A Radicle

Traditionally, the days around the Vernal Equinox (mid to late March) and the month(s) after it were seen as a time of intense, rushing ener...

December 9th's JAMA has an interesting study in it which is receiving a lot of press already. An analysis of over 5,000 Chinese women ...

Am J Med. 2009 Oct;122(10):939-46.e9. Side effects of phytoestrogens: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Tempfer CB , Froese G , Heinz...

"It is well known that exercise is an important disease management strategy for patients with dyslipidemia. It may be less well known t...

By popular demand, here is a copy of some notes on the upcoming flu season. Looking at the flu trend reports from Google , it seems we'r...

Jón T. Njarðarson 's team at the University of Cornell has put together an interesting poster listing the top 200 pharmaceuticals used l...

Just a quick note for those interested in the outline for some general approaches / suggestions for the herbalist seeking to provide support...

Allegra Hamman has just been hired as a clinical herbalist to complement the care provider team at Johns Hopkins' Student Health and We...

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...