Word: herbalize
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...girl's tortured movements, he beckoned his assistant over to the bed. "Mira," he said, and began to laugh. "El trabajo del brujo." The work of the witch. He pointed to the streaks of tobacco dye that covered the bruises on the girl's leg. An expert in herbal medicine in the girl's village had applied the tobacco in line with an ancient tradition that prescribes herbal cures for injuries of all kinds. The girl, her leg still swollen with its two weeks of fracture, clutched the edge of the bed and closed her eyes as the doctor lightly...
...smell of herbal essence permanently fills the air and only fades away as you move in one direction towards the chlorine-sharp air of the pool, or toward the burning air of the drying room...
...squat placidly over a game of cards and little girls hop in unison over their skipping ropes. Canton's mood is relaxed, visibly so in the curious but friendly glances foreigners get, or in the newly repainted names of stores: MOON BEAM FRUIT STORE and EASTERN SEA HERBAL MEDICINES now glow in soft pastels where only a few years ago there were strident slogans in gaudy...
...Nevada state legislature last week became the first in the nation to declare traditional Chinese medicine "a learned profession." By nearly unanimous vote, the lawmakers legalized acupuncture, herbal medicine and other Chinese practices. What sold them was neither Nixonian detente nor the thoughts of Mao, but a free Chinese clinic that, by special permission, was opened for three weeks across from the statehouse in Carson City...
...variety of such foods is vast. At Erewhon Natural Foods in Los Angeles, natural-food gourmets can find deep jars full of grains, nuts and buckwheat spaghetti. They can also pick up such exotica as whole-wheat bread with avocado and tomato filling, and ginseng, an herbal root from Red China...