For nearly 2,000 years hawthorn has been Europe’s best-known heart herb, and in Chinese medicine its tart red fruit is a classic digestive. Here’s what tradition uses it for, what the studies show, and why anyone on heart medicine needs to check before taking it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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Sarsaparilla root was one of the most famous "blood purifiers" of European and American medicine for about three centuries, and it still turns up in blood-cleanse, skin and men's tonic blends. Members get the full entry: its history, why doctors doubted it as early as the 1850s, what the research does and doesn't show, and its digoxin, lithium and kidney cautions.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Calcium is the main mineral in bones and teeth, and most people can get enough from food. Here's who may need a supplement, which form to pick, how much is too much, and the medicines it clashes with.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The silver-green leaves of the olive tree, one of the oldest cultivated trees on earth, have been brewed into a bitter tea around the Mediterranean for centuries. Here's what tradition and research say about them, and who should be careful.
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.
Sage tea for sweating, a baking-soda paste, a greener plate, cotton instead of polyester: people have been finding their own ways to stay fresh for as long as there have been warm days. Here's the whole toolkit, old and new.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
One of the oldest spices in the world, cinnamon was traded from Asia to Egypt as far back as 2000 BC. Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and Persian medicine all use it as a warming herb for digestion, circulation and the womb, and modern researchers are studying it for period pain and metabolic health.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
