When European settlers began to arrive in what is now Massachusetts at the beginning of the 17th century, they brought the plants and remedies they knew, along with a few of the famous works on herbal medicine that were consulted by all. For...
The over the Counter (OTC) drugs Aspirin and acetominophin (the main
active ingredient of Tylenol and other analgesics) are two of the w
Medical doctors and traditional herbalists often use radically different medicines. But the phenomenon is that for disorders such as brain dysfunction, depression, mental weakness or confusion, loss of memory, ringing of the ears and many other...
Men's and women's reproductive health issues are an important part of herbal and medical health care in modern societies. Herbal remedies have been used throughout history to help ease symptoms and balance hormones. For instance, the Mediteranean...
Herbal medicines are the precursors of many common drugs prescribed in clinical practice in modern western industrial countries today. Further, herbs and herbal products are still an important part of the primary health care systems in many parts of...
Mushrooms have been valued as both food and medicine throughout the world for thousands of years, but until recently, many in the West associated all mushrooms with poison. The recent surge of Western interest in medicinal mushrooms shows that this...
Mary walked into the acupuncturist's office and surveyed the situation.
She was a little uncertain, this being her first trip to a Chine
James Ryan never thought he would be drinking herbal tea straight from an apple-juice bottle. But a lot of things had changed over the last year. He never thought he would be alive now, either, and here he was talking to me about his incredible...
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Everybody's allergic to something. Cat hair, grass pollen, wheat bread by the slice, cow's milk and eggs. What about work? Often the subject of our reactivity is at first benign; it is only later that the obvious and sometimes very uncomfortable...