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Moonhawk Healing Natural Therapies

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Introduction
Usage
Membership
Contributions

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Introduction

This website and the underlying database has been developed as a community resource for students and practitioners interested in herbal therapy.

Members of the public are also welcome to use the site but must be aware that the information contained in this website is for general information purposes only and should not be used as the sole basis for the prescribing of herbal extracts, tinctures, tisanes, dried products, or other herbal remedies to patients, family members, members of the public or self-prescribing to treat diagnosed/undiagnosed medical conditions, diseases, illnesses or other ailments an that herbal supplements and medicines should only be prescribed by qualified therapists.

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Usage

Anyone can use this site to find out about the therapeutic uses of herbal extracts.

The first place to start is the Search Page, where you can enter the name of a herb (common name) or a condition, or the first few letters of a herb or condition name.   Just remember that the less information you provide the search tool with, the more results it will find.   In fact, if you leave both search fields blank, it will return all the entries in the database, which may take some time for you to scroll through.

Once you click the Submit button on the Search page, you will be taken to the Search Results page.
This page lists all the herbs and conditions that match your search parameters. Each line in this table describes a herb and (usually) a condition.   Where a herb can be used to treat a number of conditions, and those conditions match your search parameter, the herb will be listed multiple times, once for each condition.

Click on the relevant view link to view the Herb Details. This page displays information on the herb you selected, including:

  • Botanical Name;
  • Other Names;
  • Parts (of the plant) used for therapeutic purposes;
  • Active Constituents;
  • Therapeutic Actions;
  • Contraindications;
  • Drug Interactions; and
  • References.
  • If the selected herb is linked to conditions, all conditions will also be displayed. The condition you selected will be highlighted.
  • If there is a image of the herb available, a thumbnail will be displayed on the page, which will link to a larger picture. This picture will open in a new browser window or tab (depending upon your browser). Simply close this window/tab when you want to return to the herb information page.
  • Members who have logged in will also see Dosage information. This information is withheld from non-members to discourage self-medication by unqualified people.
  • Members will also have a button to enable them to contribute information on the herb and/or condition.

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    About Membership

    Why?

    Members are able to :

  • view dosage information; and
  • contribute information about herbs and their therapeutic uses.

    • Who?

    To become a member, you must be:

  • a student of natural therapy or herbal medicine; or
  • a qualified practitioner of natural therapies or herbal medicine.

    • Registering members will need to provide the details of their professional status and qualifications.

    How?

    To become a member, simply fill out the Registration Form and submit it.   We will contact you in a day or so to let you know if your membership application has been accepted.

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    Contributions

    The aim of the contribution process is to encourage discussion and information sharing amongst suitably qualified practitioners interested in the use of herbal therapies.   We also hope to make this resource a useful tool for the community of herbalists, naturopaths and students.

    Who?

    To contribute information to this resource, you must be a member of the website.   See above for membership information.

    How?

    The process of contributing information is as follows:

  • find a herb and condition combination that you wish to provide information on;
  • if submitting information on a new herb, you select any herb to start on;
  • at the Display page, click on the Submit Changes button and you will be taken to the Submit Information page.

    • At the Submit Information page:

  • if submitting changes to existing information, simply edit the relevant entries;
  • if submitting a new herb or condition, tick the relevant box;
  • if you think a herb should not be used to treat a listed condition, tick the "remove this condition..." box;
  • if you want to link another condition to the herb, use the drop-down list to find the condition;
  • if the condition you want to add is not in the list, edit the existing condition details and tick the "Save as new condition" box;
  • to save your changes, you must add Contributor Comments (to explain your changes) and click the Submit Details button.

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    Spearmint

    Best viewed at 1024 x 768 or greater. Designed and developed by Donald Carter, 2007.
    Herb and treatment information collated by Jocelyn Carter, 2007.