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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Stephenson

5 plant-based solutions to modern-day ailments

Garden writer Ann Treneman (Steve Morgan/PA) -

There is much fiction in folklore, yet so many of our historic remedies to alleviate ailments have come from plants, from the tiniest snowdrop to the largest horse chestnut tree.

Now, author, journalist and garden designer Ann Treneman has written The Garden Cure, an apothecary’s cabinet of a book, featuring everything from sweet peas and foxgloves to valerian and all the healing properties associated with them.

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