5 Best DIY Hair Growth Mask Recipes

In this article, I will look at the science behind DIY hair growth mask recipes. You might be surprised to learn that research into natural products like onions, garlic, apple cider vinegar, and essential oils have shown their potential to boost hair health ...

Greater Celandine's Ups and Downs−21 Centuries of Medicinal Uses of Chelidonium majus From the Viewpoint of Today's Pharmacology - Part 2

Antiviral

The glycosaminoglycan present in the latex inhibits intracellular human immunodeficiency virus HIV viral migration and blocks reverse ...

Greater Celandine's Ups and Downs−21 Centuries of Medicinal Uses of Chelidonium majus From the Viewpoint of Today's Pharmacology- Part 1

• 1Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

• 2Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław ...

Acupuncture Stops Carpal Tunnel Wrist Pain, Restores Dexterity

Acupuncture is an effective treatment modality for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Independent investigations confirm that acupuncture is more effective than usual care, including anti-inflammatory medications. Acupuncture ...

From Tradition to Science: Herbs and Your Immune System

As we’ve learned throughout this editorial series on immune health, there are many ways we may become vulnerable to illness and many ways we may fortify our bodies against it. Herbs have a long history of use in a variety of cultures, the ...

What those diesel fumes are REALLY doing to your health

Air pollution kills more in the UK than in most Western European countries

Serious conditions, from stroke to cancer, are increasingly linked to air pollution

About a third of the country's air pollution is from transport

Air pollution ...

Drink Up! Alcohol as Medicine Through History

The use of alcohol through history is entrenched in the messy complications of human life—social norms, culture, rituals, religion, economics, medical beliefs, fun times, and probably much more. The therapeutic use of alcohol appears to be as old as ...

Quercetin can boost immunity and fight infection

With the advent of flu season, many Americans feel they have no choice but to brace themselves for an inevitable bout of coughing, aching, feverish misery. It turns out that the much-touted flu vaccine that is being pushed unceasingly by federal ...

Better training could bolster herbalists' standing in medical sphere, expert says

More specific training for herbalists as a way to bolster professional bona fides could go a long way toward burnishing the herbal industry’s image with the medical community, though it might not mean as much to ...

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Buckwheat illustration from Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé’s Flora von Deutschland, 1885. (Public domain)

Buckwheat for Cardiovascular Health, Stroke Prevention, and Diabetes

Buckwheat is due for a serious rebranding effort ...

Potential of herbs in skin protection from ultraviolet radiation

Radava R. Korać and Kapil M. Khambholja1

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Herbs have been used in medicines and cosmetics from centuries. Their potential to treat different skin diseases, to adorn and improve the skin appearance is well-known. As ...

Date palm, bitter kola, zobo top local herbal ‘cures’ for Yuletide blues

Today is Christmas. The Yuletide is here again. The season is synonymous with over indulgence in alcohol, food and sex. Hangover, weight gain and sexually transmitted infections such as Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV ...

Deconstructing Pumpkin Spice

Before “pumpkin spice” became a flavor synonymous with seasonal lattes, cinnamon, cloves, and other warming herbs were valuable medicines used to keep out the cold.

The idea of an herb possessing heat comes from ancient Greek and Chinese healing traditions, where the ...

Panel probes herbal cure claims for Ebola virus, others

• Scientists identify antiviral plants

• Why bitter kola can stop disease

A Scientific Committee on Verification of Herbal Cure Claims set up last year by the National Agency for Food, Drug and Control (NAFDAC) has begun probe of herbal ...

Have you got pre-diabetes? One in three of us is on the brink of full diabetes - which cuts SIX YEARS off your life. And fat or slim, you may be a victim

Britain is facing a type 2 diabetes epidemic of unprecedented proportions

The figures are grim. More than one in three adults has ‘pre ...