~ Early Web Links ~

Botanical.com hosts the full electronic version of 'A Modern Herbal' by Maud Grieve, a landmark 1931 reference covering medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties of over 800 herbs and plants. One of the oldest herbal resources on the web, active since 1995, it includes a plant index, recipe index, poisons guide, and columns from herbalism writers.

Judson Carroll, a master herbalist, shares detailed knowledge of Southern Appalachian wild plants, foraging, and herbal medicine through this long-running blog. Posts cover edible and medicinal plants of the American Southeast, with ties to his many published books on topics ranging from survival herbalism to Christian herbal medicine traditions.

Tony Crisp's Dreamhawk is a sprawling resource devoted to dream interpretation, yoga, body-mind healing, and inner life exploration, built around a comprehensive A-Z dream dictionary and encyclopedia. Visitors can browse hundreds of dream symbol entries, read articles on health and relationships, explore I Ching and meditation, and access Tony's published books on topics ranging from pregnancy to spiritual growth.

Henriette's Herbal Homepage is a 30-year-old encyclopedic resource dedicated to culinary and medicinal herbs, featuring classic herbal texts like King's American Dispensatory, over 19,000 plant photos, and multilingual herb articles in English, Swedish, and Finnish. Visitors can explore botanical keys, herbal forum archives, plant name databases spanning 18,000+ species, and even sign up for a charming old-fashioned herbal distance course delivered by post.

A mirror of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, founded by the late herbalist Michael Moore, this site is a massive archive of medicinal plant knowledge including photographs, illustrations, materia medica, herb manuals, folios, and digitized historical texts like the complete US Dispensatory 20th Edition. Visitors will find an extraordinary depth of botanical reference material spanning decades of Moore's teaching, with genus-indexed plant photos, video clips, color illustrations, and extensive lecture notes on clinical and constitutional herbalism.

The North American Institute of Medical Herbalism runs this comprehensive resource hub for herbalism students and practitioners, offering annotated links spanning materia medica, ethnobotany, pharmacology, pathology, and clinical nutrition. It also features audio courses, a free e-journal archive, and certification programs in medical herbalism, making it a serious educational destination for anyone studying plant-based medicine.

The Herb Research Foundation's curated links page points visitors to some of the web's most reputable herbal medicine resources, from botanical databases to professional herbalist guilds. Compiled around 2000, this collection covers everything from medicinal plant monographs and Dr. Duke's phytochemical database to Michael Moore's extensive Southwest School of Botanical Medicine materials.

A curated directory of professional associations and organizations in holistic and naturopathic medicine, hosted by a clinic in Evergreen, Colorado. Visitors will find links to bodies like the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, homeopathy centers, chiropractic associations, and environmental medicine groups across North America and Europe.

Annie's Remedy is a comprehensive herbal reference featuring over 400 medicinal herb profiles with photographs, descriptions, folklore, and guidance on traditional uses for conditions ranging from arthritis to anxiety. The site organizes herbs alphabetically, by botanical name, and by therapeutic properties, making it a thorough starting point for anyone exploring natural and herbal healing.

Queering Herbalism is a blog by a queer person of color exploring herbalism, plant medicine, and healing through a justice-centered lens. It features posts about the BIPOC Herbal Freedom School and Communiversity, a scholarship-supported program helping chronically ill and low-income medicine makers of color reclaim indigenous healing traditions.