Herbal & Natural Health Guides

Practical guides covering herbal supplements, botanical ingredients, herbal extracts, teas and medicinal mushrooms, with clear information to help you compare formats, formulas, serving information and product labels before choosing.

Herbal capsules, dried botanicals and fresh herbs arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Herbal Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing herbal supplements and wanting to understand ingredients, formats, extracts, combination formulas and product labels.

Learn how to compare capsules, powders, teas, tonics and extracts, understand botanical and serving information, and check important label details before choosing.

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Turmeric roots, turmeric powder and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Turmeric & Curcumin Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing turmeric and curcumin supplements and wanting to understand extracts, curcuminoid amounts, serving information and combination formulas.

Learn how to compare turmeric powder, concentrated extracts and curcumin formulas, understand standardised curcuminoid information, check serving amounts and review important label warnings before choosing.

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Ashwagandha roots, herbal powder and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Ashwagandha Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing ashwagandha supplements and wanting to understand plant parts, extracts, withanolide information, serving amounts and combination formulas.

Learn how to compare ashwagandha root and extract products, understand standardised withanolide information, check serving amounts and review important label and safety information before choosing.

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Medicinal mushrooms, mushroom powder and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Medicinal Mushrooms

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing medicinal mushroom supplements and wanting to understand species, powders, extracts, blends, serving information and product labels.

Learn how to compare single-mushroom products and blends, understand powders, extracts, fruiting body and mycelium information, and check serving and label details before choosing.

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Herbal capsules, tablets and powder arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Herbal Capsules, Tablets & Powders

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing herbal capsules, tablets and powders and wanting to understand serving sizes, extracts, ingredient amounts and combination formulas.

Learn how capsules, tablets and powders differ, compare whole herbs and extracts, check full serving amounts and review important product-label information before choosing.

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Amber herbal extract bottles with measured liquid and botanical ingredients
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Herbal Tonics & Extracts

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing herbal tonics and extracts and wanting to understand liquid formats, extraction ratios, solvents, equivalent amounts and serving information.

Learn how to compare tinctures, tonics and liquid extracts, understand extraction ratios and equivalent herb amounts, and check serving directions and product-label details before choosing.

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Herbal tea with loose botanicals, a tea infuser and an unbranded tea bag
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Herbal Teas

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing herbal teas and wanting to understand ingredients, blends, tea bags, loose-leaf formats, preparation directions and product labels.

Learn how to compare single-herb teas and blends, understand tea-bag and loose-leaf formats, check caffeine and preparation information, and review important label details before choosing.

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Mixed dried herbs, blended botanical powder and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Herbal Combination Formulas

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing multi-herb supplements and wanting to understand ingredient amounts, extracts, serving sizes and overlapping ingredients.

Learn how to compare multi-herb formulas, check how prominent each ingredient really is, understand extracts and serving amounts, and identify duplicated ingredients before choosing.

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Magnifying glass over an unbranded herbal supplement bottle label with capsules and dried herbs
PRACTICAL GUIDE

How to Read a Herbal Supplement Label

Who is it for? Anyone wanting to understand botanical names, plant parts, extracts, equivalent amounts, serving information, AUST numbers and label warnings.

Learn how to decode herbal supplement labels, understand extract and equivalent-herb information, check serving amounts, identify AUST numbers and review important directions and warnings.

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Slippery elm bark, bark powder and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Slippery Elm Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing slippery elm supplements and wanting to understand bark powders, capsules, serving amounts and combination formulas.

Learn how to compare slippery elm bark powders and capsule products, check full serving amounts, understand combination formulas and review important label details before choosing.

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Olive leaves and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber extract bottle
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Olive Leaf Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing olive leaf supplements and wanting to understand extracts, oleuropein information, capsules, liquid formats and serving amounts.

Learn how to compare olive leaf extracts, check oleuropein and equivalent leaf information, understand capsules versus liquids and review serving amounts and product labels before choosing.

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Ginkgo biloba leaves and capsules arranged with an unbranded amber supplement bottle
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Ginkgo Biloba Supplements

What to Know Before You Buy

Who is it for? Anyone comparing ginkgo biloba supplements and wanting to understand extracts, standardisation, serving amounts and combination formulas.

Learn how to compare ginkgo biloba extracts, check standardised constituent and equivalent leaf information, understand serving amounts and review product labels before choosing.

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