A Radicle

Medicinal mushrooms have a long history of use for modulating immunity, protecting against cancer, and just generally strengthening the syst...

The American Herbal Products Association just released its most recent tracking report on the use of threatened medicinal species, summariz...

I've written before about the benefits of cocoa for cardiovascular disease, specifically for managing cholesterol. Past research has id...

Nasturtium officinale , a member of the Brassica family that also includes broccoli and cabbage, has just made news as a powerful preventer ...

Capsicum species, members of the Nightshade family and used throughout the world these days, are native to the Western hemisphere, and most...

This geranium native to southern Africa, and is often known as Umckaloabo. A common preparation is Umcka, which was first used and marketed ...

Dr. Abrams (and others), who has a history of working on treatments to improve the quality of live for HIV patients, has co-authored a small...

Some of the responses from medical doctors involved in a brand-new prospective study published in the Lancet today are downright alarming: ...

Wormwood, that famous Artemisia known as a primary ingredient in absinthe, has long been used as a tonic for the digestive tract. New resea...

The flavone apigenin, common in many members of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), has been shown in a recent study to have marked and positive i...

Herbalgram provides us with a decent HerbClip summary of some of the different herbal and dietary options for managing dislipidemias. Some ...

Comfrey ( Symphytum officinalis ) usually ranks high on my list of topical applications to stimulate regeneration of skin and tissue after a...

"Clinicians should use caution when prescribing cough and cold medications to children under 2" Why is the CDC (and not the FDA?!?...

The root of this woodland plant is back in the forefront in a new study from the University of Pennsylvania that tracks its use, among othe...

How have consumers and patients been using herbal medicine? How does it mix with modern therapies? How well informed is everyone about the d...

Chocolate ( Theobroma cacao ) has had a long history of scientific inquiry highlighting its extensive cariovascular benefits, from reducing ...

A new study came out a few days ago that finds 160mg of powdered Black Cohosh ( Cimicifuga / Actaea racemosa ) root daily is ineffective fo...

Medical research, whether focused on pharmaceutical or herbal medicines, often makes use of animal models in the initial phases of study. Fo...

Pfizer has halted clinical trials of its new cholesterol medication , which was designed to increase HDL ("good") cholesterol leve...

The inflammation of the respiratory and lung passages known as bronchitis is most often (at least 70% of the time) caused by a lingering vir...