Fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum), the golden brown seeds of the fenugreek plant, is a moderately popular herbal supplement. These seeds have a pungent aroma and a bitter taste, described as tasting like burnt celery. Fenugreek is used by Yemenite Jews to make a sauce called Hilbeh, by the Turkish to make a paste called cemen, and […]
Burdock root (arctium lappa, niu bang zi, lappa) is the 12 inch long starchy root of the burdock plant, a member of the asteraceae family that also includes ragweed and daisies. Both the burdock root and its leaves are eaten as a carbohydrate rich tuber in Eastern European countries, similarly to potatoes and carrots. In
Milk thistle, or Silybum marianum, is a purple plant with brutally sharp spikes, which has been used as a herbal supplement for at least 2000 years. Ancient people used it as an antidote for snake bites and poisonous toadstools, while nowadays, the extract is most famous as a liver shield. Milk thistle can supposedly regenerate
If you’re an active reader of acne forums or scour the internet daily hunting for home remedies, then you’ve almost certainly heard of DIM (3,3′-Diindolylmethane). It’s one of several by-products produced during the digestion of indole-3-carbinol (I3C), which is itself a by-product of the glucosinolate glucobrassicin found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussel sprouts
On this website, we bang the drums constantly about getting more nutrients. It’s vital for your skin to hunt down vitamin A, zinc, selenium, magnesium and vitamin E, to name a few. Nutritional deficiencies are running rampant everywhere, and that’s partially why acne is running rampant everywhere… …but there’s one problem. In the modern world,
