Every remedy shows two things: what published research says, and what real people experienced. Neither alone tells the full story. Together they do.
Our editorial team reviews published studies from NIH, Cochrane, Mayo Clinic and peer-reviewed journals. Each remedy is assigned an evidence level — not a number, because a number would imply false precision.
When you log a remedy attempt and come back to rate it, that rating joins a weighted score. Weighted means accounts with more history and genuine attempts count for more than brand new accounts.
Remedies with more logged attempts are shown with higher confidence. A remedy rated by 200 people is more reliable than one rated by 3.
Ratings from accounts under 7 days old are automatically weighted at 0.3x — silently. This discourages fake accounts gaming a new remedy.
Raters who come back after trying a remedy (rather than rating immediately) receive a higher completion weight. It signals genuine experience.
Ratings from the last 90 days are weighted 1.2x. Remedies that are consistently helpful now rank higher than those with old stale ratings.
Many traditional and alternative remedies have never been formally studied. That doesn't mean they don't work. For these, the community score is the only signal — and often the most useful one.