Plants have historically been a rich source of medicine. Many antibiotics used today were originally derived from natural ...

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 ...

Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people ...

Multiple species of the Artemisia plant have been used in traditional medicine for centuries, the researchers said, including African wormwood, which has been used to treat cough and fever.

For centuries, people have used the leaves, seeds, stems, and oil extracts of various plants in medicine. However, herbal remedies are not regulated in the same way that traditional medications ...

A compound found in African wormwood, a plant used for thousands of years in traditional medicine, could help fight tuberculosis (TB), according to a new study published in the. Researchers, co-led by ...

“We’re a bio-regionally focused herbal medicine company making herbal extracts and oils,” says owner and director Anne Wagner ...

After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face ... Scientists were already aware that great apes used medicine to try to heal themselves. In the 1960s biologist Jane Goodall ...

Mr Odhiambo has studied medicinal plants - the scientific research as well as talking to the people who use them - soaking up so much folklore and indigenous knowledge that he says he now has "a ...