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Botanical: A Modern Herbal Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has comprehensive information on herbs, including history, cultivation, collection, preparation, guidelines for useage, reactions to other medicines, and current research and news articles.
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National Institutes of Health

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the home page of a professional organization of physicians and other healthcare providers who specialize in complementary and alternative medicinal practices.
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Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on Acupuncture, including frequently asked questions, articles, and more.
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Herb Research Foundation: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains comprehensive information about herbal remedies, including current research, common uses and health benefits, guidelines and historical information.
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Garden Guides: Herbal Home Remedies

For Students 9th - 10th
This Herbal Home Remedies resource offers information on common herbal remedies for various health conditions.
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Botanical.com: A Modern Herbal

For Students 9th - 10th
A Modern Herbal was published in 1931. Here you can find definitions of common named plants. Get a description of the plant, its habitat and any medicinal uses and the dosage if applicable.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: The Healing Power of Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants are a source of many human medicines and this exhibit presents information on plants used for healing. There are activities for students such as quizzes, a game where you try to cure patients' ailments, and one where you try to...
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Alternative Fix

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the expanding industry of alternative medicine, pondering whether this is good medicine or just good business. Analyze the role of government in regulating the industry, and explore alternative treatments and therapies...
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI and Advice for the Patient.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early Trade With China: Trading Strategies [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Americans wanted to buy tea, silk, nankeen (a strong, coarse cloth used to make workclothes), and chinaware from China. To pay for these goods, it was necessary to find products that the Chinese would take in trade. Initially, Americans...
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Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery: Changing Times: The Tudors

For Students 3rd - 7th
Learn all about the Tudor period with this reference page! Understand the clothing, homes, religion, transportation, and much more that existed between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales.