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Cranberry
Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, is known more as a colourful fruit than as a medicinal herb. But First Nations used the tart, red berry of this perennial for food and medicine, introducing it to early settlers as a treatment for scurvy, stomach ailments, urinary problems, and as a blood cleanser.
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