A flowering orchid tree whose bark is the heart of Kanchanar guggulu, one of Ayurveda's best-known formulas for swellings and glands. Here's what tradition says about it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Bhringraj's Sanskrit name means "king of hair", and for centuries it has been cooked into oils for the scalp across India. Here's what Ayurveda and Chinese medicine use it for, what the early lab research is looking at, and how to use it with care.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sesame is the seed behind tahini, halva and the warm oil of Ayurvedic massage. Here's what traditions have used it for, what research is looking at in its lignans, and the allergy facts every member should know.
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.
Before there were tubes of cream, there was the poultice: a warm cloth of onion, mustard, bread or clay laid where it hurt. Here's how each one has been used, what people still reach for them for, and how to use them safely.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sheng Ma is a classic Chinese herb used inside formulas to "lift" what has sunk and to clear heat from the mouth and throat. It's also the plant most often found in black cohosh bottles that aren't what they say. Members can read both stories here.
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 two herbs Western herbalists have reached for longest when they are thinking about lymph, brewed as a simple spring tea. Members get the method, what people make it for, and the care list red clover comes with.
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.
A spoonful of honey is one of the oldest cough remedies there is, and modern reviews back it up for children's coughs and cold symptoms. Here's what raw and manuka honey can and can't do, how manuka is graded, and the one rule every parent needs: no honey before the first birthday.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
