Shibai Xiao / Preserved root of Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis) used in traditional Chinese medicine, Henan Province, China, March 2010. No release available.

Ann & Steve Toon / Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) fruit, Tswalu Kalahari private game reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2012

Jabruson / Overripe 'Popoko' fruit on the forest floor, Sterculia (Sterculia sp) eaten by a lot of forest animals and water from the boiled bark is used as a cold remedy by local tribes people, Bai Hokou, Dzanga...

Jabruson / 'Mbanda' tree trunk with bark patterns (Erthrophleum suaveolens) lots of rainforest species eat the seeds and leaves, but local tribes make a cold water infusion from the inner bark and use as a 'proo...

Shibai Xiao / Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) drying to make traditional medicine, with woman in background, Guangxi Province, China, October 2009.

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) in water. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) in water. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) using long tongue to drink water. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) in water. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese traditio...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) portraits. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chines...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese traditio...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) portrait. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese traditio...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) digging for insects. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) digging for insects. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) climbing. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) climbing. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) climbing. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese...

Roland Seitre / Baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) holding onto its mother's tail. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the...

Roland Seitre / Mother Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) with baby hiding under her. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due t...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the...

Roland Seitre / Mother Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) curled up with her baby on her back. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endange...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) curled up. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to huntin...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) curled up. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to huntin...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) curled up sleeping. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due...

Roland Seitre / Mother and baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the...

Roland Seitre / Close up of Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) scales. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for t...

Roland Seitre / Close-up of Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) scales and claws. Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hun...

Roland Seitre / Baby Malayan / Javan / Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). Mulhouse Zoo, France. Endemic to Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and other South-East Asian localities. Endangered due to hunting for the Chinese tra...

Roland Seitre / Man displaying a pangolin skins at traditional chinese medicine market. Pangolin scales are believed to cure fever. This trade is now illegal. Sichuan, Chengdu, 1983.

Roland Seitre / Chinese animal medicine market, including pangolin, snake skins, ungulate horns, and other unidentified dead animals. Cengdu, Sichuan, China, 1983.

Roland Seitre / Traditional chinese medicines for analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Simon Colmer / (Vernonia amygdalina) commonly called bitter leaf because of its bitter taste. In the wild, chimpanzees have been observed ingesting leaves to counter parasitic infections. Medicinal plant: used for w...

Simon Colmer / Leaves and flowers of (Brillantaisia kirungae) a medicinal plant used in Uganda to cure urethritis

Simon Colmer / (Cyphostemma nieriense) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda to cure elephantiasis

Simon Colmer / Wild finger millet (Eleusine indica) also known as Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass, A Medicinal plant used in Uganda to cure stomach ache and chicken pox

Simon Colmer / Leaves of (Tetradenia riparia) a medicinal plant popular in East Africa. said to cure stomach ache, skin diseases and malaria. Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.

Simon Colmer / Tree marigold (Tithonia rotundifolia) also known as Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. Medicinal plant: used to improve liver function, and said to cure malaria

Simon Colmer / Indigo (Indigofera ambelacensis) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda to cure worms

Simon Colmer / Flowers and leaves of (Spilanthes mauritiana) a medicinal plant with a high anti-fungal potency

Simon Colmer / Common St. Pauls wort (Sigesbeckia orientalis) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda to cure skin and fungal infections and syphilis

Simon Colmer / Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus or Vinca roseus) Medicinal plant: used to cure hypertension, kidney failure, malaria and diabetes. Used in the treatment of leukemia.

Simon Colmer / African Oil palm leaves (Elaeis guineensis)

Simon Colmer / African Rosemallow also known as Maple Sugar, Red Hibiscus, Cranberry Shield (Hibiscus acetosella) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda as a blood tonic, leaves are edible and good source of vitamin C.

