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  2. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    The active ingredients are viburnin (a substance or more probably a mixture of compounds) and tannins. Tannins can cause stomach upset. The leaves when infused have antipyretic properties. The fruits have been used as purgatives against constipation. The tincture has been used lately in herbal medicine as a remedy for depression.

  3. Bach flower remedies - Wikipedia

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    The Bach flower remedy solutions, which contain a 50:50 mix of water and brandy, are called mother tincture. [4] Stock remedies—the solutions sold in shops—are dilutions of mother tincture into other liquid.

  4. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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    The use of herbal remedies is more prevalent in people with chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, and end-stage kidney disease. [22] [23] [24] Multiple factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, education and social class are also shown to have associations with the prevalence of herbal remedy use. [25]

  5. Medical ethnobotany of India - Wikipedia

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    Ayurvedic practitioners process plants with the goal of enhancing absorption. Shelf life and ease of production are additional concerns in herbal preparations. Some common herbal preparations include herbal paste (kalka), powder (curna), decoction (kasaya), teas (phanta), jams (paka), medicated wines (arista), pills (vati), and herbal oils ...

  6. Geum urbanum - Wikipedia

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    The other English name Herb Bennet is a corruption of the old herbalist name Herba benedicta, meaning blessed herb. The generic name Geum originated from the Greek geno, a word meaning to yield a pleasant aroma, in reference to the root’s strong clove-like smell when freshly dug up. [3] The specific epithet urbanum means ‘of towns’. [9]

  7. Traditional African medicine - Wikipedia

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    The use of "bleed-cupping" (also called "wet cupping"), followed by herbal ointment and herbal drugs to treat Migraines, coughs, abscesses, and pleurisy. Some cultures rub hot herbal ointment across the patient's eyelids to treat headaches. A steaming mixture of herbs is both consumed and inhaled in the treatment of Malaria. Fevers are often ...

  8. Herbal tea - Wikipedia

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    Herbal teas can be made with any part of a plant, including fresh or dried flowers, fruit, leaves, stems, seeds or roots. These parts may be steeped fully raw (as picked) or processed in some way (such as drying, roasting, crushing, tearing / cutting, steaming, etc.). Herbal tisanes being sold in Mauritius as medicines for various diseases

  9. Biodiversity and drugs - Wikipedia

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    Biodiversity plays a vital role in maintaining human and animal health because numerous plants, animals, and fungi are used in medicine to produce vital vitamins, painkillers, antibiotics, and other medications. [1] [2] [3] Natural products have been recognized and used as medicines by ancient cultures all around the world. [4]