Members-only reference entries on herbs, binders, foods and practices used in detoxing.
Garlic has been food and folk medicine for thousands of years, and it's a staple of herbal parasite and gut cleanses. Here's how people use it when detoxing, what one small lead-exposure study found, and the bleeding and medication cautions that come with garlic supplements.
The golden spice of Indian cooking has been a digestive and liver herb in Ayurvedic and Chinese traditions for centuries. Here's what people use it for in a cleanse, what the research really shows, and the liver-safety warning every turmeric buyer should know.
Mullein 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.
The sticky, climbing "goosegrass" weed that clings to your socks is one of herbalism's classic lymph herbs, usually taken as a gentle tea or fresh juice in spring. Members can see how people use it, what little research exists, and who should skip it.
A pink meadow flower that herbalists have long counted among the classic "blood purifier" herbs, often sipped as a gentle tea. Members can see how people use it, what the research does and doesn't show, and why it isn't for everyone.
Cilantro is the everyday kitchen herb that became famous in detox circles as a "heavy metal" herb, usually paired with chlorella. Members can read where that idea came from, what the one small human trial actually found, and what product labels list.
Clove is the warming kitchen spice that rounds out the classic three-herb parasite cleanse, alongside black walnut and wormwood. Members can read what the research really shows, what product labels list, and why clove oil is a very different thing from ground clove.
Wormwood is one of the bitterest herbs there is, and one of the three classic herbs in the traditional "parasite cleanse". Members can read what the research actually shows, the typical amounts from European and Canadian references, and the safety points that matter most with this strong herb.
Black walnut hull is the bitter, dark-staining husk at the heart of the classic "wormwood, black walnut and clove" parasite cleanse. Members can read its traditional story, what the research does and doesn't show, and the safety points to know first.
Burdock root is an edible root that herbalists have long called a "blood purifier", traditionally used to support the body's own exit routes through the kidneys and skin. Members can read what the research does and doesn't show, typical amounts from official herbal monographs, and who should skip it.
