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 ...

Astragalus, also known as Huang-qi and milk vetch root, has a long history of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine spanning ...

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

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For centuries, traditional Caribbean medicine has harnessed the power of wild plant remedies. Today, they’re enjoying a ...

A silphium-like plant from today and a Cyrenean coin stamped with the shape of the seed of the prized herb (right). Credit: Wiki Commons. In the 6th century BC, while Rome was still a minor city ...

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The 16th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry (ISNPC-16) concluded on Thursday at the International Center ...

As the potential for Jamaica’s indigenous herbal wonders and natural resources continue to remain largely untapped, president ...