Simon Colmer / Creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda to cure toothache, eliminate scars and as a diuretic. Entire plant is rich in vitamin C

Simon Colmer / Flowers and leaves of (Bothriocline tomentosa) medicinal plant used to cure diarrhoea and stop vomiting

Simon Colmer / Flower and leaves of (Bothriocline tomentosa) medicinal plant used to cure diarrhoea and stop vomiting

Simon Colmer / Candle Bush seed pods (Senna alata) also known as a Candelabra Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Ringworm Tree. Medicinal plant: effective fungicidal against ringworm and other fungal infections of the ski...

Simon Colmer / Vangueria leaves (Vangueria apiculata) a medicinal plant used to cure intestinal worms and stomach ache

Simon Colmer / Velvet combretum (Combretum molle) leaves, a medicinal pla: used for treating leprosy, stomach ailmets and as a cough expectorant

Simon Colmer / Trunk of the Neem tree (Azadirachta indica) member of the mahogany family, Meliaceae. Used in India for medicinal purposes: anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, ant-viral, contraceptive, sedative

Simon Colmer / Lemon grass (Cymbopogon afronardus)

Simon Colmer / Steudner's Dragon tree (Dracaena steudneri) Medicinal plant used as an anti-bacterial, anti-viral and combats high blood pressure

Pete Oxford / Animal skins and traditional medicines for sale in market stall in the medina, Fes, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Spices and snake skins for sale in the Medicine and Fetish Market, Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Chameleons and animal skins for sale in the Medicine and Fetish Market, Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Stall in the Medicine and Fetishes market, Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Mentawai medicine man examining chick entrails he has used to help a sick man. Siberut Island, Indonesia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Mentawai medicine man standing on broken bulldozer in his rainforest. Siberut Island, Indonesia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Mentawai man carrying Pig (Sus scrofa domestica) to pay medicine men for a cure. Siberut Island, Indonesia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Mentawai medicine man hunting in the rainforest with bow and arrow. Siberut Island, Indonesia, 1993.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Medicinal products of the forest. Market of Belen. Iquitos. Loreto. Peru October 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon healer letting blood in attempt to cure man suffering from fever. Tireli, Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Jean E. Roche / Osteopath practising osteopathy on a Camargue horse, encouraging horse to trot, France

Mark Bowler / Woman selling medicinal plants including Aloe vera in Belen Market, Belen / Little Venice, Loreto, Iquitos, Peru, May 2006

Mark Bowler / Woman selling medicinal plants in Belen Market, Belen / Little Venice, Loreto, Iquitos, Peru, May 2006

Jouan & Rius / Medicine man in Ovamboland, Namibia

Jeff Rotman / Drying Shark fins to trade with Hong Kong for Shark fin soup and medicine. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Medicine man in Antandroy village, South Madagascar

Adrian Davies / Turtle shells for sale in Chinese Herbal Medicine market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Dried snake skins for sale in Herbal Medicine Market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Dried Lizards in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Dried Lichen for sale in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Dried Lizards in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Various fungi for sale in Chinese herbal medicine market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Ginseng (Panax sp.) for sale in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Bracket Fungi (Ganoderma) for sale in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Deer horns for sale in Chinese herbal medicine shop, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Bracket fungi (Ganoderma lucidum) known as Lingzhi / Reshi, on sale in Chinese herbal medicine market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Bracket Fungi (Ganoderma sp) for sale in Chinese Herbal Medicine Market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Red Birds Nest for sale in Chinese Herbal Medicine Market, Hong Kong, China

Adrian Davies / Dried squid for sale in Chinese herbal medicine market, Hong Kong, China

Gavin Maxwell / Pharmacist weighing ingredients in Chinese medicine store, Hong Kong, September 07. 'Wild China' series

Gavin Maxwell / Chinese medicine store, Hong Kong, September 07, 'Wild China' series

Adrian Davies / Bracket fungus {Ganoderma lucidum} Reishi known as Lingzhi in China. Cure for various conditions including Alzheimers, Traditional medicine shop, Kyoto, Japan

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...

Pete Oxford / Colorado or Tsáchila Indian Shaman performs a cleansing ceremony by spraying a concoction of alcohol and medicinal herbs over his 'patient'. Santo Domingo de los Colorados. Coastal ECUADOR. South Am...