Learn

How to use this knowledge system. Concepts, claim-reading, and pathways. Population dietary patterns: dietaryguidelines.gov (2025–2030). We do not invent guideline text.

Pathways

Start with food

Eat hub → plants and staple foods.

Start with a garden plant

Grow hub → plant directory.

Start with preserving

Drying, storage, powder — forms are not equivalent.

Start with a nutrient

Know categories → food sources → optional forms.

Start with a claim

FACT, EVIDENCE, INTERPRETATION, and CLAIM stay separate.

Start before buying

Food-first sequence, then label decoder.

Concept pages

Glycemic load

Concept tool, not a moral score.

Fatty acids

Classes and food context.

Seed oils

Stance-separated topic.

High-fructose corn syrup

Subject page, not a scare piece.

Search

Discovery across plants and nutrients.

About

What this site is and is not.

Traditional uses

Cardiovascular

Circulation notes. Traditional use is labeled as such.

Digestive health

Gastrointestinal traditional-use index.

Energy and vitality

Adaptogen index. Traditional use is labeled as such.

General health

Nutritional traditional-use index.

Immune support

Cold and flu traditional-use index.

Kidney and bladder

Urinary traditional-use index.

Pain and inflammation

Joint traditional-use index.

Relaxation and sleep

Nervous-system traditional-use index.

Respiratory

Lung traditional-use index.

Skin and hair

Topical traditional-use index.

Women's health

Hormonal traditional-use index.

Drinks and tonics

Bilberry marigold vision tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Black walnut hull wormwood eradicator

Drink or tonic recipe.

Boneset yarrow fever tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Calamus chicory bitter tonic

Drink or tonic recipe.

Capsaicin chili elderberry antiviral tonic

Drink or tonic recipe.

Capsaicin wormwood black pepper parasite flush tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Catnip chamomile childrens calm

Drink or tonic recipe.

Cayenne ginger tallow blood flow shot

Drink or tonic recipe.

Chanca piedra stonebreaker hydrangea root decoction

Drink or tonic recipe.

Cinnamon fenugreek metabolic tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Deep sleep valerian passionflower tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Elderberry echinacea immunity syrup

Drink or tonic recipe.

Fire cider master tonic

Drink or tonic recipe.

Ghost pipe skullcap tension tincture

Drink or tonic recipe.

Ginkgo gotu kola rosemary brain brew

Drink or tonic recipe.

Hawthorn hibiscus heart tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Invigorating yerba mate ginseng brew

Drink or tonic recipe.

Lemon balm st johns wort licorice defense

Drink or tonic recipe.

Lions mane maca morning elixir

Drink or tonic recipe.

Milk thistle dandelion root liver guard

Drink or tonic recipe.

Mullein horehound lung tonic

Drink or tonic recipe.

Nettle oatstraw horsetail mineral infusion

Drink or tonic recipe.

Osha root honey throat coat

Drink or tonic recipe.

Peppermint artichoke liver flush

Drink or tonic recipe.

Raspberry leaf dong quai tonic

Drink or tonic recipe.

Rhodiola schisandra focus tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Skin clearing burdock nettle tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Soothing ginger fennel digestive tea

Drink or tonic recipe.

Stinging nettle butterbur allergy block

Drink or tonic recipe.

Thyme oregano clove bacterial flush

Drink or tonic recipe.

Uva ursi dandelion flush

Drink or tonic recipe.

White willow meadowsweet pain relief tea

Drink or tonic recipe.