~ Early Web Links ~

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, founded by herbalist Michael Moore, offers a vast free library of medicinal plant resources including over 2,500 plant photographs, illustrated herb manuals, botanical monographs, and distance learning programs in constitutional herbalism and materia medica. Built over decades of teaching and field study, this site is an extraordinary reference for anyone serious about medicinal plants and herbal medicine traditions.

PawPawResearch.com compiles research by botanist Dr. Jerry McLaughlin on the paw paw plant and its powerful acetogenins, with a focus on their potential to fight cancer cells and drug-resistant tumors. Visitors will find articles, studies, video presentations, and FAQs covering everything from how paw paw works at a cellular level to comparisons with graviola and other alternative treatments.

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.

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.