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Deep dives on the plants we keep coming back to — Black Seed Oil, Cat's Claw, Jiaogulan, Berberine, Spermidine, Fisetin, Pau D'Arco. What tradition says, and what the studies have examined.
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The specific products we've looked into and would use ourselves, with notes on what to look for and what to avoid.
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The Original Formula — the medicinal plants behind ten everyday drugs, and the hidden history of where our medicines really come from. Paperback and Kindle.
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Venenum et Remedium
The poison and the remedy. Nearly every plant we study has been both — and the line between them is dose, preparation, and knowledge. That line is the whole subject.
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Daily notes on ancient remedies and the evidence behind them.