Members-only herb and supplement profiles from a traditional and naturopathic point of view.
A tall, celery-scented garden herb that has been in European kitchens and medicine chests since the Greeks. Here's how it's used for the waterworks and the stomach, and what to know before you brew the root.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A flowering orchid tree whose bark is the heart of Kanchanar guggulu, one of Ayurveda's best-known formulas for swellings and glands. Here's what tradition says about it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Before black pepper took over, long pepper was the pepper of the ancient world — and in Ayurveda it never lost its place. Here's why Pippali is the warming spice of Trikatu, and what to know about its piperine.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Bhringraj's Sanskrit name means "king of hair", and for centuries it has been cooked into oils for the scalp across India. Here's what Ayurveda and Chinese medicine use it for, what the early lab research is looking at, and how to use it with care.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sesame is the seed behind tahini, halva and the warm oil of Ayurvedic massage. Here's what traditions have used it for, what research is looking at in its lignans, and the allergy facts every member should know.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Long before it was a pizza herb, oregano was one of the most-used medicinal plants of ancient Greece, written up in more than sixty Hippocratic texts. Here's the herb's story, what people still brew it for, and how the gentle leaf differs from the strong oil.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Spearmint is the gentle, sweet mint of Moroccan tea and the herb garden — and it has become the tea women with PMOS talk about. Members can read what it's traditionally used for, the hormone research, and how to drink it well.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sheng Ma is a classic Chinese herb used inside formulas to "lift" what has sunk and to clear heat from the mouth and throat. It's also the plant most often found in black cohosh bottles that aren't what they say. Members can read both stories here.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The grey-green kitchen herb of stuffing and brown butter has one of the longest medicinal records in Europe — "Sage the Saviour" to the medieval school of Salerno. Members can read what it has been used for, from sore throats and night sweats to memory, and how to use it well.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A North American root once used to bring on labour, now linked to serious heart problems in newborns. Here's its history and why it's on our caution list.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
