Pain isn’t always simple. Pain can be acute or intense, but it can also be chronic, subtle, and life-changing. No matter what pain may be like, it can be limiting. More frustrating are the limited …

Does nature really contain medicine? Ancient healers sure thought so. Beyond natural remedies and plant medicines they discovered and prepared centuries ago, modern medical science has found plenty of its own valuable medicines from the …

Who says keeping up on a healthy diet involves just good foods and herbs? We know all too well it doesn’t begin and end with just food itself—though the more whole (and in season) any …

We’re used to looking at fields or roadsides full of towering wild weeds, and thinking, “What a waste. Better things could grow there.” But most don’t realize that the wildest weeds may be the most …

Healing herbs and mushrooms can range in appearance from the mundane and ordinary, all the way to the bizarre-looking and outlandish. More often than not, the stranger a healing herb looks, the more miraculous health …

Neuro For thousands of years, the most powerful herbal medicines have been found in strange and secret corners of the globe. Gynostemma, for example, has many health benefits supported by both folk healing and science—and …

Adaptogens are powerful herbal ingredients that can have amazing impacts on health. In the grand scheme of things, however, the idea of an “adaptogen” is only a recent discovery. On the other hand, ancient knowledge …

If only there was a way to measure energy in the body—or a way to know how to naturally tap into its health-enhancing abundance. In a search for such insights, science and research have led …

There are culinary mushrooms we know quite well, like button mushrooms, portobellos, even shiitakes. There are also healing mushrooms like reishi we know as supplements, too. Then there is chaga mushroom. This fungus—which looks more like …

There are superfoods, and then there are real superfoods. Despite what the health mainstream media focuses on, the foods that are so often highlighted tend to come and go quickly—either debunked, a passing fad, or simply …

For people exploring the colorful world of health-boosting herbs and fungi, it doesn’t take long before they hear about one of the best, most powerful, and well-researched botanical supplements of all time. Also called the …

Some diseases have names we hear quite often. But do we really understand what they are, how they work, and what causes them? A common condition in this category is multiple sclerosis. We hear about …

Many healing herbs have been launched to great fame for their health purposes. But only a few have had impacts so great on health that they’ll remain in our historic memory for eternity—and some have …

One of the strangest fungi on the planet may apparently be one of the healthiest. Cordyceps, which is highly unique to the Asian continent and cannot be found anywhere else, has a way of growing …

It’s one of the world’s most often-consumed and popular beverages, along with water and coffee. Not only does it contain the stimulant alkaloid, caffeine, that a lot of us love—but this beverage is also chock-full …

“Eat those greens!” It’s a saying that feels as old as time—or as old as our mothers and grandmothers, at the very least. But as much as some of us may have hated vegetables when …

Optimal It’s amazing what potential can be found in the foods, herbs, and other botanicals around us—no matter how big or how small. Herbs like he shou wu have over a dozen benefits, for example. …

There are so many different names for it – Bulletproof Coffee, Keto Coffee, Fatty Coffee etc. This is Primal Herb’s version and a recipe that we make every morning in the office. It’s packed with …

Food is important. Some would argue that food is medicine, a moniker taking the internet by storm nowadays. Diet ideals such as eating plenty of nutrient-dense foods, eating in season, and even eating optimally for …

Feeling good and looking good are two dimensions of health that often go hand-in-hand. And no other aspect of health represents this idea better than hair health. Lots of time and money are poured into …

Nature can come in handy for some of the most under-explored, over-looked, and frustrating illnesses in the world. Some of these conditions have been around for thousands of years. And yet, medical science still doesn’t …

We tend not to think of pollen, the plant powder that comes from male flowers and flower parts, as good for health. In fact, most of us probably associate pollen with much worse. Seasonal allergies, …

It can be frustrating, the way it infiltrates anything and everything in one’s routine. At first, we might not be able to put a finger on what’s going on, or even think of it as …

When we think of keeping up on good health, we may be quicker to think about heart health, managing a healthy weight, or even maintaining a healthy liver. Little do we think about kidney health—at …

We all want to look good. More importantly, we all want to feel good, too. For a lot of us, feeling good about how we look is a huge part of this, since it lends …

Cuts, bruises, infections—we deal with these types of injuries all the time. Dealing with most of these injuries is considered common knowledge, too. In fact, finding a first aid kit to help all these tend …

We face temptations and hazards to our physical health almost every day. Some of these we think and talk about often, such as heart disease and high blood pressure. But do we think enough about what …

Sometimes we can get so unhealthy, it feels as if our bodies are turning on us and attacking us. This can, and literally does, happen—and it’s called autoimmunity. There are so many things that can …

When we’re in the prime of our lives, it’s easy to shrug off doing those little things that add up to complete and better health over time. We might think to ourselves, “Do things like …

Whatever did we do before energy drinks? Long before fizzy, sugary beverages were in vogue for fatigue and energy dips, we turned to the powers of herbs to get us through—or even out of—a slump. …

Ever wonder if unhealthiness is something that can be felt—or even measured? Some of us may already know the answer to this question. After eating certain foods, something may just not feel quite right. Maybe …

Diet can be such a hard thing to stay on top of in our lives. The challenge is all the greater when we have pratfalls all around us we easily fall into: inflammatory and low-quality …

We’re plagued by chronic disease now more than ever these days. Poor diet, lifestyle habits, low-quality foods, alcohol, and even stress have upped the occurrences of type 2 diabetes, obesity, digestive disorders, fatty liver disease, …

In a day and age where it seems like everything challenges our well-being, it can feel pretty good to have a way to clean the slate and start afresh. That’s because we must face what …