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Medicinal mushrooms and immune function

The immunomodulatory virtues of medicinal mushrooms offer therapeutic value in the treatment of immune...

Supporting doctors: How herbs can help reduce antibiotic overprescribing

The overuse of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance and higher risk of major health...

The sustainability of echinacea within herbal medicine

Echinacea is one of the most popular herbal medicines, but its popularity has come...

Save our antibiotics: 5 antibacterial herbs to fight infection

The overuse of antibiotics has meant that our pharmaceutical antibiotics do not work as...

Inflammation: The global epidemic we should be worried about

In herb book Inflammation, Christine Herbert discusses the complex networks which create chronic inflammation...

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus): A mushroom with many medicinal properties

Medicinal fungi like chaga have boomed in popularity in recent years. Matthew Clark shares...

Pollutants, pesticides and our microbiome: How they all affect allergies

The onslaught of synthetic chemicals has affected people’s immune systems, and microbiomes. We explain...

The 3 types of echinacea: A comparison of medicinal actions

Ruth Weaver explores the 3 types of echinacea and their different medicinal actions.

Essential oils for treating inflammation: An aromatherapist’s perspective

Aromatherapist Ellen Rowland takes a look at treatment strategies of inflammation with essential oils.

Pain and CBD: How it works and how to use it

Use of CBD is from the cannabis and hemp plants has boomed in recent...

5 herbs instead of anti-inflammatories

Modern approach to most inflammatory disturbances is to suppress them with anti-inflammatory drugs, but...

Inflammation in acute hypersensitivities

Kevin Spelman looks at three cases of acute inflammation in hypersensitivities and their clinical...

The Chinese herbal medicine approach to inflammation: Solving the “Turmeric Paradox”

Inflammation is the healing response of the body to tissue damage, and Chinese Herbal...

Botanical drugs and supplements that may be safe and useful in COVID-19

Mark Blumenthal explores the misapprehensions surrounding the safety and efficacy of herbal ingredients to...

Why there is such an increase in allergies and what herbalism can do about it

People are having stronger symptoms and more hypersensitivity allergic reactions. Vilma Matuleviciute explores why...

The relevance of complementary and integrative medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative review of the literature

In light of the adverse health risks faced both at the population and individual...

Botanical drugs and supplements affecting the immune response

In times of health crisis, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, the potential benefit of...

Skin inflammations in Ayurveda

Skin inflammations are becoming increasingly common, with atopic dermatitis or eczema affecting 1–3% of...

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