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 ...

African health experts are calling for stronger investment in herbal and traditional medicine, warning that donor dependence and lack of coordinated research are slowing the continent’s ability to ...

There is cheering news for lovers of African medicine. African medicine is moving towards evidence-based medicine, says a key player and Director of Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories ...

THE University of Ibadan, University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, and Samuel Adegboyega University (SAU), Ogwa, Edo State have okayed herbal medicine for their curricula. This is following a ...

Herbalism is known as one of the oldest forms of medicine in the world, with deep ties to the African diaspora. A number of plant-based healing traditions have been passed down from one generation to ...

2003-01-07 04:00:00 PDT Durban, South Africa-- On an unfinished freeway on-ramp that juts out of the Durban skyline and into nowhere, people come searching for cures to an assortment of maladies.

Organised by the Herbal Women’s Network Uganda, the conference brought together herbal leaders, cultural guides, counsellors, entrepreneurs, and digital content creators under the theme: Understanding ...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina drinks a sample of the "Covid Organics" or CVO remedy at a launch ceremony in Antananarivo. Getty Images ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed ...

Two garden beds at Longue Vue House & Gardens are rooted in the global diaspora of people from Africa, featuring herbs and vegetables with deep connections to the past. The culinary and medicinal beds ...