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Article: OLD INDIAN REMEDY ENJOYS NEW VOGUE.(BUSINESS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 23, 1993
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Byline: CHRISTINE HANLEY - Associated Press
When the Indians discovered witch hazel more than a century ago, they used it to treat everything from bug bites to bleeding ulcers.
Not much has changed in the years since the botanical astringent found its way into the market, taking a place alongside rubbing alcohol in drugstore first-aid aisles. Today, loyal users still apply witch hazel to cleanse the skin, soothe sunburn and treat mosquito bites and other minor wounds.
But gone are its days as a strictly bottom-shelf product.
While it's still the same funny smelling stuff your mother and grandmother used, witch hazel also is being ...