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| | Artichoke Quells Indigestion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The globe variety, with its tasty, thorn-tipped leaves and succulent heart, has been prized as a vegetable, records show, for at least 2,000 years. |
 | | What folk medicine says: Medicinal uses date back to the 4th century BC. |
 | | In 1633, the English herbalist John Gerard wrote that artichoke buds boiled in wine "provoke urine and stir up the lust of the body." |
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