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• Quinine
  ...effect in controlling shivering from [[rigors]], it was still a successful medicine for malaria. At the first opportunity, Salumbrino sent a small quantity to ...pply, the Japanese did not make effective use of quinine, and thousands of Japanese troops in the Southwest Pacific died as a result.<ref>''Fire in the Sky'';
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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 ...expensive [[ultramarine]] made from [[lapis lazuli]]. [[Japanese painting|Japanese painters]] and [[Woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock print artists]] like
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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= ...pecialized Information Services of the [[United States National Library of Medicine]] (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore
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• Ephedrine
  In traditional Chinese medicines, the herb ''má huáng'' (麻黄, ''[[Ephedra sinica]]'') [[Nagayoshi Nagai]], a Japanese chemist, was the first person to isolate ephedrine from ''[[Ephedra distach
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• Aconitum
  ==Traditional uses== ...AN AND NARDOSTACHYS}}</ref> Aconite was also described in Greek and Roman medicine by [[Theophrastus]], [[Dioscorides]], and [[Pliny the Elder]], who most lik
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• Toxicodendron vernicifluum
  ...which is used as a highly durable [[lacquer]] to make Chinese, Korean and Japanese [[lacquerware]]. ...d [[urushiol]], which gets its name from this species' [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name '''''urushi''''' (漆). Other names for this species include (Note:
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• Lily of the Valley
  ...aki, Kiwakoi; Yamada, Etsukoi; Kawano, Shoichi, Life-history monographs of Japanese plants, 6: ''Convallaria keiskei'' Miq. (Convallariaceae), ''Plant Species ===Traditional herbal medicine===
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• Illicium anisatum
  | name = Japanese star anise | image_caption = Japanese star anise
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• Poison ivy
  ...n). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.</ref> though recent studies have shown some traditional medicines to be ineffective.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/article ...i/content/extract/339/4/235 Mangos and Poison Ivy] (New England Journal of Medicine Web Article)</ref>
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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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• Ceramic materials
  ...ing equipment in mining operations. Advanced ceramics are also used in the medicine, electrical and electronics industries. ...fracture toughness]] of a single crystal. In particular, scientists at the Japanese firm Konoshima Ltd., a producer of ceramic construction materials and indus
  28 KB (3,876 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Gunpowder
  ...so refers broadly to any propellant powder. Modern firearms do not use the traditional gunpowder (black powder) described in this article, but instead use [[smoke ...ng cap|priming charge]], such as gunpowder. However, the sulfur content of traditional gunpowders caused [[corrosion]] problems with Cordite Mk I and this led to
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• Strobilanthes callosus
  ...of India"/> and unfit for human consumption it is used as a [[traditional medicine]] [[herb]] by the local [[adivasi]] tribals and villagers<ref name="USDA"/> ...s been the subject of scientific research which confirms its use in [[folk medicine]] as a valid [[anti-inflammatory]] and [[antimicrobial]] [[herbal drug]]<re
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• Bamboo
  ...of sugar in sap, making this the least ideal time of day to harvest. Many traditional practitioners believe that the best time to harvest is at dawn or dusk on a ...ssociated with the Eastern practice of [[Feng Shui]]. On a similar note, [[Japanese knotweed]] is also sometimes mistaken for a bamboo but it grows wild and is
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• Hemp
  === Medicine === * Varieties grown for [[medicine|medicinal]], [[spiritual use of cannabis|spiritual development]] or [[canna
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• Asbestos
  ...s to install ventilators and check health on a regular basis; however, the Japanese government did not ban crocidolite and amosite until 1995, and a full-fledg ...ca.<ref>R. G. Mills, "Pulmonary Asbestosis: Report of a Case", ''Minnesota Medicine'', July 1930, pp 495–499.</ref>
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• Lead
  Lead is the traditional base metal of [[organ pipe]]s, mixed with varying amounts of [[tin]] to con ...aced in water-based painting mediums. Lead carbonate white was used by the Japanese geisha and in the West for face-whitening make-up, which was detrimental fo
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• Kampo herb list
  ...medicine is the [[Japan]]ese study and adaptation of [[Traditional Chinese medicine]]. In 1967, the [[Japan]]ese [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japa The 14th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) (日本薬局方 Nihon yakkyokuhō) lists 165 herbal ing
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• List of eponyms
  * [[Balthazar]] traditional name for one of the [[Three Wise Men]] — 12 litre wine bottle (see [[Wine ...ution]], [[Darwinian selection]], [[Non-darwinian evolution]], [[Darwinian medicine]], [[Darwin's Dangerous Idea]], [[Darwin, Northern Territory]], [[Darwin Mo
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• History of general anesthesia
  ...olars maintained and advanced the practice of [[Medicine in medieval Islam|medicine]] in the [[Arab World]] during the middle ages, while alchemists like [[Par ...Samhita]] (a text from the [[Indian subcontinent]] on [[Ayurveda|ayurvedic medicine]] and surgery) advocates the use of [[wine]] with incense of cannabis for a
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