http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Timothy+H.+Jackson Gardening Timothy H. Jackson Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109589&ca=Gardening In the 21st century we smugly dismiss herbal remedies for asthma as "old wives tales" but this is a foolish attitude. For 5,000 years of recorded history, and undoubtedly many centuries before, humans have been using plants and nature as cures for many diseases and ailments. "Modern" medicine has on... Food and Drinks Timothy H. Jackson Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109634&ca=Food+and+Drinks It's tempting to think that our modern day medicine is somehow superior to all the 'primitve' medicine of our ancestors. But that theory doesn't hold up under scrutiny. For thousands of years humans used plants and herbs right out of the fields and forests and avoided the horrible side effects of to...