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Your grandmother didn’t have a pill for everything. She had a kitchen.
Lost Remedies brings those remedies back: a seven-day plan of them, built around what’s bothering you, what’s in your cupboard and the medicines you already take. Alongside your doctor, never instead of one.
Free to download.
Made for iPhone.
- Checked against your medicines
- A source for every remedy
- Nothing to buy or ship
Somewhere along the way, the first answer to everything became another prescription. Two generations ago the kitchen came first, and the doctor came for the serious things. That knowledge never stopped working. It just got lost.
Why we made this
Your doctor matters. So does your kitchen.
We are not against medicine. Some of us are here because of it, and every remedy in this app is checked against the prescriptions you already take. What we are against is the reflex: the idea that the only answer to a stiff knee, a bad night or a restless stomach is another bottle, another refill, another side effect to manage.
For most of human history the first answer lived in the kitchen. Ginger for the stomach. Honey for the throat. Sage, oats, garlic, turmeric. Egyptian scrolls, Roman legions, Ayurvedic mothers and Cherokee healers all kept the same kind of notes, and a surprising number of those notes have since been put through modern trials and held up.
That is the place we want back: the small, everyday things, tried first, at the kitchen table. The serious things still go to the doctor, and the app is the first to say so.
How it works
Three questions, then a week.
No forms, no jargon. Big buttons, one question at a time, and a plan that fits the person answering.
What do you take?
Blood thinners, blood pressure pills, diabetes medicine, thyroid medicine. Say so and keep taking them. The app leaves out anything known to interfere, and tells you why.
What’s in your kitchen?
Tick what you already have. Your week leans on it first, so most days need nothing from the shops.
Then
Your week appears.
A morning remedy, an evening one and a couple of small extras, day by day. Every one fits around the medicines you take. Tick them off as you go, and tomorrow is ready when you are.
What’s inside
Everything on one screen. Nothing to figure out.
106 remedies, 83 ingredients, and the history behind each one, written for a kitchen rather than a laboratory.
Every remedy
Step by step, in plain words.
What you need, what to do, how much, and how long to give it. Then the line that matters: the study or the tradition the remedy rests on, named.
- Ten minutes or less, most of them
- Amounts taken from the studies, never a prescription
- A small tip from someone who has made it before
Where it comes from
The story behind every one.
The Egyptians and their honey. The Cherokee and the cherry bark. The Vermont doctor who made cider vinegar a national habit. A remedy is easier to trust when you know who trusted it first.
“Turmeric has been Ayurveda’s haldi for some four thousand years, and haldi doodh, golden milk, is what Indian mothers still make for aches and coughs. Marco Polo described it in 1280 as a vegetable with the qualities of saffron.”
From the story behind Golden turmeric & ginger tea
83 ingredients
Plainly explained, cautions included.
Browse by ingredient. Three things each one is known for, what to be careful of, and every remedy in the app that uses it. Then add it to your kitchen with one tap.
- “Studied for” and “traditionally used for”, kept apart
- Cautions for medicines, pregnancy and allergies
- Search by name, or by what’s bothering you
Ask
Ask, in your own words.
Why is this in my week? What helps a scratchy throat? Can I have this with my blood pressure pills? Ask, and get a plain answer drawn from the app’s own remedies, with your medicines in mind.
- Only suggests remedies that are safe for you
- Says “see a doctor” when that is the honest answer
- Never diagnoses, never guesses
From the kitchen
Most of it is already in your cupboard.
Eighty-three ingredients. Ginger, honey, garlic, oats, lemon, cinnamon, and a handful worth seeking out, like elderberry or tart cherry. No powders, no pills, no subscriptions to a box.
Safety first
Made for people on real medicines.
Tell the app what you take and what you live with. It leaves out any remedy known to interfere, and says why. It never diagnoses. When something needs a doctor, it says so in plain words.
It knows about
Blood thinnersBlood pressure pillsDiabetes medicineThyroid medicineCholesterol pillsAntidepressantsSleeping pillsHeart rhythm medicineImmune-suppressing medicineChemotherapyPregnancyReflux or ulcersKidney diseaseGallstonesSurgery coming upNut, fish, dairy and other allergies
Some things are never a remedy.
For these the app stops, and says one thing: call for help now.
- Chest pain or pressure
- Trouble breathing
- Signs of a stroke
- Blood where it should not be
- Thoughts of ending your life
What it costs
Free to start.
Download it, answer the three questions and try your week. One membership unlocks everything. You see the price in the app before you decide, and you can cancel any time from your iPhone’s settings. No phone calls, no letters.
Questions
The things people ask first.
Is this medical advice?
No. Lost Remedies shares old kitchen remedies and what published studies say about them, for general interest. It never diagnoses. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before adding anything to your day, and never stop a prescribed medicine because of something you read here.
Are you telling me to stop my medicines?
No, and we never will. Everything in Lost Remedies is meant to sit alongside what your doctor prescribed, not replace it. If a remedy is known to interfere with one of your medicines, the app leaves it out. Changing a prescription is a conversation with your doctor, never with an app.
I take medicines. Is it safe for me?
Tell the app what you take during setup: blood thinners, blood pressure pills, diabetes medicine and so on. It leaves out remedies known to interfere with them and tells you why. That is a help, not a guarantee, which is why we still say: check with your pharmacist.
Do I need to buy special ingredients?
Mostly no. There are eighty-three ingredients and most are ordinary: ginger, honey, garlic, oats, lemon, cinnamon. A few are worth seeking out, like elderberry or tart cherry juice, and the app tells you when.
What does it cost?
It is free to download and free to start. One membership unlocks everything. You see the price in the app before you decide, and you can cancel any time from your iPhone’s settings.
Does it work on Android?
Lost Remedies is an iPhone app. There is no Android version yet.
Can I delete my account?
Yes, in two taps: Settings, then Delete account. That removes your account and everything stored online. Your phone keeps its own copy until you delete the app.
Bring the old remedies back to your kitchen.
Three questions, and your first week is ready before the kettle boils.
Free to download.
Made for iPhone.