Grow Medicine in Your Garden

By Angel | March 23, 2009 6:26 am |
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Growing tips


It is not a secret that nowadays we treat gardens as places where we can spend some time and to grow some plants just for fun and relaxation. It seems to me that nobody remembers how useful some plants can be. For example, James Wong, a 27-year-old ethnobotanist from Malaysia tells that in his country people use plants and herbs solely as remedy and he still passionately believes that usual plants can heal you.

James Wong

What is more, Wong thinks that the existing division between conventional medicine and alternative one is crucial and more and more people DO believe that only the first one is capable of saving and curing them. However, more than 50 percent of all medicine is made from plants, for example, aspirin contains a willow extract. Peppermint tea is not only tasty but it helps to get rid of bowel syndrome.

I can’t agree more  – we should pay attention to our gardens and not only because they are a great pastime!

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