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Article: The mighty mint and other healthful plants.(pioneer children were treated with medicinal herbs or simple remedies)(use of peppermint, mustard seeds, or other plant s)
- Article from:
- Child Life
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in the days of covered wagons? Picture yourself traveling along a steep mountain trail. The view below is breathtaking, but the scorching sun beats down without mercy. As the ox-drawn wagon hits sharp boulders and deep ruts, your stomach begins to go up and down ... up and down. Oh, my. Suddenly, you don't feel well at all.
Doctors and pharmacies were scarce or nonexistent on the frontier. But we know from diaries and letters written more than one hundred years ago that pioneer mothers packed basic medicine chests for the westward journey. These medicine chests contained simple remedies--plants--for treating common ...
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