The Health Corner describes home remedies that many of us know from home: honey for cough, onion syrup, chamomile, cupping. Here we explain who writes these pages, where we get our information, and what you will not find on them.
In brief: the pages are written by the editorial team of informacja.com based on research and public health institution websites. There is no doctor or pharmacist on the team, so we do not write "verified by a doctor," but "developed by the editorial team based on sources." No page replaces a visit to a doctor.
Who Writes
The Health Corner pages are prepared by a small team from the editorial team of informacja.com. When searching for and summarizing sources, we use artificial intelligence tools, but we verify every specific claim (number, study result, warning) against the source from which it comes. If something cannot be confirmed, we do not write it.
None of us are doctors, pharmacists, or herbalists. We do not assess whether a remedy will work for a specific person. We describe what is known from research and what public health institutions recommend.
Where We Get Information
- Public health institutions: the American NCCIH (institute at the National Institutes of Health focusing on complementary medicine), the British NHS, the American CDC and FDA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which prepares assessments of medicinal plants.
- Research reviews: primarily Cochrane reviews, which are an independent network of researchers that collects and compares results from many studies on a single topic. Additionally, systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in scientific journals.
- Individual studies only when they provide important information, such as data on accidents and burns.
We do not rely on blogs, shops, forums, or advertisements. The layout of the page is modeled after the NCCIH series “Herbs at a Glance”: briefly, what it is, what research says, what the risks are.
What a Remedy Page Looks Like
Each page has the same layout:
- Origin: a brief history of the tradition.
- What We Know: evidence label (below).
- What Research Says: who studied it, what type of study, and what the results were.
- Safety: risks, who should not use the remedy, interactions with medications.
- When to See a Doctor: symptoms for which self-treatment is not advisable.
- Sources: a list with links for everyone to verify.
Under the title, we provide the date of verification and the date of the next review. Research and recommendations change, so we review the pages at least once a year.
Evidence Labels
The label is assigned by the editorial team after reading the sources. It is not assigned by the author of the entry or the reader.
| Label | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Tradition | The remedy is known from tradition, but we have not found studies that verify it. |
| Weak or Inconsistent Evidence | Studies exist, but they are few, small, of low quality, or yield conflicting results. |
| Confirmed by Research | Research reviews or recommendations from health institutions confirm its effectiveness for the described condition. |
| Not Recommended | The risks outweigh the potential benefits, or health institutions advise against the remedy. |
The label indicates what is known from research. Even a remedy with the label “Confirmed by Research” can harm someone, so the Safety section should always be read.
What We Do Not Publish
- dosages of medications and herbs,
- encouragement to discontinue or change medications,
- “treatments” for cancer and other serious diseases using home remedies,
- advice for infants, pregnant women, and emergencies (we only provide warnings),
- anti-vaccine content,
- instructions for using harmful substances (e.g., MMS, turpentine, fuels),
- instructions for dangerous methods, such as using flammable liquids for cupping,
- brand names, advertisements, and links to shops.
Reader Experiences
Under the remedy pages, readers can briefly describe their own experiences: what problem they used the remedy for, what they did, what the effect was, and whether they spoke with a doctor or pharmacist.
- Each entry is checked before publication. Entries with dosages, encouragement to discontinue medications, about treating serious diseases, or about someone else's health are rejected.
- Each entry includes the note “Personal opinion of the author, not verified by a doctor.”
- We do not collect locations or postal codes with these entries. Anonymity is also allowed.
- Comments under the remedy pages are disabled. Experiences can only be shared through a form that goes through moderation.
How to Report an Error or Dangerous Entry
- Under each entry and on each page, there is a link “Report Content.” Select the reason “Dangerous Advice (Health).” An entry reported this way will be removed from the page until a moderator's decision is made.
- You can also report an error in the editorial text via email at kontakt@informacja.com. Please specify which sentence is incorrect and, if possible, provide the source.
Sources
| Source | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Herbs at a Glance | NCCIH | Page layout model, verified on 24.10.2026 |
| About us | Cochrane | What Cochrane is, verified on 24.10.2026 |
| Herbal medicinal products | European Medicines Agency | Assessments of medicinal plants, verified on 24.10.2026 |
| Health A to Z | NHS | Symptoms and when to see a doctor, verified on 24.10.2026 |
Developed by the editorial team of informacja.com. Status as of October 24, 2026. This is not medical advice.