Newcomers to Herbal Medicine

Goal

The goal of this website is to inform others on herbal medicine as a whole and possibly spark a new interest in other people. The website is great for newcomers who want to get interested in herbal medicine because it lays it out in such a fun and engaging way. Herbal medicine can also be used in daily life and the people behind this website try to do just that.

People Behind the Website

Overall, this website is somewhat credible due to the lack of sources, but only slightly makes up for it in terms of personal experience from the contributors, which many not be enough to deem this site as reliable. John Gallagher, the cofounder of the website and company found an interest in herbal medicine and with that passion pursued to become a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac) and East Asian medicine practitioner (EAMP). The other contributors to the site are also credible being herbalists and having a masters degree in holistic health or a similar subject. With people like these backing up the site it boosts the overall credibility of the site as a whole. Using the link above or here you will be able to view the site and the known contributors to the website as a whole.

The main piece of credibility from this website is from the anecdotes and personal experiences that most of the contributors on the site had throughout their life. These people seem to incorporate herbal medicine to their day to day life, and this greatly increases their ethos on the whole website and topic.

Reliability

With people like these backing up the site it boosts the overall credibility of the site as a whole. However, there are no direct sources linked in the website on most of the data provided therefore the accuracy of the information is questioned. Information seems to be scattered about, and looking for exactly where pieces of information where found can be a bit difficult. Nonetheless, this is not suppose to be an academic website its main goal is to get new readers interested and research more on herbal medicine.

The website seems to only be stating the main and interesting points to get new readers interested, but the lack of sources will put old readers off without credible evidence. The website as a whole does have some references when used, and the information is used well enough to get new people interested in a topic that might be too dull if filled with too much data.

LearningHerbs provides a good amount of information to newcomers of herbal medicine. Even though their credibility can be questioned, they seem to have a good source of information due to the amount of credible people behind the website. The website can spark other people to get more interested in herbal medicine without looking too much a the facts and figures, which may disinterest other people. The main goal of the website is to inform others on herbal medicine and how interesting it can be and the website does a great job on that. When browsing through this website I found that it made me even more interested in herbal medicine than I originally was. Overall, this website is a solid foundation for people to get interested in herbal medicine and that is the entire purpose of this website.