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  2. Dragon's blood - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's blood was used as a dye, painting pigment, and medicine (respiratory and gastrointestinal problems) in the Mediterranean basin, and was held by early Greeks, Romans, and Arabs to have medicinal properties.

  3. Calamus draco - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is a source of the red resin known as dragon's blood, which is a pigment with medicinal uses. [3] The compound 4'-demethyl-3,9-dihydroeucomine (DMDHE), derived from the resin of Daemonorops draco, the homotypic synonym for Calamus draco, is a natural bitter-masking substance. This compound, which masks the bitter taste, suggests the ...

  4. Croton lechleri - Wikipedia

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    The latex has medicinal properties, and is used by local peoples as a liquid bandage, applied to seal wounds, as it dries quickly to form a protective skin-like barrier. [4] Its use by native people has led to scientific study and observation of its in vitro antioxidant activity as well as both mutagenic [5] and antimutagenic [6] behavior.

  5. Crofelemer - Wikipedia

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    It is a purified oligomeric proanthocyanidin from "dragon's blood", the sap of the South American tree Croton lechleri. [ 3 ] Crofelemer treats the symptoms of disease, but it is not used to treat infectious diarrhea (diarrhea caused by infection of the digestive system by a bacterium, virus or parasite).

  6. Croton (plant) - Wikipedia

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    In the Amazon, the red latex from the species C. lechleri, known as sangre de drago (dragon's blood), is used as a "liquid bandage", as well as for other medicinal purposes, by native peoples. [ 5 ] Food uses

  7. Heliotrope (mineral) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's Blood, sometimes called Australian bloodstone, is composed of red jasper and green epidote. The name heliotrope derives from ancient beliefs about the manner in which the mineral reflects light. Such notions are described, for example, by Pliny the Elder (Nat. Hist. 37.165). [1]

  8. Rattan - Wikipedia

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    Some rattan fruits are edible, with a sour taste akin to citrus. The fruit of some rattans exudes a red resin called dragon's blood; this resin was thought to have medicinal properties in antiquity and was used as a dye for violins, among other things. [32] The resin normally results in a wood with a light peach hue.

  9. Daemonorops - Wikipedia

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    Calamus draco, syn. Daemonorops draco. Daemonorops was a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae. [1] Its species are now included within the genus Calamus. [2] Species now placed in Daemonorops are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. [3]

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