OVERVIEW Garlic (Allium sativum), a herb used widely as a flavoring in cooking, has also been used as medicine throughout ancient and modern history to prevent and treat a wide range of conditions and diseases. Garlic belongs to the onion genus Allium, and is closely...
OVERVIEW Activated charcoal is a potent natural treatment used to trap toxins and chemicals in the body, allowing them to be flushed out so the body doesn’t reabsorb them. It’s made from a variety of sources, but when used for natural healing, it’s important to select...
OVERVIEW A highly nutritious fruit of an evergreen tree found across Singapore and Malaysia, bignay is well known for its health benefits. This gooseberry-sized, reddish-hued fruit is also known as the Queensland cherry. The fruit as well as its leaves render various...
OVERVIEW Banaba is a species of the crepe myrtle tree native to the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The blood sugar regulating properties of corosolic acid, the active ingredient in banaba leaf, have been demonstrated in cell culture, animal, and human studies to...
OVERVIEW As the name implies, this vegetable is a melon that is bitter. There are two varieties of this vegetable: One grows to about 20 cm long, is oblong and pale green in color. The other is the smaller variety, less than 10 cm long, oval and has a darker green...