Safety & Sustainability

“In the end we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum

Do you know where your herbs come from, or how they are handled during harvest? Our expert insights article take a look at sustainability and safety issues facing herbalism.

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Ephedra: ma huang or ephedrine? – A lesson for herbal practitioners

Ephedra is a valuable herb. It is however banned in the USA. We take...

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The Jade Screen Project

The Jade Screen Project (JSP) offers immune-enhancing and anti-viral herbal formulae for front line...

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Back to the future: How plant medicine can save us from antibiotic resistance

Antibiotics have undoubtedly saved millions of lives but the assumption that they are safe...

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Do You Know Where Your Herbs Come From?

Do you know how herbs for herbal medicine are harvested and by whom? Paying...

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Are herbs safe?

In this review we understand that herbs are not a public hazard, and that...

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Healing the Whole

How herbs are changing the face of the world through a holistic approach to...

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Getting the Dose Right

Getting the dosage right is key to a successful treatment. Here we will look...

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The Birth of Nutraceuticals

Find out how nutraceuticals first evolved and are now a booming industry bringing the...

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The Story of Life: People, Plants and Planet

However hard we might try not to be; we are all interconnected. Each living...

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