What happened to witch-hazel?

contributed by melmorris72 25 Jan | 16:20

At school whenever we bumped ourselves we would have cotton wool soaked with witch-hazel to either reduce the swelling or draw out the bruise (I’m not sure why now). I’m not sure how effective it was but even now I find the smell very comforting but what happened to it – it’s all used in spot remedies now not the huge bottles our nurse had!

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From York (UK) in the 1970s

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