Welcome to BigHealthDirectory.com BigHealthDirectory.com is a leading health directory including dental laboratories, yoga, retreats, diet, long term care, home health care, mental health, counseling and therapy, pharmacy, professions and much more. You are here: Home > Alternative Medicine > Herbs > Materia Medica All About Reishi Studies on bioactive substances and medicinal effects of reishi (Ganoderma Lucidum) in Japan. http://www.reishi.com Aloe Vera Studies Organization Reviewing the truth vs. the hype surrounding Aloe Vera, what it can and cannot do. Reviews internal and skin applications. http://www.aloe-vera.org Ginkgo biloba Provides ginkgo biloba internet pricing and a directory of the many web sites offering ginkgo biloba. http://www.ginkgo-priceinfo.com/ Ginkgo Biloba Information Summary of the history, biology and medicinal uses of Ginkgo Biloba. http://www.ginkgo-biloba-herb.com Herbal Index Online Learn about St. John's wort, echinacea, ginseng, saw palmetto, kava kava, valerian root and hundreds of other traditional herbal remedies. http://www.herbalindex.com/ HerbMed An interactive, electronic herbal database which provides scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. Includes human clinical studies, warnings on counterindications, and mechanisms of herb action. http://www.herbmed.org/ Hypericum and Depression Extensive collection of information on depression and the use of Hypericum, or St John's Wort. http://www.hypericum.com/ KavaRoot Information about kava, including folklore, ceremony, geography, health studies, science, history, news, and preparation. http://www.kavaroot.com Kelly's St. John's Wort Personal experience of writer and other people on treating their depression with this herb. Non-commercial, no advertising. Includes general information, cautions and side effects, discussion forum with many posts. http://www.sjwinfo.org/ Kombucha Tea Help and information on the Kombucha mushroom and the resulting health tea. http://www.kombuchatea.co.uk La Terre Garlic Farm Eight varieties of garlic: Elephant, Italian Rocambole, German Red, Spanish Red, Spanish Roja, Marino, GSF #65, German White and Prussian White from La Terre Garlic Farm. http://www.laterregarlic.com/ Purple Sage Herbs A series of detailed monographs on the medicinal uses of over 150 plants. http://www.purplesage.org.uk/ Rhodiola Rosea Dot Org Phytochemistry, pharmacology and standardization of root extract, information and articles. http://rhodiolarosea.org Safed Musli - Nandan Agro Farms Hyderabad Nomenclature, habitat, nature, constituents, origin and varieties. Also describes cultivation and uses. http://www.safedmusli.net/ Sceletium Dot Org Sceletium Tortuosum, it's uses, history, sources, chemistry, doses, side effects and contraindications. http://www.sceletium.org Sutherlandia.Org Sutherlandia frutescens: it's uses, history, sources, chemistry, doses, side effects and contraindications. http://www.sutherlandia.org The Chile Pepper Institute Non-profit organization devoted to education, research, publication and archiving information related to capsicums or chile peppers. http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/ Home  |  About Us  |  Contact Us |  Disclaimer  |  Link to Us  |  Privacy Policy |  Submit Site Information on this web site is provided for fitness, personal health, mental health, home health care, mental health, counseling and therapy, reproductive health, health care management, weight loss and useful information. Copyright © 2006 Inc. All Rights Reserved.