Featured Supplement: Elderberry
Elder trees, most commonly Sambucus nigra and Sambucus canadensis, have been used as a botanical medicine for thousands of years around the world for everything…
Featured Supplement: Echinacea
Echinacea, also known by the common name cone flower, is a popular botanical medicine worldview, but there are more traditions surrounding its use than scientific…
Featured Supplement: Cannabis
Cannabis or marijuana, Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica, as a botanical medicine has increased in popularity as more governments recognize it has therapeutic benefits beyond…
Featured Supplement: NAC
N acetyl cysteine, commonly known as NAC, is one of my favorite supplements for the majority of chronic illnesses. Cysteine is a conditionally essential sulfur-containing…
Featured Supplement: Valerian
Historical evidence for the use of valerian root (Valeriana officinalis), also called setwell, as a sleep aid and anxiolytic goes as far back as ancient…
Featured Supplement: Melatonin
Melatonin, also known as N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is promoted as a natural sleep aid; however, it's a hormone produced in the pineal gland in the brain from…
Featured Supplement: Magnolia Bark
Bark, leaves, and cones from the magnolia tree (Magnolia officinalis) have been used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicines for centuries. Magnolia bark extract…
Featured Supplement: Acetyl L-Carnitine
Carnitine is a compound synthesized by the liver and kidneys from the amino acids lysine and methionine that was first isolated from meat, which is…
Featured Supplement: D-Ribose
Sugars, particularly glucose, are used by the body to produce energy, but some sugars have other functions within the body. D-ribose is a critically important…
Featured Supplement: Milk Thistle
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), also called holy thistle, Mary's thistle, and Scotch thistle, has been used as food and medicine in the Mediterranean region for…