| Remember the days of old when Grandmother
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| | snake survived after chewing snakeroot, a
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| strapped a warm mustard pack to our
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| | wounded bear rolled in mud to better heal
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| congested chests when we had a cold? Or
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| | and escape infection, and old, rheumatoid
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| used a warmed tea bag to rid pink eye, a
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| | deer eased their misery and made joints
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| clove of garlic to stop an earache, or
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| | more limber by resting under the
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| prepared a mixture of chaparral and olive
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| | therapeutic rays of the sun.Nature's well
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| oil as a cure for itchy skin? I
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| | worked out plan for good health and
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| do.Distances between townships, limited
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| | freedom from disease is observed in
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| funds, and the lack of readily available
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| | animals. It is people who have strayed
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| medical professionals and facilities all
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| | from nature's medicine chest to create
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| dictated that a woman be not only a wife,
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| | man-made remedies -- some of which are
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| mother, and housekeeper, but doctor as
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| | less effective, costly, and riddled with
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| well. Folklore healing practices,
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| | negative side-effects.By working with,
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| curative uses of herbs, and other
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| | and not against nature, we increase our
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| medicinal "family secrets" were
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| | chance of a more healthy life, while
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| stealthily guarded and passed down from
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| | decreasing our risk of disease and
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| one generation to the next.Of course,
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| | premature bodily limitations and
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| some of yesteryear's touted cures were
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| | dysfunctions.A wealth of healing
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| not truly cures at all. Superstition and
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| | resources is there for the taking, if we
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| myth "remedies," without any practical
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| | but open our eyes to the possibilities
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| application, crept into the mix. Little
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| | available.To highlight this fact, let's
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| by little and through the years,
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| | take a look at the multiple medicinal
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| suspicion as to the validity of any
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| | uses of just one herb, commonly regarded
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| natural, herbal remedy began to take
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| | as a noxious or disposable weed.Sometimes
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| root.For instance, witch doctor type
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| | found intercropped with corn and wheat in
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| practices such as hanging herbs that
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| | the Midwest United States, common burdock
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| resembled tears around a child's neck to
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| | grows wild and vies for the sun and
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| help him cut teeth. "Reading" tea leaves
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| | nutrients of the soil. Though routinely
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| to foretell future love interests, and
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| | overlooked as a native weed, it
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| assertions like placing certain spices
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| | nevertheless has the potential to gift
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| under the pillow would improve memory,
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| | the bearer greater health and ease skin
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| prejudiced many toward the genuine
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| | afflictions when harvested for its
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| curative uses of herbs.That is why some
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| | root.In the herbal world, burdock is
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| modern day practitioners regard the
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| | unsurpassed as a blood purifier. It is
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| medicinal use of herbs as "quackery;"
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| | also the "king" of herbs in treating
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| nothing more than old-wives tales. There
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| | chronic skin problems such as eczema,
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| are, however, a growing number of
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| | acne, psoriasis, boils, syphilitic sores,
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| otherwise conventional medical
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| | and canker sores.Make a medicinal tea by
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| professionals who acknowledge what
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| | bringing 1 quart of water to a boil.
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| Grandmother knew all along. Natural,
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| | Reduce heat. Add 4 teaspoons cut, dried
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| herbal remedies as a means to maintain
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| | burdock root. Cover and simmer for 7
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| good health and cure certain diseases are
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| | minutes. Remove from heat and let steep
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| valid. Nature's drug store is making a
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| | for 2 hours. Drink a minimum of 2 cups a
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| comeback.And why should that be
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| | day on an empty stomach, or more if
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| surprising? After all, we -- like plants
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| | problem persists. This concoction can
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| -- are organic. It is the synthetic drugs
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| | also be made in a larger quantity and
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| used today that were formulated to mimic
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| | used topically to wash affected skin
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| their natural counterparts, and not the
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| | areas as needed.Mixed with catnip and
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| other way around. In days of old, there
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| | made into a tea, burdock root is
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| was no other way to treat illness and
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| | effective in clearing up stubborn kidney
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| discomfort, help heal wounds, or cure
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| | and gallstones. Bring 4 cups of water to
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| bodily dysfunctions than with natural
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| | a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of chopped or
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| means.It was while living in tune with
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| | cut fresh or dried burdock root. Reduce
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| nature and studying wildlife that early
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| | heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from
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| man learned of the medicinal "powers" of
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| | heat.
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| herbs. Animals bitten by a poisonous
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