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In the Scheunengut guide, we explain vitamins, minerals, plant compounds and dietary supplements clearly and with a solid scientific grounding – from correct intake to the right product for you. Use the search or the topic filters to quickly find what you need.
Buying Lady’s Mantle: How to Find the Right Product
“Buying lady’s mantle” sounds simple – until you’re standing in front of the shelf or scrolling through an online shop. Loose tea next to tincture bottles next to capsule blends...
Wild Yam in Focus: Our High-Dose Extract with 20% Diosgenin
Wild yam is one of the most traditional plants when it comes to women's health topics and midlife. Mexican wild yam in particular has been valued for generations and has...
Medicinal Mushrooms in the Spotlight: Our High-Dose Reishi Extract
Hardly any mushroom has such a long history in natural medicine as the Reishi, the lacquered bracket fungus. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it has been regarded for thousands of years...
Artemisinin: The Compound in Artemisia annua (Sweet Wormwood)
Few secondary plant compounds have attracted as much attention in recent decades as artemisinin, the compound that gives sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) its name. Anyone who looks into this plant...
Curcumin Extract or Turmeric Powder?
Turmeric is in every curry, but as soon as the conversation turns to targeted supplementation, a second term comes up: curcumin extract. Both come from the same brilliant yellow root,...
Buying Chasteberry: Vitex Extract & What to Look For
Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus) is one of the most traditional plants in the context of women's health and is offered today in many dietary supplements — as an extract capsule, as...
Buying Artemisia Annua: Extract & What to Look For
Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood or annual wormwood, is a plant steeped in tradition that has been known in many cultures for centuries. Anyone looking to buy Artemisia annua today faces...
Buying Sage: Extract, Forms & What to Look For
Sage (Salvia officinalis) is one of the best-known culinary and garden herbs in Europe and has been used traditionally since antiquity. As a dietary supplement, it now comes in many...
Buying Medicinal Mushrooms: Extract, Quality & What to Look For
Medicinal mushrooms are one of the fastest-growing categories in dietary supplements – and also one of the most confusing. Reishi, Cordyceps, Lion's Mane, Chaga: the names sound exotic, and the...
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