Papaya Betik (Carica papaya)
One backyard tree, four distinct medicines: the fruit, the young leaves, the seeds and the leaf juice. Each one covered separately, with the science behind it.
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Wellness Principles
Noni (Mengkudu)
Marketed as a cure for forty diseases, and called fraud by regulators. Strip away the hype and the plant underneath has documented compounds and real blood-pressure effects.
Tongkat Ali Red Infusion
The rainforest root the Orang Asli call Kaki Cium, prepared in a long Chinese tradition. It has almost no formal scientific literature, but a living preparation tradition.
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How to Use These Herbs.The Complete Guide.
Every herb here can be taken several ways, and the method changes what reaches your body. Preparation, the titration principle and cycling protocols, in one guide.
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Kaduk Piper sarmentosum
The ulam leaf you fold around otak-otak has been developed into a commercial blood-pressure product. Studies show it inhibits ACE, the target of some widely prescribed drugs.
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Baking Soda : The Kitchen Compound With Better Sports Science Evidence Than Most Pharmacy Supplements.
Better sports-science evidence than most pharmacy supplements, plus claims that are overstated and some that are dangerous. The cancer “alkaline therapy” myth is named and corrected first.
Pegaga : The Herb That Earned Its Reputation —and Where It Did Not.
Malaysia’s most famous medicinal herb: strong wound-healing and venous evidence, and cognitive evidence more honest than most people tell you. Where it earned its reputation, and where it did not.
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Honey : The Real Thing, the Fake Thing and How to Tell Them Apart.
Honey is among the most faked foods on earth, and the home tests you have seen shared do not work. What actually matters, and the research on three honeys relevant to Malaysia.
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Ulam Raja : The King’s Salad That Earned Its Crown.
Ranked first for antioxidant activity among 25 tropical plants tested, ahead of local fruits, vegetables and pegaga. What the science says about the King’s Salad.
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Maman Pasir : The Weed That Was Never Just a Weed.
The roadside weed most Malaysians step over had the highest flavonoid content of five under-used Malaysian vegetables in one study. The medicine has been underfoot all along.
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