Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation ...

Now a team of Brazilian scientists has put that tradition through a modern stress test: standardized extracts, controlled ...

For generations, Brazilians have turned to a colorful garden plant to soothe aching joints, trusting experience long before ...

Researchers are studying Cajun and Creole folk medicine to see if it could be used in modern medicine, which begs the question — can medicine go retro? On a piece of land along Louisiana’s Atchafalaya ...

Not only can beliefs in cures based on folklore – such as traditional Chinese medicine – lead one to use ineffective or dangerous nostrums, they can also have a profound effect on the wildlife that's ...

a story about how Norwegian home remedies were used to help save a young immigrant from losing his foot. The year was 1863. Mikkel Lokkensgaard was climbing into the attic of the family's cabin in ...

Using herbs native to the region, Appalachian folk medicine is very much alive today. Its healing practices have trickled down from mountain folk to modern mainstream providers. “Herbal medicine has ...

Plants that glow under ultraviolet (UV) light aren't only a figment of science fiction TV and movies. Roots of a traditional medicine plant called the orange climber, or Toddalia asiatica, can ...

Natural medicine development DG Martins Emeje says WHO appointment validates Nigeria’s push to integrate traditional medicine ...

(Yicai) Jan. 8 -- [Editor's note] With the implementation of international environmental, social, and governance standards, ...