Guides
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.
White Sage: How to Buy the Right Plant
A lot of people search for “white sage” online without realizing the term can point to two completely different plants. One is the familiar culinary sage with soft, grey-green, velvety...
Buying Thyme: How to Spot Real Quality
Search “buy thyme” and you’ll mostly find garden centers selling potted herbs — no help at all if what you’re actually after is an extract, oil, or capsules. This aromatic...
Sage Extract in the Spotlight: Why Our 60:1 Concentrate from Macedonia Stands Out
Sage is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the Mediterranean region and remains a staple of many kitchens and home remedies to this day. Sage was already cultivated with...
Product Spotlight: Nettle Extract by Scheunengut
Hardly any plant is as underestimated as the nettle. For many, it's just the annoying weed by the roadside that stings when you touch it. Yet the nettle looks back...
Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens): Tradition, Compounds and Use
Anyone exploring plants from West African folk medicine will sooner or later come across Desmodium adscendens. In regions such as Cameroon, Ghana, or Senegal, this unassuming herb has been a...
Buying Nettle: Leaf vs. Root & What to Look For
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is one of the best-known native wild plants and is widely available as tea, powder, capsule and extract. Anyone looking to buy nettle quickly faces a...
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...
Nettle: Tradition, Forms & Use
Few wild plants are as well known – and at the same time as underrated – as the nettle. Almost everyone knows the stinging sensation on the skin after an...
Artemisia annua: Plant Profile, Tradition & Research History
Few medicinal plants of the past few decades have received as much scientific attention as Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood. In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, the plant has been known for...
Andrographis paniculata: A Portrait of the “King of Bitters”
Few plants carry as vivid a nickname as Andrographis paniculata: the “King of Bitters.” The name says it all — even a small piece of leaf leaves an intensely bitter...
Rosemary: Compounds, Origin, and Traditional Use Explained
Hardly any herb is so tightly woven into Mediterranean cooking – and hardly any has played so many roles over the centuries: as a symbol of remembrance, in bridal wreaths,...
Cat's Claw: Explained Neutrally
Straight to the point: Cat's Claw (botanically Uncaria tomentosa) is a woody vine from the South American rainforest with a long tradition in the folk medicine of the Andean and...
Sage: uses for sweating & the throat explained
Answered directly: common sage (Salvia officinalis) is an aromatic member of the mint family whose leaves are traditionally used around the topics of the throat (gargling, tea) and sweating. Its...
Fenugreek: effects & uses explained neutrally
Toast a few golden-yellow fenugreek seeds briefly in a dry pan – and suddenly your kitchen smells like a blend of warm nuts and maple syrup. It is precisely this...
Hops: Calm & Sleep – What's Behind It
Winding down late in the evening, quieting the mind – hardly any plant is so closely associated with this as hops. Most people know it from beer brewing, yet in...
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