For centuries, African traditional healers have used gentle, soothing herbs to heal stomach ulcers while modern medicine was still learning what caused them. These time-tested African herbs that ...

Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has stressed the need for harnessing and developing herbs and plants with medicinal value for both domestic and commercial applications out of the rich ecosystem ...

Fertility can be a sensitive topic for many, and finding natural ways to support reproductive health is a priority for some. Across Africa, traditional medicine has long utilised herbs to enhance ...

African lemongrass is known to aid digestion by stimulating the production of digestive enzymes. This can help alleviate ...

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The commercialization of self-care has created a distance between people and authentic healing traditions. Yet within African and Caribbean cultures lie centuries-old practices that offer profound ...

By Josfyn UbaIn recent years, there has been a remarkable shift towards exploring natural healing and the benefits of Africa’s long abandoned traditional/alternative medicines. African communities are ...

Around the world, from alpine heights to sluggish deltas, and even down into the coralline depths of the Pacific, legmen for U.S. medicine were busy last week in a single-minded search. The objective: ...

Dear readers: March is National Nutrition Month, with this year’s theme being “Connect Through Food.” In keeping with that theme, I need to share with you a bit of a great presentation my colleagues ...