Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Often, the common name given to a plant reflects the ...

BOSTON -- There are hundreds of native plants in our own backyards that are a valuable source of food, medicine, and even material. But climate change is threatening their existence and the ...

Plant use by Native Americans -- Plants used as drugs -- Appreciating the common knowledge of our past -- Sources of information on plant usages -- Drug usage categories -- Native Americans -- ...

Exploring the synergy between traditional medicines and nutrition for a holistic approach to health and disease prevention. Study: Holistic Approach of Nutrients and Traditional Natural Medicines for ...

"My registered name is Hemerson Dantas dos Santos, but you can add ‘Pataxó Hãhãhãi’ at the end, which is the Indigenous people I belong to." This is how the interview began, conducted by Medscape’s ...

Humans have utilized plants in medicine for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Sumerians were the first to record ...

In October, the Biden Administration expanded both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for practices that could include sweat lodges and drumming in Oregon, California, New ...

A Tulsa-based nonprofit is helping Indigenous families reconnect with their cultural roots by promoting traditional foods through community gardening and education. Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, ...

Starting next year, Medi-Cal will expand its coverage to services provided by Native American traditional healers, including herbal medicine, music therapy and spiritual interventions like rituals.