Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, ...

Rosemary has been cherished not only for its aroma that enhances our dishes but also for its medicinal properties. Rosemary is common in the Iberian Peninsula and is a powerful ally for our health, ...

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Scientists are uncovering the healing power of plants with help from an unlikely source: chimpanzees. For years, researchers at the University of Oxford have taken samples of plants favored by injured ...

"When a child has a fever, crush a 'candlenut' (fiyaai [Aleurites moluccanus]). Add water to the mixture, and apply it to the ...

For more than 2,000 years, Panax ginseng has been a cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine, renowned for its nourishing and healing properties. In today's world, challenges such as subfertility ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...

A new study concludes that chimpanzees displaying a range of ailments seek out plants with known medicinal properties to treat those ailments. The finding is important because it’s a rare instance ...