Researchers are studying Cajun and Creole folk medicine to see if it could be used in modern medicine, which begs the question — can medicine go retro? On a piece of land along Louisiana’s Atchafalaya ...

Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?

a story about how Norwegian home remedies were used to help save a young immigrant from losing his foot. The year was 1863. Mikkel Lokkensgaard was climbing into the attic of the family's cabin in ...

Like the Black Crowe’s “Remedy, and its line, I need a remedy”, folks of yesteryear needed remedies and they came up with them. We call their aspiring cures “Folk Medicine.” Once again I’m writing ...

Using herbs native to the region, Appalachian folk medicine is very much alive today. Its healing practices have trickled down from mountain folk to modern mainstream providers. “Herbal medicine has ...

The following is a family story from my wife’s friend, Janice, whose father lived in Ojai during the 1918 flu pandemic. The 1918 Spanish flu/swine flu was by far the most deadly disease in history, ...

I had an interesting conversation with the young medical anthropologist and columnist, Gideon Lasco, the other day. He had done research on folk medicine, and I hope it will get published soon. Our ...

As countries close their borders and hospitals struggle with a surge in coronavirus cases, some of the most repressive societies in the former Soviet Union are carrying on with business as usual, ...

Jean Trinh is an award-winning journalist who covers food, arts, and culture. She is a contributing food writer at The Los Angeles Times, where her work has been recognized with a 2023 James Beard ...