Plants benefit us in so many ways. From ornamentals bringing joy, to crops making delicious meals, and herbs adding fragrance to our yards. Another lesser spoken about category is medicinal plants.

Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the ...

hasn’t been done with the level of accuracy that you would need for a medicinal drug,” she explains. “A common mistake would be to study different plant species in the same family ...