Before the advent of formal medicine, people largely depended on herbal plant knowledge that has been passed through generations of families. From poultices for wounds and bruises to tinctures and ...

The standard research process has been established by the NIRPROMP Team based at UP Manila. It is composed of three major components: u u u— for the supply of raw materials: ° Phase I — trials on 15 ...

The University of the Philippines Manila’s National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants (NIRPROMP) has created an herbal antifungal lotion using the Indigenous Akapulco plant (Senna Alata) ...

MANILA — A shift from herbal supplements to recognized drugs marks a significant milestone in the cycle of drug development, thanks to extensive clinical trials conducted by the National Integrated ...

It’s back to basics, folks. We city folks are used to taking medication that’s manufactured by multinationals (which is one of the reasons why medicines are costly). But the Food and Agriculture ...

On a freezing winter night many years ago, my wife and I saved our young daughter’s life with an onion poultice. Our struggling daughter woke in the middle of the night so congested she could barely ...