For centuries, African traditional healers have used gentle, soothing herbs to heal stomach ulcers while modern medicine was still learning what caused them. These time-tested African herbs that ...

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African dream root is an herb native to South Africa. Traditionally, people used the plant’s roots to treat several health conditions. In addition, the Xhosa people of South Africa used the roots to ...

For many people in my family and community, herbalism was a way of staying out of medical debt. We couldn’t afford the best health care possible; most of us were raised on Medicaid. This type of ...