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Old 03-12-2006, 09:27 AM   #9
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Recently loads of people have been coming into the shop ordering large amounts of the spice star anise. I was puzzled until I read somewhere that it's used against avian flu, and apparently is the basis for the drugs being used to treat it. I think they make it into a tea...
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