, glycerites, teas, capsules, solid extracts, and ointments, as well as David’s books and tapes. The company was founded to provide the highest quality herbal medicines for David’s patients and still carries on that tradition today by providing the highest quality herbal medicine for you, your family, or your patients.

Herbalist and Alchemist Books - The only bookseller in the world that specializes in antiquarian, rare, & out-of-print books, journals, & ephemera on Eclectic, Thomsonian, & Herbal Medicine. Medical Botany, Economic Botany, Natural Products Chemistry, History of Medicine, Edible/Poisonous Plants, Entheogens, and Perfumery.

David Winston, Inc. - A research and consulting company which offers a range of services to the natural products industry including product development, manufacturing consulting, & product research.

American Botanical Council – A non-profit organization that publishes America’s best herb journal for the layman – HerbalGram. ABC provides many valuable services including responding to inaccurate and misleading reports about herbs in the media.

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia– A non-profit educational project founded by herbalist Roy Upton, RH (AHG). The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendiums are exceptionally well-done monographs on individual herbs, their history, identification, constituents, analysis, and therapeutics.

The American Herbalist Guild –The AHG is the only professional organization of clinical herbalists in the United States. It’s web site is a valuable resource for those looking for clinical herbalists in their local region, as well as information on the guild, how to become a member, and educational resources.

Todd Caldecott, RH (AHG ) - is a Canadian clinician and educator whose website reflects his deep knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine as well as Western and Thomsonian herbal practice.

Peter Holmes' company Snow Lotus has some of the finest essential oils to be found anywhere. The focus is quality and these products are far beyond what is normally found in the marketplace. If you use essential oils in your practice of for home use, you owe it to yourself or your patients to use these absolutely wonderful oils and oil blends.

Horizon Herbs LLC - Richo Czech is an exceptional herb grower, seedsman, herbalist, and author. His book, Making Plant Medicine , is probably the best text on the topic and along with his series of books on growing herbs is an essential guide to guide those who wish to grow their own medicines.

Jim Duke, Ph.D. - is a renowned plant researcher and ethnobotanist. His website has links to his old USDA database, which is an exceptional resource, and articles and information about Jim's current classes and seminars.

Steven Foster - is a herbalist, lecturer, prolific author and one of the great herb/plant photographers of our time. His website gives detailed descriptions of his work, books and contains excellent downloadable monographs on 20 medicinal plants from a series published by Herbalgram some years ago.

Lisa Ganora has a wonderful website that brings Phytochemistry alive for the uninitiated or the expert. She has put together wonderful presentations for the beginner, intermediate, or advanced level student. This is a highly useful site for herbalists who need further education in this topic and her article on Phytoestrogens and Human Health is a must read for all health practitioners. Her book, Herbal Constituents, can be found here.

Ila Hatter is a walking encyclopedia on the wild edible and medicinal plants of the southeastern U.S. Her tapes and DVD's are well crafted excursions into the heart of the Smoky Mountains exploring the uses of plants, along with traditional and Cherokee stories, cook lore and the wisdom of her elders. Her site also introduces you to her cookbook, Banks, Medicinal Plants of the Cherokee (which she edited) and her busy teaching schedule.

Christopher Hobbs, RH (AHG) – one of America’s premier herbalists - this web site is full of information about Christopher, his classes, his books, plus educational materials.

Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs - good back-to-the-land people growing high quality medicinal herbs and organic apples, providing inspiration for sound living through books like The Herbalist’s Way and The Apple Grower.

Henriette’s Herbal Homepage – Finnish herbalist Henriette Kress has done the herb world a great service. Her web site provides information on many herbal topics, including a downloadable version of the classic King’s Dispensatory, 4300 plant pictures, and high quality articles.

Herbal Bookworm – Jonathan Treasure, RH (AHG) - website on clinical herbal medicine, herb/drug interactions, and book reviews with a bite.

The Herb Growing and Marketing Network – An amazing source of herbal information, supplies, event listings, and just about everything herbal you might be looking for.

Herbal Hall – Howie Brounstein’s informative website with articles, resources, and herb news.

Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing the Wise Woman Way - Natural alternatives for women with health concerns such as menopause, osteoporosis, pregnancy, fertility issues, breast health and cancer prevention. Hundreds of woman-friendly links, a forum to share experiences and lots of information about Susun Weed (herbalist and author of women's health books) workshops, intensives, apprenticeships, and correspondence courses.

Patricia Kyritsi Howell, RH (AHG) - is one of the southeast's most respected herbal practitioners and educators. Her site gives information on her wonderful classes, herbal tours to Greece and her philosophy and practice.

Lloyd Library – Founded by the Lloyd Brothers, the Lloyd Library is the world’s premier reference library on eclectic, botanical, and pharmaceutical medicine.

Jim McDonald - is a Michigan herbalist who, like me, is always interested in learning the uses of little-known or underutilized herbs. He has wonderful articles (look under the heading of seeds and stems) on Purple Loosestrife, New England Aster, Apple, Mullein, Calamus plus recipes, herbal insights and a nice collection of herbal folklore from around the net.

Medherb – Paul Bergner’s site is a wealth of information on the clinical use of herbs. Paul publishes the bi-monthly newsletter, Medical Herbalism, which is an exceptional resource for clinical herbalists. His site includes a downloadable Cook’s Physiomedical Dispensatory.

Michael Moore/Southwest College of Botanical Medicine – Michael Moore is the herbalist’s herbalist. This site is as fascinating and complex as he is. The amount of high quality information at this site is truly astounding-downloadable reprints of classic Eclectic, Thomsonian, and Physio-medical books, pharmacy journals, Ethnobotany titles, and much more.

Michael Tierra, RH (AHG), OMD, Planet Herb – One of America’s herbal elders, Michael’s website includes a downloadable version of Eli Jones’ book on cancer, a wealth of information about herbal medicine, Michael’s books, and his correspondence classes.

Alan Tillotson Ph.D., RH (AHG) - is an incredible clinician, with a vast understanding of Ayurvedic as well as Chinese & Western herbal medicine. He has put his wonderful book, The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook online.

Tree Farm Communications – Missed last year’s AHG Conference? Was there a lecture you wanted to hear but missed? Tree Farm Communications provides a huge catalog of audio tapes of lectures on herbal medicine, nutrition, and alternative medicine. They have more than 25 tapes by David Winston from classes taught throughout the United States during the past 15 years.

United Plant Savers – UpS is a non-profit organization founded by Rosemary Gladstar dedicated to preserving medicinal plant habitat and medicinal plants. They publish a wonderful journal and provide an important and necessary service not only to the herbal community but to the Great Life as well.