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• Lily of the Valley
  ===Traditional herbal medicine===
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• Euphorbia
  ...ikt:大|大]][[wikt:戟|戟]]|p=dàjǐ}}) is used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], where it is regarded as one of the [[Chinese herbology#50 fundamental he
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• Lupin poisoning
  ...prefer the historic bitter lupin beans with the required toxin-removal by traditional leaching in water preparation methods due to the better flavour that result ...9-10-05 | pages = 119–120 | location = European Journal of Emergency Medicine | unused_data = first5 Bruno}}</ref><ref>http://isrjem.org/Isrjem_June08.
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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
  ...y, it is used for treatment of some skin problems in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].
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• Atropa belladonna
  It has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. Before the [[Middle Ages]], it was used as an [[Anes ...ef name="harris">{{cite book | title=The Homoeopathic Vade Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery: For the Use of Junior Practitioners, Students, Clergymen, Miss
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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==
  24 KB (3,616 words) - 12:28, 7 July 2010
• Taisu
  ...an]] versions of the ''Neijing''.<ref>Sivin (1998): 34.</ref> Historian of medicine Qian Chaochen, who once claimed that Yang Shangshan had died under the [[Su [[Category:History of ancient medicine]]
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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 ...h [[Taiwan]] 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 t
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Bibliotheca selecta
  ...and medicine {14). Possevino is creating an authorized bibliography of the traditional arts and sciences elaborating the humanistic educational precepts of the Je
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...ion and consolidates the holy law, clarifies its method and implements the traditional procedures and welds the community into one; if he does all that and then d ...there were four winds from the four directions (north, south, east, west); medicine concerned itself with the [[four humours]], and natural philosophers with t
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• Propolis
  | journal = Evidence-based Compl. and Alt. Medicine | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 29–32 | month = February | year = ...s.org/cgi/reprint/3/2/249.pdf Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 3(2): 249–254]</ref> and prenylated acids such as 4-hydroxy-3,5-diprenyl
  18 KB (2,416 words) - 10:07, 20 September 2010
• Ceramic materials
  ...ing equipment in mining operations. Advanced ceramics are also used in the medicine, electrical and electronics industries. ...mic parts that rival the [[Transparency and translucency|transparency]] of traditional crystals (grown from a single seed) and exceed the [[fracture toughness]] o
  28 KB (3,876 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Tar
  ...c substances have negated the need for tar. Wood tar is still used to seal traditional wooden boats and the roofs of historical shingle-roofed churches, as well a ...n't help, the disease is fatal.''. Wood tar is used in traditional Finnish medicine because of its microbicidial properties.
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• Petroleum
  ...nventional oil]] to distinguish them from oil which can be extracted using traditional oil well methods. Between them, Canada and [[Venezuela]] contain an estimat ...in/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+@rel+Crude+oil U.S. National Library of Medicine: Hazardous Substances Databank – Crude Oil]
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• 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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• Preservative
  ...r]], [[vinegar]], [[alcohol]], and [[diatomaceous earth]] are also used as traditional preservatives. Certain processes such as freezing, pickling, [[Smoking (coo ...ial Res.'', 1986, 8(2); 185-195</ref> Allergenic preservatives in food or medicine can cause [[Anaphylaxis|anaphylactic shock]] in susceptible individuals, a
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• Chinese wax
  [[Category:Traditional Chinese medicine]]
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• Kerosene
  | title =Samuel Kier - Medicine Man & Refiner ...sed for cooking, especially by the poor, and kerosene stoves have replaced traditional wood-based cooking appliances. As such, increase in the price of kerosene c
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