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dandelion
Dandelions grow everywhere in the northern hemisphere. Throughout time they have been used for a multitude of purposes: in salads, for brewing beer and even as dandelion coffee - a healthy and tasty alternative to traditional coffee. The use of dandelions for medicinal purposes appears in Arabic writings dating back from the eleventh century.
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rose geranium
In traditional folk medicine geraniums have been used to treat headaches and earaches. In folklore geraniums are said to be useful in love as well as banishing negativity and lifting the spirits. Geraniums come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, scents, and colours. Depending on species they can smell like roses, apple, cinnamon, mint, camphor, lemons, nutmeg, pineapples, oranges, limes or coconut. In the old days it was believed that the scented geraniums had mysterious magical properties. The rose scented geraniums could bring love, the white could increase fertility and the red would bring strength to a person's health.
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