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Britain’s wartime HERBAL HEALERS

Britain’s countryside is like a natural medicine cabinet, abundant with plants that can help treat disease and even save lives. During World Wars One and Two, when medical supplies ran frighteningly low, the nation turned to foraging for wild herbs and plants to make vital medicines.

Plants to the rescue

In peacetime, Britain imported

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