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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. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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    Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects. That means they are more closely related to ticks than other biting insects like mosquitoes.

  5. 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 ...

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

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    Chigger and mosquito bite symptoms. While chigger and mosquito bites both come with an itch, chigger bites take the prize: They cause intense itching that can last a week or more, while victims of ...

  7. 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)

  8. 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 .

  9. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    Seed is used only occasionally in tradition medicine. Modern usage is primarily as a diuretic. [20] Arctium lappa: Burdock: Used traditionally as a diuretic and to lower blood sugar [21] and, in traditional Chinese medicine as a treatment for sore throat and symptoms of the common cold. [22] [unreliable source?] Arnica montana: Arnica