Huang Qi, which is the name for astragalus in Chinese, is one of the most popular herbs in traditional medicine.
Historically and even today, they use it for...
Most people have a love-hate relationship with this vegetable. No one eats it uncooked. Even here in LA, we have yet to see it on the menu of a raw vegan restau...
As an American, you've probably never heard of this before. But in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it's well known as being a purported health and longevity...
How do you achieve anti-aging?
That word has many different definitions.
For a skin care product, anti-aging can mean “looking” younger. While the product...
It has long been a staple of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) under the name houpu. The "hou" part means thick, while the "pu" means portion .
In that cult...
That's the English name. They call it "long yan rou" in China, which translates as dragon’s eye meat.
There, it has been used as part of their herbal medicin...
For the origin of Velco, you have the seeds of this plant to thank.
After taking a stroll in 1948, a Swiss man (George de Mestral) noticed how the burdock se...
The brand Pure Leaf sweet tea contains 42g of sugar per bottle… even worse than the 39g in a can of Coca Cola. (1) (2)
Of course, you already know that sweet...
You know cayenne, chili, and definitely black pepper, but here's one type you may not be familiar with. At least if you're an American.
What is Sichuan pepper?...
Today, a lot of people can't even tell you what they are.
If you go back to the distant and no-so-distant past, you will discover this little red fruit has a...
The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) name of jiaogulan – also written as jiao gu lan – is hard to say and spell for an American, no doubt.
What's easy to u...
