Herbal Remedies go Mainstream

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I painted this herbal bouquet for a feature article in Contemporary Pediatrics magazine, published by Medical Economics Publishing. The article recommends herbs like mints, chamomile, and ginger for mild gastrointestinal stress in children.

The lead article in this mainstream medical journal outlines ways doctors can use simple centuries old remedies from nature for the common "tummy-ache". As the article says, most of these complaints are caused by the stresses of growing up and may be eased in simple ways before resorting to expensive tests. After all, chamomile worked for Peter Rabbit. I read it with great interest and now use them myself.

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