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Show Strange Herbs Sold by Mexicans at Juarez Mart JUAREZ, MEXICO. At the historic histo-ric Juarez market where Mexicans shop and where American tourists come to see strange products of Mexico's interior, peddlers and vendors offer herbs from Mexican soil that "will cure anything," even a broken heart. In the tiny booths grizzled wise men do a thriving business in herbs and charms which they say -their ancestors an-cestors have found effective for centuries. cen-turies. For a bad cold they offer a remedy rem-edy the Mexican swears by. It's called yerba de vibora, or snake hair. A little green herb, it grows, in the mountains. Brew a tea of yerba de vibora, mix it with sotol potent Mexican alcoholic beverage bever-age and the cold will disappear, the vendors assert. For rheumatism, huachichile is recommended. Gourd tea is reportedly report-edly the best cure for chest ailments and tuberculosis. For a hangover orange leaves mixed with you : guessed it sotol, is supposed to be the best cure. |