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2. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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   Herbal remedies can also be dangerously contaminated, and herbal medicines without established efficacy, may unknowingly be used to replace prescription medicines. [ 38 ] Standardization of purity and dosage is not mandated in the United States, but even products made to the same specification may differ as a result of biochemical variations ...

3. 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.

4. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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   This brings attendant risks of toxicity and other effects on human health, despite the safe image of herbal remedies. [52] Herbal medicines have been in use since long before modern medicine existed; there was and often still is little or no knowledge of the pharmacological basis of their actions, if any, or of their safety.

5. Traditional African medicine - Wikipedia

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   Herbal medicines can interact with the modern medicine prescribed by the doctor to treat HIV and negatively impact the patient. Peltzer et al. mentions that a "IGM-1 seem to be effective in symptom improvement, but generally no significant effect on antiviral or immunity enhancement among reviewed herbs was seen" for the treatment of HIV.

6. Ayurveda - Wikipedia

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   Like the medicine of classical antiquity, the classic treatises of ayurveda divided bodily substances into five classical elements (panchamahabhuta) viz. earth, water, fire, air and ether. [40] There are also twenty gunas (qualities or characteristics) which are considered to be inherent in all matter. These are organized in ten pairs: heavy ...

7. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   The terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, integrative medicine, holistic medicine, natural medicine, unorthodox medicine, fringe medicine, unconventional medicine, and new age medicine are used interchangeably as having the same meaning and are almost synonymous in most contexts.