Tuesday, 10. March 2009
Topic: DRUGS - on March 10, 2009 at 11:57:00 AM CET
Grow your own drugs
Marianne Kavanagh meets James Wong, a young ethnobotanist, who grows his medicine in the garden.
Most of us look for a dock leaf when we've been stung by a nettle, but that's as far as it goes. We wouldn't dream of using plants to treat everyday ailments like eczema, sore throats, indigestion and insomnia. But James Wong, a 27-year-old ethnobotanist (a scientist who studies how people use plants), wants to change our minds. He passionately believes that safe, natural remedies can be made from the everyday plants you find in hedgerows, the back garden or local garden centres.
telegraph.co.uk Grow Your Own Drugs - 1. Fruit Grow Your Own Drugs - 2. Flowers
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