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Throat & coughHoney-ginger tea, salt water gargle
Sleep & wind-downChamomile tea, golden milk
DigestionFresh peppermint tea
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Honey-ginger throat teaAppalachian folk medicineThroat & cough
Golden milk (haldi doodh)India, Ayurvedic traditionSleep & wind-down
Fresh peppermint teaAncient Egypt and European herbalismDigestion

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