Medicinal plants of the Himalayan region

Medicinal plants of the Himalayan region

Maharanga emodi (Wall.)A.D.C. syn Onsoma emodi Wall (O. emodi Wall.=Maharanga emodi (Wall.) DC.,) (Boraginaceae ) Flower and roots are used as medicine. The plants are distributed in Alpine…
Fish Oil's Anti-Inflammatory Secret Revealed

Fish Oil's Anti-Inflammatory Secret Revealed

Fish oil has been used as an anti-inflammatory (and a lot of other things) but scientists haven't been sure how the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil work in that capacity but a new report in Cell…
Antibiotics 1700 Years Ago - In Beer!

Antibiotics 1700 Years Ago - In Beer!

Want to make people healthier?  Put more goof stuff in beer.  And don't count out the smarts of ancient people in fun ways to stay healthy. While antibiotics officially date to the…
Hallucinogens In Your Medicine Cabinet

Hallucinogens In Your Medicine Cabinet

One of the crazy repercussions of the idiotic “war on drugs”, apart from destruction of innocent lives and whole countries like Mexico and the US, is that you cannot openly buy many quite harmless…
Would You Like Statins With That Big Mac?

Would You Like Statins With That Big Mac?

One solution to the heart risk caused by obesity, although an obtuse one, is to add things to the junk food industry instead of taking away some junk food. Researchers at Imperial College London…
Homeopathy's Downward Spiral Continues

Homeopathy's Downward Spiral Continues

Homeopathy's origin should be a clue to why there is no evidence to show it has ever worked.  In the words of Samuel Hahnemann, the German physician at a time when being an M.D. was not a mark…