Mullein tea and the lung detox promise, in plain English
Mullein tea is sold to vapers as a lung detox. What the woolly weed can do for a sore throat, what it can't do for lungs, and how to quit.
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Plant safety
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Elderberry, in plain English: syrup, colds and safety
Andrographis has left the chemist shelf and elderberry sits in its place. Which part is food, what the cold trials found, who should wait.
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Prickly pear in plain English: food, trials and the law
Prickly pear fruit and nopal pads: what people eat, what the small blood-sugar trials showed, the bristles, and the one pear Queensland leaves undeclared.
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Guayusa in plain English: the Amazon’s dawn caffeine tea
Guayusa is sold here as clean energy. What is in the cup, what the studies found, who should go carefully, and where the law sits.
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Kava in plain English: the cup, the liver and the law
Kava powder, drinks and capsules in Australia: what the root is, what the anxiety trials found, the rare liver risk and the rules.
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Sutherlandia, the cancer bush, in plain English
Sutherlandia seed is sold in Australia as cancer bush. What the name means, what its one real trial found, and which medicines it can clash with.
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Indian barberry in plain English: the berberine jar
The jar says Indian barberry and the capsule holds purified berberine. What it does, what it does to your other medicines, and who must not take it.
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Agrippa’s planetary herbs, in plain English
Where your herb-and-planet chart came from, which of its lists really track what plants do, and which old smoke recipes to never try.
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Soursop and graviola, in plain English
Soursop leaf is sold online as a cancer cure. What the fruit and leaf really are, what an island in the Caribbean found, and who to ask.
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Picatrix herbs in plain English: magic, poison, sense
Frankincense, nutmeg and valerian all turn up in a medieval magic book. What it got right about poisons, and the snakebite charm that could kill.
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Andrographis explained: a winter remedy with a rare danger
Andrographis turns up in many winter cold and flu capsules. Why a few people react within minutes, and what to do if it's in your cupboard.
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Syrian rue explained: the evil-eye seed and its risks
Esfand seed is burnt against the evil eye. What it does if swallowed, which household medicines it clashes with, and who to ring.