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File this one under the "let's spend grant money to research the obvious" category: it seems that walking for about 20 minutes...

Triclosan, a chlorinated polyphenolic compound found in a range of consumer products, has been touted as "antibacterial" and someh...

We returned to Italy in the last two weeks in April (mud season up here in Vermont), and got an amazing jump on Spring. For me it was a chan...

Hawthorn (various Crategus species) received an endorsement in another Ernst-and-friends metareview . The review included 14 trials, and fo...

There's a somewhat alarming development afoot in Canada relating to the sale, use and dispensation of herbal medicines and "natural...

We've been over in Italy for the last few weeks, and updates here are difficult. I'll be posting some photos of wild springtime herb...

Devil's Claw ( Harpagophytum procumbens ) is native to South Africa, lives in dry soils, and produces large underground tubers that are ...

Yes, the Equinox has passed, but here in the mountains of Vermont we still have two feet of snow in the fields. I've been jealous late...

'He that would live for aye, Must eat Sage in May.' The old English proverb, quoted by venerable herbalists from Gerard to Maude Gri...

Michael McGuffin, President of the American Herbal Products Association wrote an interesting counterpoint in response to an editorial in th...

Food - our basic sustenance, one of our most primal interfaces with the natural world - plays a crucial role in the ongoing creation of ours...

An investigation by the Associated Press reveals some disturbing facts about the presence of a variety of medications in the public water s...

Some links to excellent free online material for herbal research, historical exploration, or just hours of gazing at full-resolution botanic...

A new collection from photographer Hans Silvester documents the incredible plant-based ceremonial and celebratory outfits of he Surma and M...

Ever since the Food and Drug Administration released its 'final rule' on the manufacture of dietary and herbal supplements, herbali...

A large study conducted in Norway points at some definite links between headaches and GI tract complaints like acid reflux (see figure on t...

Thank you to Larken for picking up on a new, free location for accessing HerbMed Pro. You can visit Gaia Herbs for the full list of over 20...

A study published last yea r in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology looked at over 80 clinical trials in Western phytotherapy and compared...

Best wishes for a happy New Light and New Year to everyone! I'd like to share an amazing video of the Cordyceps fungus (many different...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of enzymes that are involved in many physiological processes, helping to balance inflammatory...