Don’t see dandelions as pesky weeds in your yard, but rather as medicine. “I already am familiar with plants in our area, but to be told this plant that I think of as a weed had medicinal properties, ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

New Delhi: In recent years, many people have begun turning back to nature for everyday wellness, and home-grown medicinal plants are playing a big role in that shift. Growing healing plants at home is ...

Tshepiso Ndhlovu received funding from the National Research Foundation Pretoria, South Africa (NRF; Thuthuka Grant (UID: 121525), and nGAP programme for funding this study. He is a member of the ...

Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa ...

Forest communities in southwestern Ghana use 70 species of medicinal trees to treat up to 83 ailments, according to a recent study. These plants contain high levels of bioactive compounds with ...