Bacopa is the creeping wetland herb Ayurveda has prized for centuries as a "medhya" tonic for memory and the mind, and one of the most-studied memory herbs today. Members get the full profile: every traditional use, what the trials really showed, the official amounts, and the side effects and drug interactions to know first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The tea plant was first grown in China thousands of years ago, and a Japanese monk wrote in 1211 that tea was a medicine for long life. Today green tea is one of the world's most-loved daily drinks, and its leaf and extracts are some of the most-studied plant compounds there are.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The fragrant resin of the frankincense tree, burned in temples for thousands of years and used in Ayurveda for stiff, aching joints. Today it's one of the most-studied herbs for joint comfort.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A bright yellow summer flower named after St. John, gathered around Midsummer and steeped in oil until it turns blood-red. Europe has used it for low spirits, nerves and skin for centuries, and today it's one of the most-studied herbs for mood. It also has more drug interactions than almost any other herb, so this page starts its Safety section there.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
One of the oldest tree species on earth, long planted beside Buddhist temples in China and now grown on city streets across Canada. Its fan-shaped leaves became one of Europe's best-known herbal medicines for memory and circulation.
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.
Fish oil carries EPA and DHA, the long-chain omega-3 fats found in oily fish. Here's how folk medicine and naturopaths have used it, from cod liver oil for "aches and pains" to heart and brain support, and what the big trials found.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
In 1618 an English farmer found that cattle on Epsom Common wouldn't drink from a bitter pool. The salt left behind became one of the best-known home remedies of the next 350 years. Here's how people use magnesium today for sleep, muscles, headaches and regularity, what the studies found, and the safety limits that matter.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A tropical fruit tree whose leaves have been brewed as a folk tea across the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa for generations. Here's what tradition says, what the research has (and hasn't) shown, and the safety points every user should know first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A small creeping plant from the carrot family, prized in Ayurveda as a "medhya rasayana", a tonic for the mind, and across Asia for skin, wounds and longevity. Sri Lankan tradition held that eating the leaves helped people live longer.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
