Medicinal plants have long been integral to healthcare systems and drug development. Evidence of their use dates back to a ...

The opaque plumes of noxious smoke billowing out of a Georgia chemical plant are long gone. But the relentless effects of the ...

Growing your own medicinal plants is a wonderful way to have natural remedies right at your fingertips. Many of these plants offer healing properties that have been used for centuries to treat common ...

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 ...

Lives will be lost because of a shortage of specialist medicine used to detect diseases such as breast and bowel cancer. That ...

A flowering plant might not be able to tell how many fingers you’re holding up, but it can tell whether it’s light or dark ...

This lesson explores the use of plants as medicine, supplies, and repellents during the American Revolution. The lesson, which features lecturer Colleen Plimpton speaking at the Frontenac ...

Marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis), on the other hand, has been used for over 2,000 years for food and medicinal purposes ...

Aworinde explained that plants played critical roles in providing food, clothing, shelter, medicine, furniture, adornment and oxygen. Aworinde stated this at the 5th inaugural lecture of the ...

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An international team uncovered archaeological evidence of the world’s oldest medicinal use of plants in the Pigeons cave in Taforalt (Oriental), National Institute of Archaeological and Heritage ...