Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
One of Ayurveda's most prized rejuvenating roots, taken for centuries to build strength and help the body cope with stress. Members use it today for calm, sleep, energy and everyday resilience.
One of Ayurveda's most prized rejuvenating roots, taken for centuries to build strength and help the body cope with stress. Members use it today for calm, sleep, energy and everyday resilience.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A small black seed that has been a kitchen spice and a household remedy across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia for centuries. Members use the seeds and cold-pressed oil for digestion, breathing, skin and everyday wellness.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Ayurveda calls dried ginger "the great medicine" and Chinese medicine calls fresh ginger its most important herb for nausea. Here's how each tradition uses it, what the trials found for nausea, period pain and sore joints, and which medicines to check before taking it as a supplement.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Garlic fed the pyramid builders, went into Hippocrates' remedies and is still one of the most used herbs in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Here's how each tradition uses it, what the bigger modern studies found for blood pressure, cholesterol and colds, and the medicine interactions that come with the supplements.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Turmeric is the golden root behind curry, wedding rituals and centuries of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal practice. Here's how each tradition uses it, what modern studies on joints and digestion actually found, and why the strongest "high-absorption" capsules need more caution than the spice.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Mullein is the tall, velvety roadside plant that peoples from Spain to Turkey to the Canadian Interior have turned to for tight, irritated chests. Members can read every traditional use, how its soothing compounds are believed to work, and what the small body of research shows.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Clove is the warming kitchen spice that rounds out the classic three-herb parasite cleanse, alongside black walnut and wormwood. Members can read what the research really shows, what product labels list, and why clove oil is a very different thing from ground clove.
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.
The common lawn weed is one of the most widely used plants in folk medicine, from European herbalists to Chinese and Native American healers. Members can read the traditional uses of its root, leaf and flower, how it's believed to work, what the research says, typical amounts and who should skip it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.