Breathing warm, moist air over a bowl of hot water is a family remedy for stuffy noses and sinus trouble. Here's what the trials show, how people do it, and why burns units warn against bowl steaming with children.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Sarsaparilla root was one of the most famous "blood purifiers" of European and American medicine for about three centuries, and it still turns up in blood-cleanse, skin and men's tonic blends. Members get the full entry: its history, why doctors doubted it as early as the 1850s, what the research does and doesn't show, and its digoxin, lithium and kidney cautions.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A B-complex bundles the eight B vitamins your body uses to turn food into energy and keep nerves and blood healthy. Here's what each one does, who tends to run low, what the research on stress and energy shows, and why "more" on the label isn't always better.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Vitamin C is the vitamin most people reach for at the first sniffle. Here's what it actually does in your body, which foods cover your needs, what the cold research really shows, and when "more" stops helping.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Yellow dock was one of the classic "blood purifiers" of 19th-century herbal medicine, and it still turns up in liver and lymph cleanse blends and folk iron tonics. Members get the full entry: its history around the world, what the research does and doesn't show, traditional amounts, and why its safety section is longer than its benefits.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
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.
Pumpkin seed is one of the few everyday foods with an official European herbal monograph, for men's night-time bathroom trips and an overactive bladder. Members get the full profile: every traditional use, the large prostate trial and what it really showed, the official amounts, and who should check first.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The small brown or golden seed behind linseed tea, old-fashioned linseed poultices and today's breakfast sprinkle. Flax has been a food, fibre and folk remedy for thousands of years and is now one of the better-studied seeds for the bowels and blood pressure.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The kitchen herb behind many old-fashioned cough syrups and mouthwashes. Thyme has been used for chesty coughs, sore throats and digestion since ancient Greece, and it's still an approved traditional cough remedy in Europe.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The bright orange "pot marigold" of cottage gardens, used for centuries to soothe sore skin and dress wounds. Today it's one of the best-known herbs in creams, salves and baby balms.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
