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Gene C Lentz

Does Damiana Make You High?

Is damiana psychedelic is a live search question, and the primary literature answers it in 2 ways across 2 measures. Neither involves a high. In the rat study its effects...

A woman at her kitchen counter with a supplement bottle and a jar of dried damiana leaf

Maria Lentz

Damiana Dosage and How to Take It

There is no established dose of damiana, because there is no human trial of damiana on its own. That is 1 uncomfortable fact, and it explains the other 2 below....

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Gene C Lentz

Damiana Side Effects and Who Should Avoid It

Damiana has no large human safety trial, and its cautions come from 2 other places instead. Tradition and chemistry, and 7 cyanogenic glycosides sit in the second. The genus is...

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Maria Lentz

Damiana for Women and Hormones

Does damiana raise oestrogen is a live search question, and the laboratory answer is that it did 2 opposite things across 24 tested compounds. Both were in a dish. The...

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Brian Steinblock

Is Damiana an Aphrodisiac? What the Research Shows

The human study everyone cites for damiana and libido tested a formula with 6 ingredients. Damiana was 1 of them. The other 5 were ginseng, ginkgo, L-arginine, multivitamins and minerals....

A woman pouring hot water onto dried damiana leaf in a glass teapot

Vladimir Primak

Damiana Tea: Benefits and How to Make It

Damiana tea is searched far more than the supplement, at 51290 times a month against 930 for the aphrodisiac angle. The traffic and the marketing disagree. There are 0 human...

A woman at her kitchen table examining a dish of dried damiana leaf beside a cup of tea

Maria Lentz

What Is Damiana? Uses, Evidence, and Honest Limits

Damiana has been used as an aphrodisiac for centuries, and the definitive review of its genus says 1 thing plainly. Almost 0 of that use was ever tested in people....

A woman at a garden table comparing a stem of feverfew with a bunch of chamomile

Gene C Lentz

Is Feverfew the Same as Chamomile?

Four different wordings of the same question appear in the live search data for feverfew, and they all ask 1 thing about chamomile. The answer has 2 halves. They are...

A woman tidying a flowering feverfew plant in her garden

Vladimir Primak

Feverfew Tea and the Feverfew Plant

Most feverfew searches concern the plant rather than the capsule, at 40770 a month. That leaves 1 obvious question, about the tea. There are 0 trials of feverfew tea for...

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Vladimir Primak

Feverfew vs Butterbur and Other Migraine Supplements

A 2020 review looked at 19 randomized studies of single herbs for migraine and used 2 different words. Feverfew was mixed and butterbur was positive. That sounds like a clear...

Gene C Lentz

Feverfew Side Effects and Who Should Avoid It

In the largest feverfew trial, adverse events were lower on the herb than on placebo, at 8.4% against 10.2%. Those 2 figures come before any caution list. They were 8.4%...

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Maria Lentz

Feverfew Dosage and Which Form Works

The feverfew trial that worked used a standardised extract at 6.25 mg 3 times a day, while a typical capsule holds 1000 mg. The 2 are not comparable. One is...

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