Firlefanz
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Ginger as medical plant
I already know that ginger helps with motion sickness. It now seems as if that plant can also help with more serious problems:
Ginger May Combat Deadly Infant Diarrhea In Developing World
The popular spice ginger shows promise as a treatment for bacteria-induced diarrhea, the leading cause of infant death in developing countries, [...]
Now, low-tech fantasy worlds might as well be considered to be similar to the "deloping world" in our world.
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10/7/2007, 7:19 pm
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Reythia
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Re: Ginger as medical plant
Interesting, Firle.
I remember finding it intriguing when, a few years back, I first heard about all the things "cavemen" (ie: those living as early as the end of the last ice age) used different mosses for. Biology is fascinating.
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Re: Ginger as medical plant
Excellent news, glad to hear a new cheap source of medicine for some problems is found and maybe it'll even be of some use to us more wealthy people.  Still, it is good news, I hope it will help save a lot of lives. 
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10/8/2007, 9:21 pm
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