Members-only reference entries on herbs, binders, foods and practices used in detoxing.
A castor oil pack is an oil-soaked cloth laid over the belly and warmed, a slow, quiet ritual many detoxers use on rest days. Members can read where the practice comes from, what the (very small) research shows, how people traditionally set it up, and the safety points that matter.
Ginger is the warming, spicy root found in most kitchens, traditionally used to settle the stomach and ease digestion. Members can read what the research says, typical amounts and who should check with a doctor first.
Spirulina is a deep blue-green algae powder that's been eaten as food for centuries, and many detoxers add it to smoothies during heavy-metal and liver routines. Members get the full entry: what the small studies found, typical amounts, and why where your spirulina comes from matters more than almost anything else.
Glutathione is the body's own main antioxidant, and detoxers take it as a supplement to back up the liver's natural clean-up work. Members get the full entry: what the small trials found about whether swallowed glutathione even gets absorbed, typical amounts, and the safety points to know first.
NAC (N-acetylcysteine) is a form of the amino acid cysteine that the body uses to make glutathione, its main built-in antioxidant. Members get the full entry: where the research is strong (and where it isn't), typical amounts, and the drug interactions every NAC user should know.
Artichoke leaf is the bitter green leaf of the globe artichoke, a European digestive herb that people use to support bile flow and the liver. Members get the full entry: what the human studies show, typical amounts from the official European monograph, and who should skip it (especially anyone with gallstones).
Schisandra is a small red berry from Chinese medicine, known as the "five-flavour fruit", and it's one of the traditional liver tonics people add after a cleanse. Members get the full entry: what the small human studies show, how people take it, and the medication interactions to know about first.
Warm lemon water is probably the most familiar morning "detox" ritual there is. Here's what lemon brings to the glass (citrate, vitamin C, a reason to drink more water), what it doesn't do, and how to keep it gentle on your teeth.
Tiny broccoli sprouts carry far more of the compound that becomes sulforaphane than grown broccoli does, and they're one of the few "detox foods" tested in a large human trial on air pollutants. Here's what that trial found, the forms people use, and the food-safety cautions for raw sprouts.
The deep-red root that shows up in almost every liver cleanse and "detox juice." Here's why people reach for it, what the research actually shows (mostly about blood pressure, not detox), and the harmless-but-alarming side effect everyone should know about.
