{"id":19383,"date":"2021-03-10T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19383"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:47:36","slug":"consumer-health-minute-herbs-at-a-glance-and-herblist-app","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-herbs-at-a-glance-and-herblist-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Health Minute: Herbs at a Glance and HerbList app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19388 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/dandelions-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"a few dandelions in a yard\" width=\"236\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/dandelions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/dandelions-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/dandelions-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/dandelions.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Do you have clients or patrons requesting information about herbs and botanicals for health? Rather than providing information from questionable sources, turn to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute of Health\u2019s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health<\/a> (NIH NCCIH). NCCIH includes information on various types of complementary or alternative health but there\u2019s also a section called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/health\/herbsataglance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs at a Glance<\/a> with authoritative information about herbs and botanicals.<\/p>\n<p>These fact sheets provide brief information including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What the science says and what is being learned about the specific herb or botanical<\/li>\n<li>The safety of the herb or botanical<\/li>\n<li>What to keep in mind<\/li>\n<li>Resources for additional information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Herbs at a Glance is also available in an app called HerbList for mobile access available through the App Store and Google Play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have clients or patrons requesting information about herbs and botanicals for health? Rather than providing information from questionable sources, turn to the National Institute of Health\u2019s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH NCCIH). NCCIH includes information on various types of complementary or alternative health but there\u2019s also a section called Herbs&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-herbs-at-a-glance-and-herblist-app\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,457,9],"tags":[302,119,254,303],"class_list":["post-19383","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-health","category-consumer-health-minute","category-health-literacy","tag-complementary-health","tag-consumer-health","tag-health-information","tag-herbal-and-botanical"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19383"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19394,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19383\/revisions\/19394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}