A whole orange, a pinch of salt and fifteen minutes of steam: an old Chinese home remedy that turns into a warm, soft, sweet-and-salty cup for the evenings when your throat is raw and the cough won't let you sleep.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
That 3 pm pull toward the cookie jar, or the sweet you can't stop thinking about after dinner, is one of the most common things people want help with. Here are the herbs, foods, habits and traditions people turn to, and what each one is believed to do.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Spearmint is the gentle, sweet mint of Moroccan tea and the herb garden — and it has become the tea women with PMOS talk about. Members can read what it's traditionally used for, the hormone research, and how to drink it well.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The grey-green kitchen herb of stuffing and brown butter has one of the longest medicinal records in Europe — "Sage the Saviour" to the medieval school of Salerno. Members can read what it has been used for, from sore throats and night sweats to memory, and how to use it well.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The kitchen herb tied to memory since Shakespeare, used for centuries for digestion, sore muscles and the scalp. Here's what tradition and research say.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
IBS-type discomfort is common and very personal. This guide walks through every natural option people use, from soluble fibre and peppermint oil to gut-directed hypnotherapy, with honest evidence labels and the warning signs that mean see a doctor first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A climbing vine native to the southeastern US, passionflower has been a calming and sleep herb since Spanish explorers learned of it in the 1500s. Here's what tradition, the official monographs and the research say, plus who should skip it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
That heavy, too-full feeling that lingers long after a meal is one of the most common gut complaints. This guide walks through every natural option people use, from bitters and ginger to how you eat, with the evidence for each laid out honestly.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Abhyanga is the Ayurvedic habit of rubbing warm oil into your whole body, scalp to soles, before a shower. Classical texts list it as a daily routine for skin, sleep and steadiness, and two small trials found people felt less stressed after it. Here's how it's traditionally done, what the research does and doesn't show, and the safety points that matter most: slippery floors, skin allergies and babies' skin.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Long before rose was a perfume, Persian, Greek and European healers used the petals for sore mouths, nervous hearts and slow bowels. Today the EU recognises rose flower infusions for mild mouth, throat and skin inflammation, and one study tested rose tea for period pain. Here's the tradition, the research, how to brew it, and the cautions that matter.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
