Passion flower | Passiflora March 1, 2019Today, looking back on now more than 100 years of research on Passiflora incarnata, the potentials of the passion flower have been investigated, at least in mouse experiments or in...
What is an adaptogen? February 1, 2019"Adaptogen" comes from adapt. Adapt means "to fit" in the sense of evolution: "survival of the fittest". It does not mean "survival of the strongest", but of the best adapted.
Testosterone and erectile dysfunction January 6, 2019In Germany, around forty percent of all men over forty are affected by erectile dysfunction. That's a good five million people! During andropause, the climacteric virile - i.e. around the...
Artemisia - the dynamite from the mugwort December 1, 2018Artemisia annua gained great fame after the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to its discoverer Yu Yu Tou in 2015. More specifically, the prize was awarded for isolating artemisiniin...
Artemisia Annua instead of antibiotics? November 1, 2018 What would happen if we would feed our farm animals with Artemisia Annua? Researchers from the University of Cambridge have tried it.
Artemisia Annua - Of course completely ineffective October 1, 2018Artemisia annua is used by the pharmaceutical industry as a raw material to produce various medicines. Artesunate is isolated from the whole plant and administered as a medicine in combination...
