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• Basil
  ...oods. In Taiwan, people add fresh basil leaves to thick soups (traditional Chinese: 羹湯; pinyin: gēngtāng). They also eat fried chicken with deep-fried b ...dicinal system of India and Siddha medicine, a traditional Tamil system of medicine. They are also used as popular drinks in Southeast Asia.
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• Prussian blue
  ...he size of the particles. The pigment is used in [[paint]]s, and it is the traditional "blue" in [[blueprint]]s. It has been used as an [[antidote]] for certain k ...Europe. [[Cobalt blue]] has been used extensively by Chinese artists in [[Chinese porcelain#Blue and white wares|blue and white porcelains]] for centuries, a
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• Mercury (element)
  *[[Mercury(I) chloride]] ([[calomel]]) is sometimes still used in [[medicine]], acousto-optical filters and as a standard in electrochemistry;<ref name= ...Y/EN/bf.cfm|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> It was also known to the ancient Chinese.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercury — Element of the ancients|publisher=Center
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• Ephedrine
  In traditional Chinese medicines, the herb ''má huáng'' (麻黄, ''[[Ephedra sinica]]'') contain ...Professor. http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/692-Chinese-medicine-s-great-waste-of-resources</ref>
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• Abrus precatorius
  ...With ratti name, it was also long used to measure 0.12125&nbsp;grams of a traditional unit, mostly used by jewellers and [[Ayurved]] doctors.<ref>[http://www.bho ...lled "kudri mani" in Tamil and 'Guru Ginja' in Telugu.It is used in Siddha medicine for centuries. The Tamil Siddhars knew about the toxic effects in plants an
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• Lathyrus japonicus
  ...led [[lathyrism]]. The leaves of the plant are used in Chinese traditional medicine.
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• Aconitum
  ...g-hsing. ''T’ien kung k’ai wu''. Sung Ying-hsing. 1637. Published as ''Chinese Technology in the seventeenth century''. Translated and annotated by E-tu Z ==Traditional uses==
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• Toxicodendron vernicifluum
  ...for their toxic sap, which is used as a highly durable [[lacquer]] to make Chinese, Korean and Japanese [[lacquerware]]. ...Lacquer Tree are sometimes used in [[Chinese traditional medicine| Chinese medicine]] for the treatment of internal parasites and for stopping bleeding. Compo
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• Solanum nigrum
  ...reas the ripe "Red Makoi" is edible and is often used in anti-inflammatory medicine.]] ...''Proceedings of the IPGRI International Workshop on Genetic Resources of Traditional Vegetables in Africa'' (Nairobi, 29–31 August 1995)</ref>
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• Phytolacca americana
  ...ered a major pest by farmers. Nonetheless, some parts can be used as food, medicine or poison. <ref>Chinese Herbal Medicine, Materia Medica 3rd Edition. Bensky, Dan;
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• Strychnine tree
  == Herbal Medicine == ...lleviates pain and can treat abscesses and yin-type ulcers. In traditional Chinese treatment of cancer, it can be used in combination with other herbs.
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• Corydalis ambigua
  *[[Chinese herbology#50 fundamental herbs|Chinese herbology]]
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• Colchicum autumnale
  ...roup also found that 5 billion people benefit from traditional plant-based medicine for [[health care]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health
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• Euphorbia
  ...in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], where it is regarded as one of the [[Chinese herbology#50 fundamental herbs|50 fundamental herbs]]. Several ''Euphorbia'
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• Castor oil plant
  ...ve plant in parks and other public areas, particularly as a "dot plant" in traditional [[Bedding (horticulture)|bedding schemes]]. If sown early, under glass, and ...[Ayurvedic]] and other [[ethnomedical]] systems. Traditional [[Ayurvedic]] medicine considers castor oil the king of medicinals for curing arthritic diseases.
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• Illicium anisatum
  ...se star anise''' (''Illicium anisatum'') is a tree similar to [[star anise|Chinese star anise]]. It is highly toxic, therefore it is not edible; instead, it h ...y, it is used for treatment of some skin problems in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].
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• Narcissus (plant)
  ...ts are [[sepal]]s, and the three inner segments are [[petal]]s. Though the traditional daffodil of folklore, poetry, and field may have a yellow to golden-yellow ==Medicine==
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• Taisu
  ...Lingshu''. It is an important text to consult when studying the history of Chinese medical ideas. ...On the Dates of Yang Shang-shan and the ''Huang ti nei ching t'ai su''." ''Chinese Science'' 15: 29-36.
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ve times as many long articles (150), including "Scotland" (84 pages) and "Medicine" (309 pages), which had their own indices. The second edition was published ...companies (遠流/智慧藏學習科技公司) to provide a [[Traditional Chinese]]-English bilingual version encyclopedia on internet according to the 2002
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• Propolis
  | journal = Evidence-based Compl. and Alt. Medicine | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 29–32 | month = February | year = ...dentification of antibiotic constituents of propolis from Henan] |language=Chinese |journal=Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi |volume=16 |issue=8 |pages=481–2, 512
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