A Radicle

In honor of last Sunday's marathon in Burlington, VT, I offer some of my favorite herbs for dealing with common complaints runners (and ...

Also called "small-flowered", Epilobium parviflorum is a member of the Onagraceae, the same family to which Evening Primrose belo...

This seems to be a season of airy, white flowers. We caught a few in between some May rain showers, gracing the woodlands and pleasing the p...

Milk thistle ( Silybum marianum ) has a long history of use in liver disease. A report in the current issue of HerbalGram highlights its ef...

Reality Sandwich , a new online venture started by Daniel Pinchbeck and others (quite interesting in its own right), reminds us of the power...

Spring advances, and flowers are blooming everywhere! Herbalists' lawns tend to look a bit messier than average this time of year (I...

A couple of years ago, when I was in Belize with Anne hiking around the rainforest, exploring Mayan power sites, and talking to a range of d...

A recent (end of January) case report generated a lot of furor in the herbal community by implying that certain soaps and body care product...

Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis ) flowers glistening in the spring sun.

A 2003 report from the British Medical Journal serves as a good commentary on medicine's current obsession with evidence-based knowledge...

A well-crafted study from China examined the role that Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE, the good-ol'-24% flavoglycosides stuff) can play in ...

Enjoy the gorgeous day, greening of the fields and hedges, and full moon tonight! Here are some pictures of the advancing Spring. Coltsfoot ...

I'd written a few weeks ago about the FDA's shift in perspective regarding herb and supplement regulation. It seems now that the co...

"You are what you eat" (or, for many herbalists, "You are what you assimilate"): important adages, helping to bring the ...

Well, it's the third time this spring that I've seen the snow melt from the gardens, and I'm hoping this time it's for good!...

Researchers at UCLA just reported some interesting results at a recent meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. It involves ...

Last December, the FDA issued a comprehensive position paper on "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM), offering an opinio...

Here's further proof that if you spend enough time away from the forest and fields, whole foods, and our plant allies, your brain eventu...

Coleus forskholii , a tropical member of the Mint family, has been used in Ayurveda for thousands of years. Recent research points to its ro...

The cardiologists met last month in New Orleans to review new strategies, therapies, and research related to cardiovascular health. Among th...