Cabbage in a crock, kimchi buried in clay jars for winter, kefir and spiced buttermilk after a meal: almost every food culture has a soured food. Here’s what fermented foods are, what research has started to show, and how to choose or make them safely.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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A spoonful of honey is one of the oldest cough remedies there is, and modern reviews back it up for children's coughs and cold symptoms. Here's what raw and manuka honey can and can't do, how manuka is graded, and the one rule every parent needs: no honey before the first birthday.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Peppermint oil, caraway and fennel, low-FODMAP, belly breathing, enzymes and gut-directed hypnotherapy: the vault's full guide to the natural options people use for bloating, with each one labelled by how good the evidence is and the warning signs that mean see a doctor first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Wheatgrass shots and barley-grass powders have been sold as "detox" and "blood-builders" since the 1940s. Here is where the habit came from, what the small human trials found, how people use them, and the raw-sprout, wheat-allergy, coeliac and warfarin cautions.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Eating nothing but grapes for a week is one of the oldest "cleanse" traditions there is, going back to the spas of 19th-century Germany. Here's where the idea comes from, why people still try it, and the safety points that matter before you plan even a few days on one fruit.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Tormentil is a small yellow-flowered moorland plant whose red, tannin-rich root has been a European standby for loose stools and sore mouths for centuries. Here's what tradition and the EU monograph say, and how to use it carefully.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The seed in your mustard jar was once the go-to chest plaster and digestive spice. Here's how it was used, what the research says, and why mustard plasters can burn.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
