Also scant mention of the role herbs and spices have played in folk medicine since the dawn of our species. One glance at Rodale's Encyclopedia of Herbs is enou

Also scant mention of the role herbs and spices have played in folk medicine since the dawn of our species. One glance at Rodale's Encyclopedia of Herbs is enough to see that two or three generations ago, most American households would have employed some form of home remedy such as crushed barberries to alleviate the scratchiness of a sore throat ;) Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs https://books.google.com/books?id=htGD3Y7WNxwC https://books.google.com/books?id=htGD3Y7WNxwC