“Don’t squeeze it! Don’t!” “But I have to! It’s so ugly!” “You’ll be scarred. Just don’t squeeze it, whatever you do!” So goes a frequent conversation (if you can call an exchange conducted at such a loud volume a conversation) between my daughter Rosie and I. It seems so easy to squeeze those zits and…
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No, this isn’t a Zen koan, nor is it a riddle for 8-year-olds. It’s a straight-up question. And the answer of course is: when it’s an infusion – or a decoction. Okay, maybe it was a riddle. When we think about using plants as medicines, often the first idea is to make a nice herbal…
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