Peach kernel is a classic Chinese herb for menstrual pain and constipation, but the raw seed contains amygdalin, which the body turns into cyanide. This profile explains the tradition and why it’s a practitioner-only herb.
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Goldenseal
A small woodland plant of eastern North America with a bright-yellow root, used by Cherokee, Iroquois and other Indigenous nations for sore eyes, wounds and as a yellow dye. It became one of the best-known remedies of 19th-century herbal medicine, and is now so heavily harvested that it's a protected, at-risk species, so where it comes from matters.
Ginger
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