Humans have utilized plants in medicine for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Sumerians were the first to record their use of medicinal plants on a clay slab about 5,000 years ago.

Their project, called Phytogene, harnesses the power of “biopharming” — a method that transforms plants into living drug ...

Today, herbalism and wild plant foraging has become an increasingly popular alternative to modern medicine. Herbal medicine is still widely used among American-Indian, Chinese and European populations ...

At the SHE Media's Co-Lab at SXSW in Austin, Texas, the conversation turned from the personal to the planetary as Dr. Andrew ...

Wildfires in Odisha's forests threaten medicinal plants crucial for traditional healing. Fires in Aska, Ganjam district ...

In the evolving landscape of plant medicine, terpenes have emerged from relative obscurity to become recognized as crucial therapeutic compounds. These aromatic molecules, responsible for the ...

Instead of further depleting over-harvested indigenous plants for medicinal purposes, it might be possible to use the bacteria inside their roots. This would preserve at-risk plants while still ...