Evening primrose is a tall North American wildflower whose yellow blooms open at dusk. Indigenous peoples ate its roots and greens and used it on bruises and sore skin, and today its seed oil is one of the best-known “women’s” and skin supplements.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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Frangula, or alder buckthorn bark, is a strong stimulant laxative herb used in Europe since the 1500s. It's for short-term use only, and the bark has to be properly aged first; here's what to know before reaching for it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A striped, fan-shaped mushroom that grows on fallen logs across North America, Europe and Asia, turkey tail is one of the most studied medicinal mushrooms in the world. It has a long history in Chinese and Japanese medicine as an immune tonic, and its extracts are used in hospitals in Japan and China.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
It's the quiet half of what makes a cup of good green tea feel different from a cup of coffee: a calm-but-alert amino acid that tea drinkers have been getting a small dose of for centuries, now sold on its own for people who want more of that steady, settled feeling.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
For more than two thousand years, lemon balm has been the herb people reach for to “gladden the heart” and calm a racing mind. Here's how tradition uses it for nerves, sleep, digestion and cold sores, what the research shows, and why people with thyroid conditions should check first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A knobbly green gourd that is everyday food from India and China to the Philippines, and the famously bitter "cerasee" bush tea of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Few plants are used in as many traditional kitchens and medicine systems at once.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
