World self-care & traditional therapies

Food & herbs

Self-care and traditional practices grouped as Food & herbs. A listing is not a recommendation, and no effect is promised.

• St. John's wort
• Peppermint tea / peppermint oil
• Ginger tea (shoga-yu)
• Ashwagandha
• Chamomile tea
• Thai herbal compress (luk pra kob)
• Turmeric / golden milk
• Tulsi (holy basil) tea
• Triphala
• Valerian
• Black seed (Nigella sativa)
• Lavender (scent or tea)
• Lemon balm (Melissa) tea
• Green tea
• Jujube (red date) tea
• Mugwort bath (yomogi-yu)
• Oil pulling (kavala / gandusha)
• Olive oil (culinary and gentle self-massage)
• Jamu (Indonesian herbal tonic)
• Honeybush tea
• Rooibos tea
• Lemongrass tea
• Miso and traditional fermented foods
• Goji berry tea
• Umeboshi (pickled Japanese plum)
• Amazake (sweet fermented rice drink)
• Plain warm water (sayu)
• Chrysanthemum tea
• Yaoshan / Chinese food therapy
• Yojokun dietary moderation (hara hachibu)