Many herbs contain compounds that can help treat diseases or help to ease symptoms. In fact, some modern medicines have their origins in herbal remedies. A common example of this is aspirin, which is ...

Local herbalists look to the wisdom of folk cures and modern science while searching their gardens for natural remedies, but they don’t recommend anyone use herbs without seeking a doctor’s advice.

Or are alternative homeopathic treatments—which produce no provable results according to science, yet which are still recommended by some doctors—some combination of natural remedy and mind game?

Herbal, or natural, remedies are derived from plants and usually can be put together simply at home. That tends to make them cost-effective and convenient, and many people find them a welcome ...

Over the past century, Americans have embraced modern pharmaceutical science and the lifesaving medicines it has produced. In the process, we've relegated to folklore the cures our grandparents relied ...