Mills, Bone and Hoffmann: How Herbalists Think
Simon Mills, Kerry Bone and David Hoffmann: their lives, their textbooks, how a herbalist prescribes, and why single-compound research misses it.
The AIP Journal
Evidence reviews & field notes
Evidence-graded writing on medicinal plants from the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy on the Cassowary Coast, Far North Queensland: what tradition says, what the chemistry shows, and what Australian law allows.
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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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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.
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Rhodiola root
Rhodiola is the dried underground organ of Rhodiola rosea, a small dioecious succulent of Arctic and alpine rock, sea-cliff and scree across the ...
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St John’s wort flowering herb top (Hypericum perforatum)
St John's wort is the dried flowering top of Hypericum perforatum L., a perennial herb of Europe, Asia and North Africa that has naturalised across ...
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Turmeric rhizome (Curcuma longa)
Turmeric is the cured, dried rhizome of Curcuma longa, a sterile cultigen that has been carried by human hands out of tropical South Asia and grown ...
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Buchu (Agathosma betulina)
Buchu is the dried leaf of Agathosma betulina, a low shrub of the Cape fynbos that grows wild nowhere else. It was a Khoisan medicine and ceremonial ...
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Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): the TGA liver warnings
Ashwagandha, withania (Withania somnifera): what the TGA liver warnings say, what the stress and sleep trials show, and root versus leaf in Australia.
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Pygeum (Prunus africana): the prostate evidence
Pygeum, African cherry (Prunus africana): what the 18 trials found, what the four Australian labels may claim, and the CITES trade in its bark.