Herbal medicines or supplements are natural compounds from plants’ leaves, bark, roots, seeds, or flowers that people can use for medicinal purposes. They may offer therapeutic benefits when people ...

Scientists are testing the ancient herb borage to see which healing claims hold up and where modern evidence still falls ...

Many ingredients in herbal tea can interact with prescription medications. Blood thinners, transplant medications, and antidepressants are just a few of the medications that should be avoided.

Using computational methods, a team of researchers identified three compounds in traditional Chinese medicine that could be used against SARS-CoV-2: quercetin, puerarin and kaempferol . Of the three ...

When you pop into a health food store, you’ll likely see plenty of herbal products being displayed on shelves. Medicinal herbs are nothing new. In fact, they’ve been used for centuries. Recently, they ...

Herbal medicine has been with us since the dawn of human civilization and yet we know far less about its effects than we do about conventional synthetic medicines. In the Western world particularly, ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that causes gas, bloating, abdominal pain and cramping, and changes in bowel movement frequency. Since IBS is a chronic condition, ...

Roughly half of all U.S. drugs are synthetic versions of plant-derived chemicals or modifications of those natural compounds. It should come as little surprise, therefore, that many botanical ...

Discover how a traditional Chinese herbal mix showed better results in treating a common kidney disease compared to commonly ...