Kombu, nori, wakame and the seaweed fibre alginate: sea vegetables eaten across coastal cultures for centuries, now reached for as a gentle gut and "binding" support. Here is the tradition, the early research, and why iodine is the number to watch.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A small, sour-sharp green fruit that's been part of the Ayurvedic kitchen and medicine chest for thousands of years: the fruit said to hold the tree's own long life.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A tiny seed with a long Mesoamerican history, now a modern pantry regular for its fiber and omega-3s.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
A kitchen-staple leaf that's done double duty in European folk medicine for generations: not eaten this time, but wrapped on.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
Long before the pharmacy aisle, the onion was the family medicine chest: sliced into honey for a night cough, warmed into a chest poultice, eaten raw for the heart. Here's the story of the humblest remedy in the kitchen.
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.
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 seed in your mustard jar was once the go-to chest plaster and digestive spice. Here's how it was used, what the research says, and why mustard plasters can burn.
The full guide, with how to use it and the safety notes, is in the Remedies Vault.
