Reference Links:

WHO Guidelines for Research in Traditional Medicine
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip42e/

CONSORT Statement Website*
http://www.consort-statement.org/

CONSORT Statement for Herbal Medicinal Interventions*
http://www.consort-statement.org/extensions/interventions/herbal-medicinal-interventions/

CONSORT Statement for Non-Pharmacologic Treatment (NPT) Interventions*
http://www.consort-statement.org/extensions/interventions/non-pharmacologic-treatment-interventions/

STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology*
http://www.strobe-statement.org/

The Cochrane Collaboration*
http://www.cochrane.org/

Cochrane Handbook*
Some chapters of Cochrane Handbook are important to understand quality and methodology of trials.
http://www.cochrane-handbook.org/

ICMR Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Participants*
http://icmr.nic.in/ethical_guidelines.pdf

INSTITUTES*:
National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, USA
http://nccam.nih.gov

PAPERS*:
Improvement of balance in progressive degenerative cerebellar ataxias after Ayurvedic therapy: A preliminary report. A whole system evaluation of efficacy of Ayurvedic management in cerebellar ataxias
http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2009;volume=57;issue=2;spage=166;epage=171;aulast=Sriranjini

Pragmatic Trials*:
The paper discusses how to evaluate a therapy as it is used in normal practice. Appropriate use and relevance of pragmatic trials in the evaluation of alternative and complementary medicine are described.)
http://www.frtcm.org/Pragmatic%20trials%20CTM%202004%2012%20136-40.pdf

Researching CAM**
This paper suggests five step strategy for CAM research.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/7/7

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence*
An article by Altman on statistical aspects of trials
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/311/7003/485

Suitability of "Equivalence" clinical trials for evaluation of indigenous treatments *
A response by Dr Sanjeev Sarmukaddam to ‘Trials to assess equivalence: the importance of rigorous methods’
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17017752

Evaluating complex health interventions: a critical analysis of the 'outcomes' concept**
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/9/18

Why alternative medicine cannot be evidence-based*
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11739043

OTHER INFORMATIVE WEBSITES:
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/kakuk/gdalternative.htm

The World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subject.
http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html

* Free sites / downloads; ** Free sites but registration required.