Plants benefit us in so many ways. From ornamentals bringing joy, to crops making delicious meals, and herbs adding fragrance to our yards. Another lesser spoken about category is medicinal plants.

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. This ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

Join herbalist and educator Grace Krupkowski for an immersive class on creating an at-home wildcrafted apothecary, designed ...

Aloe helps with sunburn because it reduces inflammation, contains vitamins, stimulates collagen production, and moisturizes ...

Podcaster and new Style Weekly food editor Debra Freeman to give talk on Black herbalism at Lewis Ginter this week. Harriett Tubman was an herbalist, and hardly the first. The practice of using herbs ...

A lot had to go right for Zongxee Lee to find herself standing amidst stalks of rice and lemongrass in one of the country’s first Hmong botanical gardens. Lee, who comes from a family of herbalists ...

Within the beauty of Lake Tahoe lies a vast medicine cabinet. You may have even walked past, next to, or on top of these little medicinal beings without much notice. A glimpse of the lake along your ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

From treating coughs to improving heart health, Natalie Hammerquist, herbalist and author of, "Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest", shared some local, easy to find plants that can be used as ...