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Herbal Actions: Awesome Alteratives
Cabin fever. Climbing the walls. Winter Blues.
If you live in a northern climate like New England, you probably know the feeling. This is where Alteratives come in, the ultimate spring cleaners.
Yellow Dock: A Spring Tonic For Shaking Off Winter
A potent medicinal, this herb has all the right actions to shake things up for spring.
A prodigious weed, yellow dock has a tap root that ends only once it reaches the earth’s molten core (at least this is what I assume, because I can never seem to get the whole root out).
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