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Learn to identify these medicinal plants used by Native Americans

4/7/2015 - Almost universally, indigenous people throughout the world have displayed an advanced understanding of medicinal plants and their uses in healing the human body. The knowledge that these so-called "primitives" possessed has become the foundation of modern medicine, but the truth is that much has been...

African medicinal plants may stop tumor growth from multi-drug resistant cancers: Research

6/26/2013 - Traditional African medicinal plants may contain naturally occurring compounds that effectively kill drug-resistant cancers, according to research conducted by Victor Keute of the University of Dschang in Cameroon and Thomas Efferth of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. "The active substances...

Monarch butterflies use medicinal plants to treat diseases in their offspring

10/21/2010 - What happens when animals get sick in the wild -- do they just fight off disease by themselves? It seems they may actively treat themselves, and their sick offspring, with natural therapies. If that sounds like a far-fetched idea, listen up. Although few studies have been conducted on self-medication...

93 percent of medicinal plants may become extinct due to habitat destruction

9/1/2010 - Ninety-three percent of the wild plants used in traditional Indian (ayurvedic) medicine are threatened with extinction, according to an assessment carried out by the Botanical Survey of India. In November 2000, the Indian government formed a National Medicinal Plants Board to promote the development...

400 Medicinal Plants on Verge of Extinction Warn Researchers

6/10/2008 - Botanic Gardens Conservation International has warned that 400 medicinal plants around the world are at risk of extinction if current over-harvesting and deforestation practices continue. The organization, which has member gardens in 120 different countries, surveyed more than 600 members and university...

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