traditional-medicine

Tanshinones from red sage are used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat heart disease and inf...

It shows that a specific part of a traditional medicinal orchid — the stem — holds the most thera...

Garlic you grow or buy at the farmers market may be far more medicinal than you realize — and som...

Many of the herbs documented here—like cinnamon and pomegranate—grow in temperate gardens worldwi...

Aescin — the active ingredient in horse chestnut creams used for sore legs and bruising — comes f...

It shows that how long you grow a medicinal plant directly determines its healing power — a remin...

It gives rigorous scientific backing to a plant you could grow in your own herb garden, suggestin...

It validates a humble garden herb — Cat's Whiskers, which many people grow as an ornamental — as ...

It highlights how a traditional Chinese herb used for centuries to treat coughs and respiratory c...

Dendrobium orchids you might grow on a windowsill or find in a specialty nursery have been quietl...

It suggests a common ornamental orchid used in herbal teas and supplements may contain compounds ...

It shows that a climbing vine used for centuries in folk medicine may hold real promise for treat...

Climbing groundsel herbal preparations sold at markets worldwide carry the same pyrrolizidine alk...

Gardenia — a plant many people grow for its fragrant white flowers — turns out to produce compoun...

King Solomon's seal root—the same plant sold in herbal shops as a longevity tonic—is disappearing...

Siberian Solomon's seal, a graceful woodland plant many gardeners grow for its arching stems and ...

That forsythia hedge in your neighborhood or garden isn't just pretty — its fruit contains compou...

Garlic growing in your kitchen garden produces allicin and ajoene — the same compounds scientists...

Horny goat weed — a low-growing perennial you can actually grow in a shaded garden border — has b...

Ashwagandha, already a fixture in herb gardens and health-food aisles, contains compounds that co...

Blumea species—aromatic herbs long burned as incense or brewed into fever teas across Asian garde...

Two plants that have sat in Chinese apothecaries for centuries may hold a molecular key to slowin...

Chirayita grows wild across Himalayan foothills and has been brewed as a bitter tonic tea for cen...

Snake-needle grass, a sprawling groundcover long stocked in Chinese apothecaries and now naturali...

It's a reminder that the next overlooked shrub in a forest or botanical garden could hold real me...

That shaggy, golden bracket fungus you spot on dying ash and apple trees in autumn isn't just a d...

Medicinal plants used for centuries in traditional remedies are now being validated by modern lab...

Chinese thoroughwax (Bupleurum) has been brewed into medicinal teas across East Asia for centurie...

Rehmannia, the waxy-leafed, crimson-flowered plant sold at Chinese herb markets and grown as a pe...

Herbs you might already grow — astragalus, ginger, licorice root — are now being rigorously valid...

Those spiky sweetgum balls littering your lawn and sidewalks each fall may contain compounds with...

If you've ever reached for a traditional herbal remedy during a gut flare-up, this study is a rem...

Centuries-old herbal remedies sitting in traditional medicine cabinets worldwide are now being sc...

Herbs like grapevine, Chinese herbal medicines, and berry-producing plants that traditional heale...

Herbs that traditional healers have prescribed for lung conditions for centuries are now being ma...

A centuries-old blend of medicinal herbs, not a synthetic drug, was scientifically shown to ease ...

It suggests that plant-based traditional medicines contain compounds that interact with fundament...