The Guggul tree is nothing short of legendary. The apparently unassuming shrub that dots the deserts and hills in this part of the world holds immense medicinal value. It has been used in Ayurveda, a ...

Guggul is the common name for the flowering myrrh tree (Commiphora mukul or Commiphora wightii), native to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Called the Indian bdellium, it is a small flowering plant ...

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON -- A traditional remedy approved in India for lowering cholesterol appears to work, researchers say, and in a way that might lead to the development of improved drugs. The ...

A tree resin used in India for 2,000 years as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments has been found by modern researchers to be effective in controlling high cholesterol. The sap from a tree known in ...

Some say a herbal drug called guggul made from myrrh tree resin contains substances which could be good for cholesterol levels. But a study shows that guggul raises the bad form of cholesterol by up ...

WASHINGTON -- For more than 2,000 years, healers in India have used a tree resin as a folk medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Modern researchers now find it effective in controlling high ...

CHENNAI: Nowadays, an advice ‘change your lifestyle’ is becoming common among men. There are dozens of health complaints marked as lifestyle diseases and obesity ranks top amongst those. Lack of ...

A TREE gum used in traditional Indian medicine for nearly 3,000 years could be used to develop powerful new cholesterol-busting drugs, scientists revealed yesterday. A TREE gum used in traditional ...