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.
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Reishi Mushroom
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Lion’s Mane Mushroom
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Soursop (Graviola)
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Rhodiola
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