One sign at the entrance of the Mütter Museum medicinal garden warns “plants can be deadly; do not touch or consume any of the plants in the garden.” It underscores how powerful plants can be, and why ...

Husband-and-wife duo Travis Gumbs and Cynthia Cervantes have officially entered the wellness space with a new brand targeting holistic healing. Medicinal Plant Index, founded this year by Gumbs with ...

Also called oshá, the plant is sacred to many Native American and Indigenous people, who don't want it commoditized by the American herbal products industry. Because it often grows on public lands, ...

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Plants and herbs are an integral part of Ayurveda and are used to treat many diseases, weight management and pain relief. These medicinal plants have been in use since ancient times especially in ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This map of medicinal plants ...

In the Indian Himalayan region, one of 36 global biodiversity hotspots, 1,748 medicinal plant species have been identified. But with increased commercial collection, unmonitored trade, habitat loss ...

The Qatari wilderness have a multitude plants and herbs with medicinal properties that need to be explored, according to Ali Talib al-Hinzab, a pioneer of the Qatari environment participating at the ...

In September 2021, a video supposedly showing a medicinal plant called oodhu paavai in Tamil blowing pollen out of its funnel-shaped structures went viral on social media: This video does not show a ...