Korean Ginseng (Panax ginseng): Which Ginseng, What Evidence
Korean or Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng): how it differs from American, Siberian and Indian ginseng, red vs white root, the trials and Australian status.
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History of materia medica
The history of materia medica: how medicinal plants were recorded and used across the centuries, from the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy.
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Saffron (Crocus sativus): mood evidence and safety
Saffron (Crocus sativus): its chemistry, what the mood, stress and sleep trials found and who funded them, interactions, and how it is sold in Australia.
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Cold Percolation: Apparatus, Mechanics and Practice
Cold percolation for herbal tinctures and 1:2 liquid extracts: percolator design, packing and flow, what comparison studies show, and Australian practice.
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Mills, Bone and Hoffmann: How Herbalists Think
Simon Mills, Kerry Bone and David Hoffmann: their lives, their textbooks, how a herbalist prescribes, and why single-compound research misses it.