Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Margaux Lushing is an LA-based reporter covering wellness. Many of us don’t see our Western doctors until issues like digestive ...

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If you’ve ever walked into an apothecary for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it’s hard to ignore the tang of dried herbs that are arrayed on the floor, lining the counter, and stacked on ...

San Francisco, Califorrnia - The traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Exhibition Hall in San Francisco’s Chinatown opened its doors less than a year ago. On the second floor of the Stockton Street ...

When you pop into a health food store, you’ll likely see plenty of herbal products being displayed on shelves. Medicinal herbs are nothing new. In fact, they’ve been used for centuries. Recently, they ...

Elix founder Lulu Ge breaks down how personalized herbal formulas and digital tools are bringing traditional Chinese medicine ...

Herbal medicine has been with us since the dawn of human civilization and yet we know far less about its effects than we do about conventional synthetic medicines. In the Western world particularly, ...

Laura Leavitt is a personal finance and wellness writer for CNET. Her work has been published at NextAdvisor, Bankrate, The Simple Dollar, MoneyGeek, Business Insider and more. In every culture, ...

People have used herbs for thousands of years, relying on powdered supplements, teas, tinctures, and skin creams to help treat everything from skin rashes to mild depression. Herbal supplements, also ...

Healing herbs and their many medicinal wonders have always fascinated me. What fascinates me even more than medicinal herbs, though, is that we have in the past several decades turned to expensive ...

In every culture, people have found that certain foods, herbs and treatments improve their health overall or reduce specific ...