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The tops of ”Virola oleifera” have been shown to produce lignan-7-ols and verrucosin that have antifungal action regarding ”Cladosporium sphaerospermum” in doses as low as 25 micrograms. Lignan-7-ols oleiferin-B and oleiferin-G worked for ”Cladosporium cladosporoides” starting as low as 10 micrograms. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Virola, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. [...]
Ma Ma Lay was a practitioner of traditional Burmese medicine. Her interest in traditional medicine began after her family’s poor experience with Western medicine. In 1945, her seven-year-old daughter’s leg operation was botched by a British Army doctor. In 1946, her husband suddenly died within 12 days of uncertain cause. Ma Ma Lay studied traditional [...]
Traditional medicine forms part of the primary health care system in Sierra Leone. The traditional medicine programme, run by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, has constructed a training school at Makeni, a healing centre at Kono and conducted workshops to promote co-operation between traditional medicine practitioners and orthodox doctors. Members of the programme have [...]
Folk herbalists consider dried burdock to be a diuretic, diaphoretic, and a blood purifying agent. Various parts are used to prevent baldness and to treat rheumatoid arthritis, skin infections, acne, boils, bites, eczema, herpes, impetigo, rashes, ringworm, sore throat, sciatica, poison ivy and poison oak, as a tonic, diuretic and mild laxative, to stimulate bile [...]
Traditional Chinese medicine often incorporates ingredients from all parts of plants, the leaf, stem, flower, root, and also ingredients from animals and minerals. The use of parts of endangered species (such as seahorses, rhinoceros horns, and tiger bones and claws) has created controversy and resulted in a black market of poachers who hunt restricted animals. [...]
In traditional Batak society ”datuk” (animist priests) as well as ”gurus” practiced traditional medicine, although the former were exclusively male. Both professions were attributed with supernatural powers and the ability to predict the future. Treatments and healing rituals bear some resemblance to those practiced by dukuns in other parts of Indonesia. Following the Christianization of [...]
Saw palmetto is used in several forms of traditional medicine. Aboriginal Americans used the fruit for food and in the treatment of a variety of urinary and reproductive system problems. The Mayans drank it as a tonic, and the Seminoles used the berries as an expectorant and antiseptic. The taste of saw palmetto fruit is [...]
The flesh of turtles was, and still is, considered a delicacy in a number of cultures. Turtle soup has been a prized dish in Anglo-American cuisine, and still remains so in some parts of Asia. Gopher tortoise stew was popular with some groups in Florida. Turtles remain a part of the traditional diet on the [...]
Musk mallow oil was once used as a substitute for animal musk; however this use is now mostly discontinued as it can cause photosensitivity. Culinary uses It has many culinary uses. The seeds are added to coffee; unripe pods (“musk okra”), leaves and new shoots are eaten as vegetables. Medicinal uses Different parts of the [...]
Traditional clinical diagnosis and management focuses on the individual patient’s clinical signs and symptoms, medical and family history, and data from laboratory and imaging evaluation to diagnose and treat illnesses. This is a [http://www.systemsbiology.org/intro_to_isb_and_systems_biology/Predictive_Preventive_Personalized_and_Participatory reactive] approach to treatment, i.e., treatment/medication starts after the signs and symptoms appear. Recent advances in medical genetics and human genetics [...]
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