Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging ...

A 2026 consumer research report examining the Medicinal Garden Kit, the 'backyard pharmacy' herbal gardening concept, ...

A young mugwort plant. Mugwort is plentiful along local frontcountry canyons and often grows near poison oak. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo) While growing up, I often read uplifting tales about great ...

Big pharmaceutical and herbal companies are producing drugs and compounds from a wide range of agricultural resources such as golden seal, lemon grass, citrus fruits and peels, especially orange peels ...

If you’ve ever walked into an apothecary for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it’s hard to ignore the tang of dried herbs that are arrayed on the floor, lining the counter, and stacked on ...

The German polymath Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine abbess in the High Middle Ages, developed a holistic view of healing while working in her monastery’s herb garden and caring for the sick in its ...

Herbal medicine has been with us since the dawn of human civilization and yet we know far less about its effects than we do about conventional synthetic medicines. In the Western world particularly, ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread globally. Chinese herbal medicines have shown promise ...

The British economist Alfred Marshall defined economics as the study of how people go about the everyday business of life; earning a living while seeking a better quality of life .

The writer is a senior Environmental ConsultantOn March 3, 2026, as the world observes World Wildlife Day under the theme ...

Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging demand for more.