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What you need help withPick a symptom, see what is studied for it Body atlasChoose an organ or a whole-body system Twelve traditionsEvery culture's medicine cabinet Sorted the old waysActions, plant parts, doshas, hot and cold ApothecaryEvery remedy, filtered your way FormulasClassic blends, safety-checked How to make itTeas, tinctures, gels and salves Who works with whomPlants that are used together Mixing tableCheck what you take together Dr. Sebi's herbsHis herbs on the same fair scale How we rate the proofFive levels, from strong to unproven

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11 plants and natural remedies used for hair & nails, strongest proof first. Choose one for how to take it, where it comes from and what not to mix.

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Nature's medicine cabinet: 526 remedies, 12 traditions, 1,319 uses, one fair scale.

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For learning, not diagnosis or treatment. Natural care works best with a doctor or pharmacist you trust. Talk to one before starting anything new, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, take any medicine, have a health condition, or have surgery coming up.

Picture credits: 280 botanical plates, all public domain

The plates come from old herbals and floras digitised on Wikimedia Commons, among them Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen (1887), Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora (1913) and Bentley and Trimen's Medicinal Plants (1880). Entries without a plate show a drawing made for this site.

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