Your kidneys filter your whole blood supply dozens of times a day, and most "kidney cleanses" miss how they actually work. Here are the simple habits and gentle herbs traditionally used to support them, plus the popular kidney herbs some people should avoid.
Bloating, gas and a hiatal hernia often travel together. Here’s what’s going on, the herbs and habits traditionally used to ease them, and the signs that mean it’s time to see a doctor.
A hardy root from the high Peruvian Andes, grown at around 4,000 metres for up to 2,000 years. Andean families have long eaten it as a staple food and an energizing tonic, and today it's one of the most popular "superfood" roots for energy and vitality.
Humic and fulvic acids are the dark, carbon-rich compounds that form as plants break down in soil, peat and ancient deposits. Detoxers take them as a liquid "binder" for metals and gut support. Members get the full entry: where the idea comes from, what the (mostly lab and animal) research shows, label amounts, and why Health Canada has stepped in on one fulvic product.
Your lymph has no heart to push it along, so it relies on you. Here are the everyday habits and traditional herbs naturopaths use to keep it moving, and when swollen nodes need a doctor.
Colloidal silver is one of the most talked-about "natural antibiotics" online. Before you buy it, read why health regulators in Canada and the US warn against taking it, and what silver's real history in medicine looks like.
Quercetin is the most common flavonoid in the human diet, the yellow pigment behind onion skins and apple peels. Here's how naturopaths use it, the traditional herbs that are rich in it, and what the research shows.
Fish oil carries EPA and DHA, the long-chain omega-3 fats found in oily fish. Here's how folk medicine and naturopaths have used it, from cod liver oil for "aches and pains" to heart and brain support, and what the big trials found.
Zinc is a trace mineral your body uses in hundreds of enzymes, from immune cells to skin repair. Here's how traditional medicine and naturopaths use it, what the research shows, and why more isn't better.
Turmeric, ginger, garlic, rosemary and cinnamon have been used for centuries when the body runs hot and stiff. Here is what tradition says, what research is looking at, and who should be careful.
