Chinese medicine makes two herbs from the same little tangerine: the gentle ripe peel and the sharper green peel picked early. Qing pi is the one practitioners reach for when tension, fullness and that “stuck” feeling under the ribs won’t shift.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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Liquid chlorophyll is usually copper chlorophyllin, and its one solid finding is as an aflatoxin binder. Here is its odd history from 1950s chlorophyll gum to social-media trend, what the research shows and does not, study amounts, and the sun-sensitivity and stool-test cautions.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Most probiotics are bacteria. This one is a friendly yeast first found on tropical fruit nearly a century ago, and it has become one of the most-studied companions for a gut that's having a rough week.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A roadside weed with a long, deep root that ended up in Japanese kitchens, Western "blood purifier" teas, Chinese cold remedies and one of the most famous herbal cancer formulas. Here's burdock's full story.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A hardy root from the high Peruvian Andes, grown at around 4,000 metres for up to 2,000 years. Andean families have long eaten it as a staple food and an energizing tonic, and today it's one of the most popular "superfood" roots for energy and vitality.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Long before it was a pizza herb, oregano was one of the most-used medicinal plants of ancient Greece, written up in more than sixty Hippocratic texts. Here's the herb's story, what people still brew it for, and how the gentle leaf differs from the strong oil.
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.
