Bacopa is the creeping wetland herb Ayurveda has prized for centuries as a “medhya” tonic for memory and the mind, and one of the most-studied memory herbs today. Members get the full profile: every traditional use, what the trials really showed, the official amounts, and the side effects and drug interactions to know first.
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Garlic
ByClifGarlic fed the pyramid builders, went into Hippocrates' remedies and is still one of the most used herbs in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Here's how each tradition uses it, what the bigger modern studies found for blood pressure, cholesterol and colds, and the medicine interactions that come with the supplements.
Mullein
ByClifMullein is the tall, velvety roadside plant that peoples from Spain to Turkey to the Canadian Interior have turned to for tight, irritated chests. Members can read every traditional use, how its soothing compounds are believed to work, and what the small body of research shows.
Pau d’Arco
ByClifPau d'arco is a South American tree bark that shows up in many candida and parasite cleanses. Members get the full entry: what the lab studies do and don't show, how people take the tea, and why anyone on a blood thinner should skip it.
