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  2. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety concerns. [118] A 2006 study suggested medicinal potential. [119] Plantago lanceolata: Plantain It is used frequently in herbal teas and other herbal remedies. [120] A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.

  3. Triadica sebifera - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The leaves are used as herbal medicine to treat boils. The plant sap [5] and leaves are reputed to be toxic, and decaying leaves from the plant are toxic to other species of plants. The species is classified as a noxious invader in the southern U.S. [6] [7]

  4. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s echinacea became popular in both Europe and America as an herbal medicine. According to Wallace Sampson, MD, its modern-day use as a treatment for the common cold began when a Swiss herbal supplement maker was "erroneously told" that echinacea was used for cold prevention by Native American tribes who lived in the area of South ...

  5. Chamaenerion angustifolium - Wikipedia

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    Fireweed is also a medicine of the Upper Inlet Dena'ina, who treat pus-filled boils or cuts by placing a piece of the raw stem on the afflicted area. This is said to draw the pus out of the cut or boil and prevents a cut with pus in it from healing over too quickly. The root can be roasted after scraping off the outside, but often tastes bitter.

  6. Navajo ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    Abronia fragrans (snowball-sand verbena), used medicinally for boils [1] and taken internally when a spider was swallowed. [2] The Kayenta Navajo use it as a cathartic, for insect bites, as a sudorific, as an emetic, for stomach cramps, and as a general panacea. [3] The Ramah Navajo use it as a lotion for sores or sore mouth and to bathe ...

  7. Tea tree oil - Wikipedia

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    According to the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency, traditional usage suggests that tea tree oil is a possible treatment for "small, superficial wounds, insect bites, and small boils" and that it may reduce itching in minor cases of athlete's foot. The CHMP states that tea tree oil products should ...

  8. Salve - Wikipedia

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    Black ointment, or Ichthyol Salve, also called Drawing Salve, has been traditionally used to treat minor skin problems such as sebaceous cysts, boils, ingrown toenails and splinters. The main ingredients are often ichthammol , phenyl alcohol , or Arnica montana , and may contain herbs such as echinacea or calendula .

  9. Decoction - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Chinese herbal decoction (湯劑/汤剂) Turkish coffee beginning to boil. Decoction compares to brewing coffee through percolation. Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material (which may include stems, roots, bark and rhizomes) to dissolve the chemicals of the material. It is the most common ...

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