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.
Iron carries oxygen in every red blood cell, and running low is one of the most common nutrient gaps. Here's who needs a supplement, why low iron always needs a reason, which forms are gentler, and why iron belongs locked away from children.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Vidari is a sweet, cooling Ayurvedic root used as a strength-building rejuvenative, a traditional aid for new mothers' milk, and a pitta-soothing herb in acid-indigestion regimes. Here's what the tradition says, the (mostly animal) research on its isoflavones, why it's often mixed up with other "vidari" roots, and who should skip it.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Huang Qi, the yellow root behind Chinese "Jade Windscreen" formulas, is one of the best-known qi tonics in traditional Chinese medicine and a popular immune-season herb in the West. Here's what the tradition uses it for, what the (mostly small, Chinese) studies show, the Health Canada amounts, and why people with autoimmune disease or a transplant should steer clear.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A rare Himalayan fungus that grows out of moth caterpillars, cordyceps has been prized in Tibetan and Chinese medicine since at least the 1400s as an energy and lung–kidney tonic. Today almost all of it is grown in labs, and the research is far thinner than the marketing.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A dark mountain resin that Ayurveda has treated as a prized rejuvenating tonic for centuries, now sold worldwide for energy and men's vitality, and one of the supplements most likely to be contaminated.
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.
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.
A hardy Arctic and mountain root that Scandinavian, Siberian and Russian folk medicine have long used for endurance, cold winters and recovering strength. Today it's one of the best-known "adaptogens" for everyday stress and tiredness.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
The silver-green leaves of the olive tree, one of the oldest cultivated trees on earth, have been brewed into a bitter tea around the Mediterranean for centuries. Here's what tradition and research say about them, and who should be careful.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
