"There’s a long history detailing the side effects of mistletoe poisoning. But those poisonings involve European mistletoe, not American mistletoe...European mistletoe seems to be more toxic." ...

Mistletoe, whether American, European, or another type, lives off of host trees and weakens their defenses. While a mistletoe infestation on a tree won't kill it outright, it can team up with ...

But mistletoe has sacred connotations in other parts of the world. Pagan cultures in Europe viewed the plant as bringing fertility and love when used in potions, as well as being a symbol of ...

In Europe, Viscum album L (mistletoe) is the most commonly used complementary therapy by patients with cancer and is integrated into conventional oncology treatment programmes in Germany, Switzerland ...