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 ...

If you're side-eyeing your flower bed and wondering if it can do more than look pretty, here's some good news: it can. Many common blooms have a long history in home remedies, teas, salves, and skin ...

An enchanting blanket of wildflower medicine adorns the continent. Carefully cultivated by Indigenous inhabitants for hundreds of years—often thousands—these blossoms, leaves, roots, and fruits ...

Christine said: “The variety of folklore and superstition attached to wildflowers is astounding and something that I always find a joy to research. The number of different folkloric names given to ...

A garden can do far more than brighten a yard or supply fresh vegetables. When filled with medicinal flowers, it becomes a living source of natural remedies that have supported human health for ...

Oscar Wilde once said, “A flower blooms for its own joy.” This quote, while ostensibly profound, is scientifically defective. Flowers, it seems, don’t merely blossom for themselves. Their positive ...

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