Plants benefit us in so many ways. From ornamentals bringing joy, to crops making delicious meals, and herbs adding fragrance ...

Alchemical garden quests are all about unearthing those medicinal herbs our ancestors relied on for centuries. Participants ...

Today, herbalism and wild plant foraging has become an increasingly popular alternative to modern medicine. Herbal medicine is still widely used among American-Indian, Chinese and European populations ...

The plant has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for over 2,000 years, however new research from the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA) found that its “leaf extracts have been used to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Known as "The Medicine Hunter," Chris Kilham travels the world looking for plants that can be used as medicinal remedies. Throughout his travels, he has come upon ...

Artemisia herba-alba shows promise in combating colorectal cancer, offering new hope through its powerful medicinal ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

Since the United States seized control of Guam during World War II, the US military has slowly turned the Pacific island into ...

Mullein is a flowering plant that has long been used in herbal medicine. Scientifically named Verbascum thapsus, it originally grew in Europe and Western Asia but has now spread to other places as ...