The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A discovery of a potent neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory chemical in a native California shrub ...

Native medicinal plants will be the subject of the next Discover Nature program at the LSU Hilltop Arboretum. “Medicinal Plants for Gardens of the Southeast” featuring Jennifer Blanchard will take ...

Diane Vaszily remembers being treated by a powwow doctor as a child in York, Pa. Aromatic herbs and rhythmic chanting were part of the shaman’s cure. Which herbs were used and what words were spoken, ...

A bed of yarrow blooms in KU's Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden, just north of Lawrence. A tour of the garden will be held 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2019, for the summer solstice. On the ...

This article is republished with permissions from theJanuary 2020 issueof Washington Gardener, a publication covering Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area gardens. If you’ve read any of my ...

Studies by scientists at Emory University suggest that traditional plant-based remedies used during the American Civil War to treat soldiers’ wounds could represent a source of modern-day antibiotics ...

Honeybees collecting nectar from a "buffet" of Australian native plants made honey with anti-microbial abilities that is more ...

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