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  2. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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  3. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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    The bark of willow trees contains salicylic acid, the active metabolite of aspirin, and has been used for millennia to relieve pain and reduce fever. [1]Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times.

  4. Curcuma zanthorrhiza - Wikipedia

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    Curcuma zanthorrhiza, known as temulawak, Java ginger, Javanese ginger, or Javanese turmeric is a plant species, belonging to the ginger family. [2] It is known in Javanese as temulawak, in Sundanese as koneng gede (or big yellow) and in Madurese as temu labak. [2]

  5. Herbal - Wikipedia

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    The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]

  6. Phyllanthus reticulatus - Wikipedia

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    Phyllanthus reticulatus [2] is a plant species described Jean Louis Marie Poiret; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae. [3] [4]This is an Asian species of Phyllanthus (but it was also introduced to Jamaica); it has been confused with P. polyspermus. [5]

  7. Traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    African. Muti; Southern Africa; Ayurveda. Dosha; MVAH; Balneotherapy; Brazilian; Bush medicine; Cambodian; Chinese. Blood stasis; Chinese herbology; Dit da; Gua sha ...

  8. List of culinary herbs and spices - Wikipedia

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    A spice market in Istanbul. Night spice market in Casablanca. This is a list of culinary herbs and spices.Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring.

  9. Aloe vera - Wikipedia

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    Aloe vera (/ ˈ æ l oʊ (i) v ɛr ə, v ɪər-/) [3] is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe. [4] It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many world regions.