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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....

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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...

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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...

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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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Brian Steinblock

Feverfew for Migraines: What the Trials Show

There are 2 ways to report the best feverfew trial, and they give very different impressions of the same result. Only 1 of them is useful. Feverfew cut attacks from...

A woman at her kitchen table reading the back of a plain supplement bottle

Maria Lentz

What Is Feverfew? Uses, Evidence, and Honest Limits

The largest feverfew trial reduced migraine attacks by 1.9 a month, and almost every page stops there. Placebo reduced them by 1.3. The difference between the 2 groups was 0.6...

A man dry-frying translucent shirataki noodles in a hot pan

Vladimir Primak

Are Shirataki Noodles Healthy?

Shirataki noodles are konjac glucomannan and water, which is why they carry almost 0 calories. That single fact is also their 1 real limitation. They are close to a pure...

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