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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Purge?
Sasssafras tea was drunk on both sides of the Atlantiic, especially as a spring purge.
I wonder what is a 'spring purge.' Is it a kind of beverage?
Thanks in advance!
I wonder what is a 'spring purge.' Is it a kind of beverage?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
It's a beverage only in that you drink it. After a monotonous, unhealthy diet of whatever food could be stored through the cold months, it was thought that the body needed a cleansing and rejuvenation. "Spring tonics" created from the earliest plants, like dandelion greens, were supposed to "purify the blood," I believe, whatever that means.
- It's a beverage only in that you drink it.
- After a monotonous, unhealthy diet of whatever food could be stored through the cold months, it was thought that the body needed a cleansing and rejuvenation.
- "Spring tonics" created from the earliest plants, like dandelion greens, were supposed to "purify the blood," I believe, whatever that means.
- I think they mostly acted as a strong laxative, which the term "spring purge" suggests.
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It's a beverage only in that you drink it. After a monotonous, unhealthy diet of whatever food could be stored through the cold months, it was thought that the body needed a cleansing and rejuvenation. "Spring tonics" created from the earliest plants, like dandelion greens, were supposed to "purify the blood," I believe, whatever that means. I think they mostly acted as a strong laxative, which th
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