Alternative Health & Herbs

Alternative and complementary therapies and treatments are becoming increasingly popular. These sites provide reliable, useful information on alternative health and herbal medicine.

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a program of the National Institutes of Health, provides information on complementary and alternative medicine to consumers and practitioners.
  
  
• University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden offers the opportunity to search for the botanical and common names of herbs.
  
  
• About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products - Sponsored by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, this site provides information for consumers and for healthcare professionals, including information on adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems.  Our Integrative Medicine Service staff, led by an oncology-trained pharmacist and botanicals expert, manages this web site, which is continually updated as new information becomes available.