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The best essential oils for colds, flu and congestion, what the research shows for each, how to use them and 10 cold-season recipes.
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Fast relief for a bloated stomach, the root causes to find, the tests to ask for and the natural remedies with human trials behind them.ConditionsSore Throat Remedies: 12 Natural Ways to Get Fast Relief
Honey, zinc lozenges, a salt-water gargle and soothing herbal teas: the sore throat remedies with human trials behind them, and how to use each one.Easy-to-Digest Foods: 35 Gentle Foods and What to Limit
The 35 easiest foods to digest, from bone broth and eggs to rice, cooked vegetables and kefir, plus the hard-to-digest foods to limit and what to eat after illness.LegumesEdamame: Nutrition, Benefits, Protein & How to Eat It
Young green soybeans with 18 grams of complete plant protein a cup, more than a day's folate and the isoflavones that ease hot flashes in menopause.Herbs & SpicesElderberry: Benefits for Colds & Flu, Syrup Recipe and Dosage
The dark purple berry that shortened flu and travelers' colds in trials: how it works, how much to take, and a homemade elderberry syrup recipe.Herbs & SpicesNutmeg: Benefits, Uses, Recipes & Nutmeg vs. Mace
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MD
Brain health, adult and child psychiatry, and neuroimaging

Uma Naidoo
MD
Nutritional psychiatry, mental health and culinary medicine; Harvard Medical School faculty

Josh Axe
DC, DNM, CNS
Clinical nutrition, functional medicine and herbal medicine

Alejandro Junger
MD
Internal medicine, cardiology, and gut health

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MD
Women's health, hormone health and integrative medicine

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MD
Integrative cancer care and family medicine

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DO, FACOG
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RPh, CCN
Clinical pharmacy, metabolic health, peptides and longevity

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