Remedy Craft

A Philippine plant contains a compound that showed promising activity against cancer cells in a lab study. 🌿🔬 Not a cure just a fascinating finding worth knowing.

This isn't just an old-fashioned home remedy. 🍯Small clinical studies have found that honey may help reduce nighttime coughing in children with upper respiratory infections. One important warning: honey should never be given to babies under 1 year old.

Here's a combination you may have seen without knowing why they're paired together. Piperine from black pepper can increase the bioavailability of curcumin, meaning your body can absorb more of it. But that doesn't automatically mean more is always better highly bioavailable curcumin products have also raised safety concerns.

Peppermint isn't just something you put in tea. 🌿Enteric-coated peppermint oil capsules have been studied for IBS, with research suggesting modest short-term improvements in symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and gas.

That little piece of ginger in your kitchen has actually been studied for pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting. 🫚

Research suggests ginger may help but supplements can have side effects and pregnancy is a situation where it’s worth discussing any supplement with a healthcare professional.

Most people know cranberry juice as a “UTI remedy” but the interesting part is what researchers found about preventing repeat infections. 🍒

A 2023 Cochrane review found cranberry products reduced recurrent UTI risk in women with previous recurrent UTIs by about 26%. It’s prevention not a replacement for treatment of an active infection.