By Tryst Williams Herbal and homeopathic remedies are shrugging off their hippy image and hitting the mainstream, sales figures out today suggest. Echinacea and green tea-based treatments are among the most popular complementary medicines, according to market analyst Mintel.

By Annie Freeda Cruez KUALA LUMPUR: While the country may be marching towards developed status by 2020, Malaysians, it seems, will continue to opt for the old and tested ways when it comes to their health.

By SMALL, Vernon The Government's shaky legislative majority has been exposed after plans for a joint trans-Tasman agency to regulate alternative medicines were shelved.

By LUKE, Peter The enthusiasm many New Zealanders have for alternative health remedies helps explain the long and tortured progress of a planned law change to control such products. PETER LUKE reports.

By Anthony Harrington As complementary medicine matures, the need for measurable standards and a code of practice is clear. THE field of complementary medicines is a wide one, ranging from the stable and sensible to the outright mystical.