Resources

Resources

Resources for aromatic and medicinal plant research, and sourcing

Resources

Professional Aromatherapy Associations:

National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) www.naha.org
The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the benefits of true aromatherapy. NAHA is actively involved with promoting and elevating academic standards in aromatherapy education and practice for the profession. NAHA is also actively involved in furthering the publics perception and knowledge of true aromatherapy and its safe and effective application in everyday life.

Aromatherapy Publications

Aromatherapy Information Sites

Herbal Medicine Organizations

American Herbalist Guild http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com
The American Herbalists Guild was founded in 1989 as a non-profit, educational organization to represent the goals and voices of herbalists specializing in the medicinal use of plants. Our primary goal is to promote a high level of professionalism and education in the study and practice of therapeutic herbalism.

Essential Oil and Plant Research Sites

Pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
The PubMed search system provides access to the PubMed database of bibliographic information, which is drawn primarily from MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE. In addition, for participating journals that are indexed selectively for MEDLINE, PubMed includes all articles from that journal, not just those that are included in MEDLINE. Finally, PubMed also provides access to the molecular biology databases included in NCBI’s Entrez retrieval system. It is expected that access to additional National Library of Medicine databases will be added in the future. CAM on PubMed http://nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed
CAM on PubMed, a database on the Web developed jointly by NCCAM and the National Library of Medicine, offers citations to (and in most cases, abstracts of) articles in scientifically based, peer- reviewed journals on complementary and alternative medicine. It contains 220,000 citations, has links to full text, and allows searchers to limit retrievals by publication type. Look for the Alerts and Advisories, treatment information, resources, links to other organizations (FDA, AHRQ, ODS etc.). American Botanical Council http://abc.herbalgram.org
At the American Botanical Council, we are passionate about helping people live healthier lives through the responsible use of herbs, medicinal plants. We are an independent, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to providing accurate and reliable information for consumers, healthcare practitioners, researchers, educators, industry and the media.

Aromatherapy Information Sites

Conservation

United Plant Savers http://www.unitedplantsavers.org
United Plant Savers’ mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.

Essential Oil Companies

Lunaroma Aromatic Apothecary http://www.lunaroma.com
Lunaroma offers pure organic essential oils of the highest quality. Our natural bath and body care products are handcrafted in small batches using only the finest quality aromatics, organic botanicals and base ingredients. Floracopeia http://www.floracopeia.com
Floracopeia offers a large selection of well-known essential oils, as well as unusual, uncommon, and relatively unknown oils from unique botanical species. Fragrant Earth www.fragrantearth.com
Fragrant Earth International is a long established company and our list has developed over the years, always aiming to meet the needs of practitioners and therapists world-wide. Florihana www.florihana.com
At the foundation of our commitment to create the Florihana distillery were two main aims: respect for nature and development of highly therapeutic certified organic products for aromatherapists. Original Swiss Aromatics www.originalswissaromatics.com
Essential Oils are products of the plant organism. The way we offer essential oils is inspired by accepting oils as precious products of biological processes, cherished for their own beauty and brilliance rather than as industrial raw materials for the food or fragrance industry, standardized and diluted to be made economically acceptable.

Herbal Schools

Chestnut Herbs with Juliet Blankespoor
Just as locally grown food is key to long-term sustainability, locally grown medicine is equally as important. That’s why our programs focus on growing your own herbs and all the ways you can enrich your life with edible and medicinal weeds. Preparing herbal medicine is deeply satisfying and empowering, and an essential aspect of all traditional cultures across the globe. Our connection to plants as medicine nourishes this ancient spirit and wakes us up to the profound natural cycles of life. We’re honored to share that connection with you, and we hope it brings you as much joy as it brings us!

Green Path Herb School with Elaine Sheff, RH, AHG

Green Path Herb School was started in 2013 by herbalists John Goicovich and Elaine Sheff. Elaine and John have been teaching about herbs since 1994. Green Path strives to inspire and empower students to connect to the earth, the plants and their own healing process. Over the years, Green Path has had many amazing students graduate from its programs. We like to think of ourselves as creating a ripple, and see our students carrying the art and science of herbal healing out into their communities and further into the world.

Base Ingredients

Bottle Companies

Inhalation/Diffusor Products

Leyden House http://www.leydenhouse.com/diffusers.html
The patented Essential Air Aromatherapy Diffuser System, rated Number One by leading Aromatherapy practitioners is manufactured here at Leyden House.

Medicinal Plants and Seeds

Horizon Herbs www.horizonherbs.com
We here at Horizon Herbs believe that gardeners can heal the world by growing diversity. It is a well-documented fact that we are living in a time of great loss of species, and it is our understanding that this loss of species is both a cause and an effect of the current ecological downturn. Therefore we propose that everyone engage in species rehabilitation toward a renewed blossoming of diverse gardens on planet earth. It may not be the only answer, but it is one of the best.http://www.pacificbotanicals.com/
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