Mint tea for those terrible "worms"

contributed by ananeves 20 Jan | 22:19

  • Dried mint leaves

    Dried mint leaves

Ascaris lumbricoides, otherwise known as the large intestinal roundworm of humans, was said to be treated with mint tea.

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From Portugal in the 1930s

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