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.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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Ajwain is the tiny, thyme-scented seed that goes into Indian breads, pakoras and bean dishes, and it's one of Ayurveda's and Unani medicine's best-known kitchen remedies for wind and indigestion. Here's what those traditions use it for, what little research there is, how it's taken, and why it's a firm no in pregnancy.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A small woodland plant of eastern North America with a bright-yellow root, used by Cherokee, Iroquois and other Indigenous nations for sore eyes, wounds and as a yellow dye. It became one of the best-known remedies of 19th-century herbal medicine, and is now so heavily harvested that it's a protected, at-risk species, so where it comes from matters.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Crushed onion layered with brown sugar and left overnight: one of the oldest kitchen cough syrups there is. Here's how the onion, honey, lemon and ginger versions are traditionally made, what the honey research shows, and the one rule every honey syrup carries.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Bael is a hard-shelled fruit from a tree sacred in India, and its unripe pulp is one of Ayurveda's best-known standbys for loose stools. Here's what tradition and research say, and why unripe and ripe fruit are used so differently.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
One plant, three remedies: the soothing bath for itchy skin, the bowl for a healthy heart, and the milky green tops old herbalists gave to frazzled nerves.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The vitamin behind night vision, healthy skin and a strong immune system — found in liver, carrots and sweet potatoes. Here's who runs low, what people take it for, and why more isn't better.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
