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  2. Baccharis halimifolia - Wikipedia

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    Baccharis halimifolia is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae.It is native to Nova Scotia, the eastern and southern United States (from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma), [2] eastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo), [3] the Bahamas, [4] and Cuba.

  3. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    Other traditional uses include as an expectorant, astringent, and to treat bronchitis. [83] The essential oil of the plant has been used for centuries as a general tonic for colds and coughs, and to relieve congestion of the mucous membranes. Glycyrrhiza glabra: Licorice root: Purported uses include stomach ulcers, bronchitis, and sore throat. [84]

  4. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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    Medicinal plants are widely used as folk medicine in non-industrialized societies, mainly because they are readily available and cheaper than modern medicines. The annual global export value of the thousands of types of plants with medicinal properties was estimated to be US$60 billion per year and growing at the rate of 6% per annum.

  5. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    Tobacco, previously used for a variety of medicinal purposes [115] Trichostema lanatum, used for a variety of medicinal purposes. [116] Trichostema lanceolatum, used by natives of northern California as a cold and fever remedy, a pain reliever, and a flea repellent. [117] Triodanis perfoliata, see article for full information.

  6. Urine therapy - Wikipedia

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    Urine therapy or urotherapy, (also urinotherapy, Shivambu, [a] uropathy, or auto-urine therapy) in alternative medicine is the application of human urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, including drinking of one's own urine and massaging one's skin, or gums, with one's own urine.

  7. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis - Wikipedia

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    Parantica aglea on Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, native throughout the Caribbean, [3] including Florida. [4]

  8. Guaiacum - Wikipedia

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    The invention of the use of Guaiacum for syphilis. The genus is famous as the supplier of lignum vitae, which is the wood of several species in the genus. [citation needed] It is the fourth-hardest variety of wood as measured by the Janka hardness test, requiring a force of 4,500 lb f (20,000 N) to embed a steel ball 0.444 in (1.13 cm) in diameter half that distance into the wood.

  9. Origanum dictamnus - Wikipedia

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    It is widely used for food flavouring and medicinal purposes, in addition to featuring as an ornamental plant in gardens. This small, lanate shrub is easily recognised by the distinctive soft, woolly covering of white-grey hair on its stems and round green leaves, giving it a velvety texture.

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