Ginger, wrist acupressure, a sniff of an alcohol swab, cold sips and dry crackers: some nausea remedies have real trials behind them and others are mostly tradition. This entry sorts them by evidence and lists the signs that mean nausea needs a doctor, not a cup of tea.
Kitchari is India's comfort food: rice and yellow mung dal simmered soft with cumin, turmeric and ginger. Ayurveda uses it as the go-to meal for a gentle cleanse or a sore stomach, and two old hospital trials in children with diarrhoea fed it alongside rehydration drinks. Here's how it's traditionally made, what it can and can't do, and who should keep a kitchari cleanse short.
A bout of diarrhea usually passes within a week, and the most important remedy is the simplest: fluids and salts. This entry sorts rehydration drinks, bland foods, tannin teas, fibre, zinc and probiotics by how well they're backed, and lists the signs that mean see a doctor.
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.
Heartburn is one of the most common gut complaints, and many of the best-supported fixes are free: meal timing, sleep position and raising the head of the bed. This entry sorts the teas, soothing herbs, kitchen remedies and breathing practices people use for reflux by how well they're backed, and flags when heartburn needs a doctor.
Grandmothers, Maimonides and Ayurvedic cooks all reached for long-cooked broth when someone was ill or run down. Here's what's known about bone broth today: what's really in the pot, what the research does and doesn't show, and how to make and store it safely.
Everyone has gas: most people pass it up to 20 times a day. This entry sorts the kitchen spices, teas, bean-cooking tricks, enzymes and breathing practices people use for extra wind and burping by how well they're backed, and flags when gas is a sign to see a doctor.
The 16 oz morning celery juice habit is one of the best-known detox trends. Here is where it came from, what the research actually shows (no human trials of the juice itself), what is in a glass, and the allergy, sun-sensitivity, sodium, warfarin and lithium cautions.
Nutmeg is the warm baking spice in eggnog and pumpkin pie, and an old Ayurvedic and Unani remedy for the gut and for sleep. In kitchen amounts it is a food; in spoonfuls it is a poison, which is why this profile leads with safety.
Vidari is a sweet, cooling Ayurvedic root used as a strength-building rejuvenative, a traditional aid for new mothers' milk, and a pitta-soothing herb in acid-indigestion regimes. Here's what the tradition says, the (mostly animal) research on its isoflavones, why it's often mixed up with other "vidari" roots, and who should skip it.
