But there are no parallel laws that compel diabetics or people in heart failure who prefer using natural herbs to take their medications.

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Brewed from a concoction of natural herbs, true absinthe includes three crucial elements: anise, fennel and Artemisia absinthium (grand wormwood, used as a remedy since the time of the ancient Egyptians).

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" But if you're a farmer, "you're looking for herbal, natural, green or Chinese herbs, some kind of regimen to help your oral health.

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Just as important in the quest for a better Manhattan has been the boom in quality and variety of bitters: high-proof liquors with a large concentration of herbs and other natural flavours.

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All of the spices, herbs, botannicals, and chiles are 100% natural with no added color or weird processing.

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"This is still a hard place to live in, but it's everything that's left to me, " says Bush, who draws his water from a natural spring and hunts the hardwood forests for wild onions, mushrooms and herbs.

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Prepared with fresh herbs, garlic and onions, as well as orange juice to enhance the natural sweetness of the meat, this dish has since become my centerpiece of choice for pull-out-all-the-stops wintertime entertaining.

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Lee says that although it's unusual, she's seen other patients get into trouble with herbs, supplements and vitamins precisely because they're less cautious with something that's natural than they would be with a drug.

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