Pau d’Arco
Pau 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.
Members-only herb and supplement profiles from a traditional and naturopathic point of view.
Pau 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.
Oil of oregano is a strong-tasting herbal oil that many people add to parasite and gut & candida cleanses. Here's what the (small) research shows, the forms people use, and why it needs more care than the oregano in your kitchen.
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.