Herbal Medicines

Spring is in the air, and so is the pollen. A lot of it. Tiny granules of pollen carried in the welcome warm breeze are wreaking havoc on local allergy sufferers. Local pharmacists and doctors said they're seeing an uptick in the number of people...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's largest drugmaker Bayer said it agreed to buy privately held Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, a maker of herbal treatments. Bayer said on Thursday that Steigerwald, based in Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of 61.3...

Sald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...

If you go What: Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism open house When: noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday Where: 2900 Valmont Road, Unit F-1 (enter from 29th Street) Cost: Free Info: 720-406-8609 or visit ClinicalHerbalism.com. It's a common Boulder story:...

Meet the "Peeples." Making- her directing debut, screenwriter Tina Gordon Chism ("Drumline," "ATL") may just have delivered the sleeper comedy of the season. Leads Craig Robinson (TV's "The Office") and Kerry Washington ("Django Unchained," TV's...

Almost everywhere you look, you're bombarded with advertisements shilling products that promise "energy," "pep" and "vigor" — all with little to no side effects. You can buy the products at any convenience or grocery store or by mail order. With the...

Let’s face it: when it comes to going green, a lot of us are, well, a little green—especially with regards to shopping. Manufacturers say one thing, but oftentimes they do another. “The abundance of green-washing is tragic,” says...

Imagine you have a choice between two medications. One is advertised as "natural," while the other is a conventional pharmaceutical. Would you prefer one to the other, or would you be indifferent? What if you learned that the two substances are chemically...

Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...

Things seemed simpler this year at the enormous annual trade show for the natural products industry. There was a bit of a back-to-the-old-days vibe among the thousands of things to eat or drink, to use to clean your person or your house, to improve your...

One of the stands of lemon grass in the middle of the Vermont Square Community Garden is in full flower now, a somewhat unusual occurrence. It’s not a particularly attractive phase for the plants, which look like overgrown weeds on their last legs....

Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...