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2. Insects in medicine - Wikipedia

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   It is a typical component of modern medical care throughout East Asia and in some parts of Southeast Asia (such as Thailand). Insects are very commonly incorporated as part of the herbal medicine component of traditional Chinese medicine, and their medical properties and applications are broadly accepted and agreed upon. Some brief examples follow:

3. List of beneficial weeds - Wikipedia

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   Beneficial weeds can accomplish a number of roles in the garden or yard, including fertilizing the soil, increasing moisture, acting as shelter or living mulch, repelling pests, attracting beneficial insects, or serving as food or other resources for human beings.

4. Human interactions with insects - Wikipedia

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   Frederick Simon Bodenheimer's Insects as Human Food (1951) drew attention to the scope and potential of entomophagy, and showed a positive aspect of insects. Food is the most studied topic in ethnoentomology, followed by medicine and beekeeping. [1] Fighting insects: an agricultural aircraft applies low-insecticide bait to kill western corn ...

5. Maggot therapy - Wikipedia

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   Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.

6. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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   Here are some of the mot common bug, insect and spider bites you might be dealing with — and insect bite pictures to help you figure out which bug is responsible. Tick bites Bull's eye rash (TODAY)

7. Beneficial insect - Wikipedia

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   Encouraging beneficial insects, by providing suitable living conditions, is a pest control strategy, often used in organic farming, organic gardening or integrated pest management. Companies specializing in biological pest control sell many types of beneficial insects, particularly for use in enclosed areas, like greenhouses .

8. Arachnids in medicine - Wikipedia

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   Modern medical research has only recently begun investigating the drug development potential of blood-feeding insect saliva. These compounds in the saliva of blood-feeding insects can increase the ease of blood feeding by preventing the coagulation of platelets around the wound and providing protection against the host's immune response.

9. Here’s How to Tell the Difference Between a Chigger Bite and ...

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   Reader's Digest3 Tips to Avoid Insect Bites and StingsDon’t let any stinging bugs catch you off-guard. Chiggers and mosquitoes are among the many that feed off both humans and animals leaving ...