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HERBS
Chinese herbal medicine reference: what each herb is used for in TCM, how it is prepared and dosed, and its safety cautions and contraindications.
- Red clover: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM crimson clover, how to take, tea, preparation Red clover comes in more forms than most people expect: raw, dried, powdered, extracted, steeped, simmered.
- Hawthorn Safety Guide: Cautions, Contraindications and Sensible Doses hawthorn, side effects, safety, tcm The question behind every search for Hawthorn is usually is it safe, and the honest answer has conditions.
- Is Fenugreek Safe? What the Evidence and TCM Tradition Say fenugreek, side effects, safety, tcm The question behind every search for Fenugreek is usually is it safe, and the honest answer has conditions.
- Milk thistle: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM milk thistle, how to take, tea, preparation Practitioners spend years learning preparation, but the home version of Milk thistle is genuinely simple once someone shows you.
- How to Take Garlic: Tea, Decoction and Extract Forms Explained garlic, how to take, tea, preparation There is a gap between knowing that Garlic helps and knowing what to do with the dried root that arrives in the post.
- fenugreek (cinnamon) in TCM cinnamon Fenugreek and Cinnamon travel together in classical formulas the way salt finds pepper.
- echinacea (ginger) in TCM ginger Echinacea and Ginger travel together in classical formulas the way salt finds pepper.
- How to Take Bitter orange: Tea, Decoction and Extract Forms Explained bitter orange, how to take, tea, preparation Practitioners spend years learning preparation, but the home version of Bitter orange is genuinely simple once someone shows you.
- Rhodiola Safety Guide: Cautions, Contraindications and Sensible Doses rhodiola, side effects, safety, tcm This one starts with them, because Rhodiola deserves a straight answer about who should not take it.
- ginkgo (herb pairs) in TCM herb pairs Ginkgo and Astragalus travel together in classical formulas the way salt finds pepper.
- How to Take Aloe vera: Tea, Decoction and Extract Forms Explained aloe vera, how to take, tea, preparation There is a gap between knowing that Aloe vera helps and knowing what to do with the dried root that arrives in the post.
- Mugwort: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM mugwort, how to take, tea, preparation There is a gap between knowing that Mugwort helps and knowing what to do with the dried root that arrives in the post.