Many plants that people can grow at home have a long history in alternative medicine. Peppermint, thyme, lavender, and more are simple to grow and may help ease certain health symptoms.

Thanks to new analytical tools, Chinese herbal medicines are attracting a new burst of R&D activity, as Jane Qiu reports. You have full access to this article via your institution. In the past few ...

Although it isn’t technically an herb, green tea and its main polyphenol compound epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) are often included in literature reviews focusing on herbal remedies for liver ...

Can herbal extracts be used to investigate liver fibrosis? Researchers at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM) are using new research tools to try to understand the ...

Herbs were widely used as remedies for all sorts of illnesses. These remedies were often written down in books known as herbals, with pictures of the plants and explanations of how they should be ...

His most famous work, however, was “Historia Naturalis” (Natural History), an encyclopedia of natural science that spanned thirty-seven books. In this work, Pliny describes in detail the ...

The internet has fostered the growth in herbal remedies, which are often cheaper than doctor-prescribed pharmaceuticals. A patient can read about a traditional remedy online, order the herbs on ...

Herbal tea, or leung cha in Cantonese, is a concoction of medicinal herbs based on traditional Chinese medicine formulas. In 2006, herbal tea was selected as part of Hong Kong’s intangible ...

The Faculty of Medicine educates health care specialists, including physicians, dentists, psychologists and speech and language therapists as well as Master’s degree holders in translational medicine.

Considering taking supplements to treat mycosis fungoides? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of mycosis fungoides. Follow the links to read common ...