Milk thistle has been the go-to liver herb in Europe for about 2,000 years, from Roman writers to today’s naturopaths. Members can read how it’s believed to protect liver cells, what the newer fatty liver studies found, and its old reputation for nursing mothers.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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Berberine is the bright-yellow compound behind some of the oldest bitter remedies in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, from Indian barberry to Chinese goldthread. Today it is one of the most-studied plant compounds for metabolic health, and one of the most interaction-prone, so it is worth reading the safety section first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sweet flag is an aromatic marsh plant with a long history in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and Indigenous North American medicine. It's also one of the few herbs banned from food in the US, because its oil contains beta-asarone, which caused cancer in rodent studies.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Cranberry is the best-studied urinary food in the library. Here is its Indigenous and folk history, what the 2023 Cochrane review of 50 trials found for repeat bladder infections (and who it did not help), study amounts, and the warfarin and kidney-stone cautions.
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.
Mimosa pudica, the "sensitive plant" whose leaves fold shut when touched, has become one of the most talked-about parasite-cleanse seeds online. Members get the full entry: its Ayurvedic and folk history, what the lab studies do and don't show, what labels list, and the safety gaps to know before trying it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A red seaweed from rocky North Atlantic shores that Irish families boiled into a soothing drink for coughs and colds, and that Caribbean kitchens turned into a thick, spiced milk drink for strength. Today it's a popular gel and gummy sold as a mineral-rich "superfood".
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
