Talk:Phytotherapy

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 Definition:  The therapeutic use of plants or plant extracts to prevent or treat disease; it is most commonly a form of complementary and alternative medicine, following long culturally-specific traditions such as herbalism. Chemically extracted and concentration-controlled plant-derived substances are used in conventional medicine, but are usually not considered phytotherapy. [d] [e]
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Off to the sandbox for a little while

To respect what may be a wise trend, I'm going to do more development in my sandbox, until some of the major themes are fleshed out, which does sound a bit strange for a plant. I will welcome collaboration, but we don't need more warfare in early drafts. Howard C. Berkowitz 19:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

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