The Threat to Nature's Medicine

keeseyArticles, Biodiversity, Health, Original

Image of Catharanthus roseus flowerHigh in the eastern Himalayas grows a cottony white flower known for centuries among Tibetan and Chinese healers for its power to treat headaches, high-blood pressure, fertility, and menstrual problems. Despite its remote, rocky habitat some 13,000 feet above sea level, however, dual forces now imperil the slow-growing snow lotus.