More Filipino Medicinal Herbs

Continuing our look at Filipino medicinal herbs, we discover two herbs that are being touted as 'cancer killers'.

Herbs with medicinal or health-giving properties

A reader asked if I had photographs of the herbs mentioned last week. Unfortunately, I don’t. Later, I will give the scientific names of the plants so readers can Google them if they want to know how they look.

Helping the IPs develop farms

MANILA, Philippines  — Helping Indigenous Peoples (IPs) harness their ancestral lands could contribute to the production of more food and other necessities. If the huge ancestral lands set aside for our brothers in the uplands are farmed in a sustainable way, rural poverty could be alleviated and there could be less peace and order problems.

Herbs are food and medicine, too

Herbs and spices do not only make food taste better, they often also have medicinal or therapeutic properties. Many people are increasingly turning to natural remedies not only because of cost, but because many medicinal chemical preparations create new health problems while trying to cure one.

Why exotic animal trade grows in Asia

On a traffic-snarled Jakarta roadside, a market trader thrusts out a forearm with a terrified looking primate clasping tightly to his skin.