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With the shortage of modern drugs, herbal medicines -- Cuba produces 300 different types -- are making a vigorous comeback. "People used to say only witches and the uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...
Sonfields': Water, wine (from a good year), iced tea, orange juice, milk, coffee, herbal...
...cool off after heating up, one can enjoy a French manicure, seaweed wrap, or herbal reflexology, among other services...
...traditional Chinese herbal remedy significantly reduces alcohol consumption in hamsters and may help human alcoholics curb their drinking, two Medical School researchers reported in yesterday's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
...Herbal medications take advantage of thenatural medicinal properties of plants, accordingto Lannon. Chinese elixirs, another form ofnatural medicine, adjust the body's energy levelto promote healing, he said...