Plants benefit us in so many ways. From ornamentals bringing joy, to crops making delicious meals, and herbs adding fragrance to our yards. Another lesser spoken about category is medicinal plants.

In Plainfield, the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism serves clients through the healing power of plants. More than ...

Their healing powers seemed magical and indispensable. I fondly recall my grandmother, during the height of the neighborhood summer chickenpox outbreak, boiling chamomile and other skin-soothing herbs ...

Danshen, the dried roots and tubers of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge grown in Juancheng due to its rich soil in the Yellow River basin in southwestern Shandong, has a high content of effective ingredients ...

This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

An early Western attempt to classify plants was made in the fourth century by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher. He divided ...

The commercialization of self-care has created a distance between people and authentic healing traditions. Yet within African ...

The herb thyme has over 300 varieties, many of which have interesting characteristics and scents. Under certain conditions it ...

Researchers have found that Artemisia herba-alba, a medicinal herb, contains compounds capable of fighting colorectal cancer.

Oregano plant. Credit: H. Zell/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-3.0 Ancient Greeks knew a thing or two when it came to herbs, and oregano is one that they simply could not do without. They cherished the ...

A groundbreaking book revives the timeless wisdom of Traditional Persian Medicine, offering plant-powered Persian cuisine for holistic wellness.