Learn to distinguish elderberry (Sambucus canadensis, s.nigra) from poisonous pokeberry.

Black cohosh, vitex, dong quai, and other herbs to help ease menopausal symptoms.   Black cohosh root (Actaea racemosa) a herb used in natural herbal medicine  to treat menopausal and pre-menstrual symptoms in women. Recently, a large hormone replacement therapy (HRT) study was abruptly halted because researchers found that women who took estrogen and progestin […]

Healing oil between your toes instead of itching. Researchers have identified many plants with antifungal activity. This activity can be put to good use in treating fungal skin infections such as athlete’s foot, clinically called tinea pedis. Athlete’s foot is quite common and results in itching, redness, scaling, and vesicles on the skin, especially between […]