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  2. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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    Herbs were also commonly used in the traditional medicine of ancient India, where the principal treatment for diseases was diet. [14] De Materia Medica, originally written in Greek by Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40 – c. 90 CE) of Anazarbus, Cilicia, a physician and botanist, is one example of herbal writing used over centuries until the 1600s. [15]

  3. Spice - Wikipedia

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    The Ebers Papyrus from early Egypt dating from 1550 BCE describes some eight hundred different herbal medicinal remedies and numerous medicinal procedures. [11] By 1000 BCE, medical systems based upon herbs could be found in China, Korea, and India. [citation needed] Early uses were associated with magic, medicine, religion, tradition, and ...

  4. List of U.S. states and territories by exports and imports

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    This is a list of U.S. states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by exports of goods and imports of goods as of 2018. [note 1] An export in international trade is a good or service produced in one country that is bought by someone in another country. The sum of the exports of the states is significantly lower than the value of the ...

  5. List of exports of India - Wikipedia

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    For information on exports, see Export. For Harmonized Codes, see Harmonized System. The following is a list of export product categories that were exported the most and fetched foreign currency for India. The list includes the HS Codes and the value of the product exported. The data referenced in the system do not have any legal sanctity and ...

  6. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    The bark contains magnolol and honokiol, two polyphenolic compounds. Malva sylvestris: Mallow The seeds are used internally in a decoction or herbal tea [102] as a demulcent and diuretic, and the leaves made into poultices as an emollient for external applications. Matricaria recutita and Anthemis nobilis: Chamomile

  7. List of traditional Chinese medicines - Wikipedia

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    G. lucidum enjoys special veneration in East Asia, where it has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years, [49] making it one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used medicinally. Today, the ling zhi mushroom is used in a herbal formula designed to minimize the side effects of ...

  8. Kampo - Wikipedia

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    Kampō medicines are tested for the levels of key chemical constituents as markers for quality control on every formula. This is carried out from the blending of the raw herbs to the end product according to the ministry's pharmaceutical standards. Medicinal mushrooms like reishi and shiitake are herbal

  9. Herb - Wikipedia

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    They activate through the epithelium of sebaceous glands to make the skin more supple. Ayurvedic oils are widely used in India, prized for their natural health-giving properties. [22] One method and perhaps the best, used to extract natural oils from herbs to make lipstick is partition chromatography. The process involves separation in watery ...