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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
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Various sites selected for general information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine at MEDLINEplus.
- Herbal Safety
The University of Texas at El Paso created this website to provide information about research findings, in English and Spanish, related to herbal use. A number of very helpful fact sheets on commonly used medicinal herbs and plants are available from this website.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCCAM provides access to a database with over 18,000 articles with abstracts from PubMed. This site is sponsored by National Institutes of Health.
- Native American Ethnobotany
Searchable database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived from plants.
- Office of Dietary Supplements
The ODS is a congressionally mandated office in the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH). The ODS supports research and disseminates research results in the area of dietary supplements. The ODS also provides advice to other federal agencies regarding research results related to dietary supplements.
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