For centuries, Borago officinalis - commonly known as Borage or the Starflower - has been a staple of traditional medicine.

One recent afternoon, a group of students and faculty gathered in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for a workshop on “Traditional Indigenous Medicine.” As they entered the Active ...

Kenya to allow patients to receive coordinated care from both medical doctors and traditional practitioners at the same ...

The second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, jointly organized with the Government of India, concluded today in New ...

For Marika Alvarado, being a medicine woman wasn’t a choice — it was her destiny. Born in a line of Native American medicine women, her grandmother declared her a healer at birth, and her purpose was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Siebert is a reporter covering cannabis and psychedelic drugs. Jul 21, 2022, 07:00am EDT This article is more than 3 years ...

The knowledge work and art of Indigenous healers and medicine people in Alaska is being featured at the Anchorage Museum. Good Medicine is a multidisciplinary exhibit and includes paintings, ...

The home of the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier is inside a small white structure with blue trim. The building doesn’t have a sign in front, but co-founder Jerry Tello says “the people that need to ...

Discover how a traditional Chinese herbal mix showed better results in treating a common kidney disease compared to commonly ...

As part of its plans to provide global scientific and strategic guidance for integrating traditional medicine into health systems and developing global standards, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ...

North Korean traditional medicine factories are flooding Chinese border cities with herbal remedies as domestic demand ...