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ANY GARDEN CAN BE A REPOSITORY OF HEALING HERBS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS. HERE’S HOW TO IDENTIFY, GROW AND USE THE RIGHT ONES FOR YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH

Words Dr Karen Bridgman

Both humans and animals have long used plants as medicines. About 80 per cent of our pharmaceutical drugs are derived from plants and the World Health Organization estimates that more than 70 per cent of the world’s people still use herbal remedies as their primary medicines. With knowledge of the uses of common plants you can deal with a large number of minor illnesses. There are many useful plants you can grow in your own garden or even on a balcony — but you need to know how to identify, grow and use them to maintain your family’s health. You may be growing many of them already and using them to spice up your cooking, not realising their hidden potential. Traditional healers grew many plants for medicines and knew where to find the wild…

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