The traditional uses and increasing popularity of African wormwood have resulted in a number of commercial herbal products. But with insufficient clinical data, it’s not yet known whether African ...

Registrar of Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board, Babatunde Adele, yesterday urged stakeholders in traditional medicine to improve research, and properly document their work. He said this is ...

Cyril Naidoo stands at the front of a crowded conference room, talking about a concept in family medicine called the iceberg theory. “When a patient comes to us with a headache, our job is to try and ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬— Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day ...

Nigeria begins creating a national database of traditional medicine practitioners to standardise and strengthen the sector ...

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Natural medicine development DG Martins Emeje says WHO appointment validates Nigeria’s push to integrate traditional medicine ...

In Ghana, as across much of Africa, complementary medicine including herbal and traditional healing practices remains a ...

31st August 2022 – today marks the World Health Organization (WHO) African Traditional Medicine Day. A day which promotes the important role of Africa’s rich biodiversity of medicinal plants and herbs ...