In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves ...

Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy.

This discovery builds on previous findings that chimpanzees consume specific plants to self-medicate against parasites and infections. Chimpanzees are not the only species that engage in self ...

“Forests are home to diverse animal species that lose their home (habitat) or become fragmented when forests are cleared, ...

They self-medicate, and they do it better than us. Bears, for instance, eat willow bark after their long winter snooze. Rich in salicin, the bark helps cleanse the bear’s system and ease the ...

She said police attended his address on an unrelated matter and discovered 16 cannabis plants being grown and the illegal extraction of electricity.

For Lyons, contemporary medicine offered by the VA worked, but not until years of self-medication pushed him ... Everybody has their own PTSD from life.” Plant-based psychedelics, like ayahuasca ...

TikTok-style checklists and unverified quizzes don’t come with effective treatment plans, so checking boxes and answering questions in this format can lead people to self-medicate. These actions ...

The plant’s antiseptic and analgesic properties have seen it ... These cunning creatures, he summarises, ‘have evolved to self-medicate’ from catmint. In fact, according to a 2001 study by Iowa State ...