Word: herbe
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Walton was an active student of retailing--all family vacations included store visits--so by the time a barber named Herb Gibson from Berryville, Ark., began opening discount stores outside towns where Sam ran variety stores, Walton saw what was coming. On July 2, 1962, at the age of 44, he opened his first Wal-Mart store, in Rogers, Ark. That same year, S.S. Kresge launched K Mart, F.W. Woolworth started Woolco and Dayton Hudson began its Target chain. Discounting had hit America in a big way. At that time, Walton was too far off the beaten path to attract...
...relatively inexpensive. Utah's free-enterprise culture has nurtured characters like Tom Murdock, an Arizona entrepreneur who in 1969 started what is now Murdock Madaus Schwabe, whose Nature's Way line is the top-selling herbal brand in health-food stores. Murdock founded the company to market the chaparral herb, which he had used to treat his cancer-stricken wife...
Finally, don't expect a pill to make up for an unhealthy life-style. No herb can take the place of exercise. Some of the most healthful plants you can consume are leafy green vegetables like broccoli and spinach...
...assume that "natural" means safe, unless you want to risk ending up like Socrates, who committed suicide by drinking hemlock. More recently, folks have suffered liver damage from sipping teas brewed from comfrey, an herb that is used in poultices and ointments to treat sprains and bruises and should never be taken internally. Special note to pregnant women and nursing mothers: you should avoid a number of herbs, including Echinacea, senna, comfrey and licorice...
...sure to tell your doctor what you're taking. According to last week's J.A.M.A., 15 million Americans take herbs at the same time as prescription medications. Yet 60% of patients don't tell their doctors that they are taking herbal remedies, which would at least allow the physicians to watch for potentially serious drug-herb interactions...