Valerian (Valeriana officinalis): Sleep Trials, TGA Label
Valerian root (Valeriana officinalis): what the sleep and anxiety trials show, the 16 liver reports behind the TGA label warning, and AUST L listing.
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Regulation and scheduling
How Australian law treats medicinal and poisonous plants, from the Poisons Standard to TGA listing, explained by the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy.
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Cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa): arthritis trials and safety
Cat's claw or uña de gato (Uncaria tomentosa): the alkaloid types behind TOA-free labels, the small arthritis trials, and how it is sold in Australia.
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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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Guayusa (Ilex guayusa): caffeine, evidence and safety
Guayusa, wayusa (Ilex guayusa): the Kichwa dawn tea, what is in the leaf, what four small extract trials found, and where it stands under Australian law.
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Kava (Piper methysticum): Australian rules, safety, evidence
Kava or yaqona (Piper methysticum): noble root, the anxiety trials, the liver reports in context, and Australia's food, traveller and medicine rules.
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Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea): cold trials and safety
Echinacea, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea): what the cold trials show, how it differs from andrographis, daisy-family allergy and Australian rules.
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Sangre de grado (Croton lechleri): dragon’s blood evidence
Sangre de grado, dragon's blood (Croton lechleri): Amazonian uses, the crofelemer trials, taspine, wild harvest and its Australian legal status.
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Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: An Industry Report Card
Ten years of legal medicinal cannabis in Australia: what works, the high-THC problem, prescriber training gaps, and a case for herbalists on the team.
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Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa): perimenopause and safety
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga) and perimenopause: what the hot-flush trials tested, Asian look-alikes, AUST L blends and the liver warning.
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Greek mountain tea (Sideritis scardica): trials, safety, law
Greek mountain tea or ironwort (Sideritis scardica): which species are in the packet, what the EMA and two small trials show, and its Australian status.
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Dirty Pictures, Warts & All: Sasha Shulgin, 1925-2014
Sasha Shulgin (1925-2014): Dow chemist, the Farm lab at Lafayette, PiHKAL and TiHKAL, his 1987 lectures, and the medicines now coming from his work.
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Sutherlandia (Lessertia frutescens): the cancer bush claim
Sutherlandia, 'cancer bush' (Lessertia frutescens): never trialled for cancer in people. What the HIV trial found, drug interactions and Australian law.