Can #Echinacea Melt Winter’s Colds and #Flu?

Wall Street Journal Editor’s Note: The Wall Street Journal reports about a study in 2015 that found a hot drink containing echinacea to be as good as prescription Tamiflu for treating influenza, and a large 2012 study that found the remedy cut down on the number...

The Ascent of the #Pharma-King & #KRATOM

By Paul Kemp For Whom Are the Laws Made? One thing my father managed to teach me before he died when I was 15, was a huge respect for the genius shown by the founders of our nation. I remember a trip we made to Washington, DC when I was 12 or so and standing so close...

The #Kratom Saga — Who Shall Own the #Healing Herbs?

Originally posted August 27, 2014 By Paul Kemp Is Prohibition About to Be Repeated? Kratom is the poster-child for so many things that are going wrong today, in America. Kratom — Mitragyna speciosa — is merely the leaf of a tree, in the same family as the coffee...

Experts Speak Out on Benefits of #Kratom: Why it Would be a Mistake to Ban It

September 08, 2015 09:53 AM ET WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Botanical Legal Defense (BLD), an educational and advocacy group focused on promoting and protecting the medicinal and therapeutic benefits of natural plants and herbal supplements, is concerned...

News Mistakes #Heroin Epidemic for #Kratom One. Get the Facts about #MitragynaSpeciosa.

 The NY Times and USA Today published articles that condemn Kratom, an all natural medicinal plant, under the regard that its addictive and “causes effects like heroin.” In their articles they do not cite scientific fact or ANY evidence showing Kratom has any short or...