The grey-green kitchen herb of stuffing and brown butter has one of the longest medicinal records in Europe — “Sage the Saviour” to the medieval school of Salerno. Members can read what it has been used for, from sore throats and night sweats to memory, and how to use it well.
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Neem
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The tea plant was first grown in China thousands of years ago, and a Japanese monk wrote in 1211 that tea was a medicine for long life. Today green tea is one of the world's most-loved daily drinks, and its leaf and extracts are some of the most-studied plant compounds there are.
Spearmint
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Thyme
The kitchen herb behind many old-fashioned cough syrups and mouthwashes. Thyme has been used for chesty coughs, sore throats and digestion since ancient Greece, and it's still an approved traditional cough remedy in Europe.
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