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In old times, people used to believe that woodland strawberries could improve skin color and combat wrinkles and freckles! Just cover your face in its mashed up fruit and let it soak in the entire night... Woodland strawberries look a lot like the cultivated strawberry, but the fruit is much smaller and is covered with seeds. However, if it doesn't get enough light, it doesn't produce any fruit. Woodland strawberries contain many minerals and vitamin C. Not only is it very tasty and healthy, it makes a good medicine. Besides its 'mystical abilities for curing skin problems', it is used as an herbal medicine to purify blood, suppress fever, lighten breathing problems and several other problems.

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