Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus)
Bugleweed is the dried aerial part of two wetland mints: Lycopus virginicus, native to the eastern and central United States, and L.
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Education and Research
Articles from the Education and Research department of the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy: monographs, literature reviews and evidence summaries.
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Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: An Industry Report Card
Ten years of legal medicinal cannabis in Australia: what works, the high-THC problem, prescriber training gaps, and a case for herbalists on the team.
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Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa): perimenopause and safety
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga) and perimenopause: what the hot-flush trials tested, Asian look-alikes, AUST L blends and the liver warning.
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Greek mountain tea (Sideritis scardica): trials, safety, law
Greek mountain tea or ironwort (Sideritis scardica): which species are in the packet, what the EMA and two small trials show, and its Australian status.
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Dirty Pictures, Warts & All: Sasha Shulgin, 1925-2014
Sasha Shulgin (1925-2014): Dow chemist, the Farm lab at Lafayette, PiHKAL and TiHKAL, his 1987 lectures, and the medicines now coming from his work.
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Blue flag (Iris versicolor)
Blue flag is the dried rhizome of Iris versicolor, a wetland iris of north-eastern North America from Newfoundland and Labrador to Virginia and west ...
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Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Blue cohosh is the dried rhizome and roots of Caulophyllum thalictroides, a spring-flowering woodland perennial of the barberry family, native to ...
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Bladderwrack whole thallus (Fucus vesiculosus)
Bladderwrack is Fucus vesiculosus, a brown seaweed of the cold and temperate North Atlantic and the Baltic. It does not grow in Australia; every gram ...
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Black walnut hulls (Juglans nigra)
Black walnut hull is the fleshy outer coat of the fruit of Juglans nigra, a large timber and nut tree of the eastern and central United States and ...
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Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
Bitter melon is the fruit of Momordica charantia, a scrambling annual vine of the tropics that is eaten as a vegetable across Asia, Africa and the ...
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Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Bilberry fruit is the ripe berry of Vaccinium myrtillus, a low deciduous shrub of acid heath and conifer forest across Europe, northern Asia and ...
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Sutherlandia (Lessertia frutescens): the cancer bush claim
Sutherlandia, 'cancer bush' (Lessertia frutescens): never trialled for cancer in people. What the HIV trial found, drug interactions and Australian law.