Medicinal plants have been an essential part of traditional healing systems across cultures, from Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine to folk remedies passed down through generations. In India, ...

Plants have long been used by humans for treating a wide range of ills from childhood leukemia to hangovers. Indeed, many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to Western doctors have a long ...

When you consider that our skin is the largest organ of our bodies, it’s understandable that there are so many remedies for dealing with topical troubles. Scrapes, cuts, bites, burns, rashes and sores ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

My mother’s home was recently a jungle of fresh flowers. It was a product of her own indoor garden plus gifts from friends and family since the death of my father in April. It was really amazing to ...

One sign at the entrance of the Mütter Museum medicinal garden warns “plants can be deadly; do not touch or consume any of the plants in the garden.” It underscores how powerful plants can be, and why ...

Learn to grow tulsi, mint, aloe and more in Indian homes with soil, watering, harvesting tips and safe-use guidance for ...

Mari Amend, left, and Bonnie Rose Weaver, right. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Sign up The first time Bonnie Rose Weaver came ...

Jeremiah Waweru Gathirwa receives funding from: Internal Research Grants of the Kenya Medical Research Institute and further funding from the International Foundation for Science Ruth Monyenye ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the best-known medicines come from poisonous plants. The chemotherapy drug taxol comes from the yew tree, morphine from ...