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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 1, 30 June 1939, Page 52

Many of the plants we see growing by the roadside and in the fields are not mere weeds, but plants with & high medicinal value. Mother Nature has wisely provided in her vegetable laboratories the Fields and Forest many valuable health-giving plants. Roots and herbs have always been man's best medicine. Many sufferers from various ailments try habit- forming drugs, chemicals, and other methods to obtain relief. They do not realise that the best and most effective treatment for their troubles often grow under their feet_~put there by Mother Nature for that very purpose. Gemtian BLACKBERRY MulLEiN Gentian Blackberry; MulleinTbese tbree berbs Gte weli known to all of LS. Gentian is particu- larly good 0$ 0 digestive tonic; Blackberry W excellent for diarrboea; Mullein is ideal tot cougbs and colds: HERBS ARE RICH IN VITAMINS Herbs contain certain elements that are essential for building up the health and restoring the activity of the bodily functions. These elements are distributed in such a finely prepared state that they can be easily assimi- lated by the system and conveyed to the blood. Scientists have discovered that the same herbal remedies of your grandfathers day, if made from fresh, properly graded and packed herbs, are rich in Vitamins and Organic Minerals necessary to health: HERBS MUST BE FRESH SAY SCIENTISTS Botanists have proved that herbs must not only be gathered at the right time of the year, they must be graded and promptly packed in airtight con- tainerg to retain their full medicinal effect