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 URBAN HERBS: Medicinal Plants at Georgetown University
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Text: copyright Brian Peng, M.S. Physiology/Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004 and Adriane Fugh-Berman M.D. All rights reserved. For permission to reprint any text, contact Adriane Fugh-Berman at ajf29@georgetown.edu.

Photos: copyright Brian Peng, M.S. Reproduction for personal or non-profit educational purposes permitted if appropriately credited (Photo © Brian Peng 2004 bpeng@alum.wustl.edu). For for-profit use please contact Brian Peng at bpeng@alum.wustl.edu.

Web Designers: Andy Jou, M.S. Physiology/Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004 ajou@kcom.edu and Leila Rowland-Zucker, School of Medicine, Class of 2006, lnr@georgetown.edu.

Faculty Advisor: Adriane Fugh-Berman MD, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, ajf29@georgetown.edu.

Disclaimer
Information on this website is for educational purposes only. Many herbs historically used for medicine are considered too toxic to use today; some of these herbs have caused deaths. Do not ingest these herbs based on information on this website. We have not provided sufficient information for the safe medicinal use of any of these herbs, nor sufficient information for treatment of poisoning. All recreational use of these herbs is dangerous.

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