There's this place in LA where you can literally drink the extract of a mountain ant, which has adaptogenic properties and can give you an energy boost. I know this, because I did a shot of mountain ...

But rather than buy all your medicinal herbs, try growing a few in your garden, where you can get to know each plant in its verdant, vibrant natural state. Many medicinal plants double as beautiful ...

Shakespeare’s complete works make reference to more than 50 types of flower. Hamlet’s Ophelia delivers a monologue about their myriad associations: rosemary for remembrance, pansies for thought, ...

Make a medicinal herb garden plan from a healing herbs list for time-tested remedies for common ailments. Since the dawn of history, humans and animals have sought healing from plants. Although many ...

On a freezing winter night many years ago, my wife and I saved our young daughter’s life with an onion poultice. Our struggling daughter woke in the middle of the night so congested she could barely ...

Do you take advantage of all the ways your garden can serve you? For fresh food production? Check. For flowers and fragrance in the garden and as cuttings? Check. As culinary herbs to enliven your ...

In this line, data related to 7,400 different plants in the fields of botany and ecology, pharmaceutical plants, and edible plants have been gathered in the encyclopedia along with some 9,000 pictures ...

A retirement plan to buy a farm and sell jams at food markets has blossomed into a family business growing unusual medicinal herbs. A northern NSW family is sourcing seeds worldwide as their herb farm ...

Medicinal herbs found only on an island in Mauritius could one day form the basis of a treatment for one of the most deadly forms of cancer, scientists believe. Chemicals present in the leaves of the ...

A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut ...