Nature's Rx
author:Joel Swerdlowsource:National Geographic 2020-08-21
[Health]
Party sounds float up from a swimming pool in Washington, D.C. Twenty children shout and splash, toss balls, and snack on sandwiches, cookies, chips, and sodas. The guest of honor is nine-year-old Audra Shapiro, who has just finished two years of chemotherapy and whose leukemia is in complete remission. Her recovery from this cancer depended on a plant that originated halfway around the world.