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Horsemint-Monarda punctata

oakleif
15 years ago

American Indians used leaf tea for colds, fever,flu symptoms,,stomach cramps,coughs and bowel ailments.Historically doctors used this mint as a carminative,digestive and diuretic.and to regulate menses. Oil is high in thymol:antiseptic, expels worms. Thymol now manufactured syntheticly, was once commercially derived from thyme. During WW1 commercial fields were destroyed in europe and horsemint was grown in the US as a substitute for thyme.

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