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Parent topics
- Phytotherapy [r]: 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. [e]
- Oncology [r]: The medical diagnosis and treatment of neoplasia, using pharmacologic, radiation, immunologic and surgical techniques; relevant formal subspecialties are medical oncology in internal medicine and radiation oncology in radiology; surgeons also may specialize in neoplasia [e] -->
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Known & possible ingreients
- Rheum palmatum [r]: A plant of the rhubarb family, containing a significant number of chemicals with biological activity in mammals; used in Native American and traditional Chinese medicine [e]
- Burdock [r]: Plants of the genus Arctium in the family Asteraceae, of which A. lappa (Japanese gobo) root is most often used; applications in both food and for herbal medicine [e]
- Arctium lappa [r]: Most common species of burdock; gobo in Japanese cuisine; used in herbal medicine [e]
- Rumex acetosella [r]: Perennial herb, sometimes used as a salad green, and in herbal medicine whose leaves may contain enough oxalic acid to be toxic when eaten in large quantities. [e] (Sheep sorrel)
- Ulmus fulva [r]: Add brief definition or description (Slippery elm)
- Cnicus benedictus [r]: Add brief definition or description (blessed thistle)
- Trifolium pratense [r]: Add brief definition or description (red clover )
- Laminaria digitata [r]: Add brief definition or description (kelp)
- Nasturtium officinale [r]: Add brief definition or description (watercress)
- Uncaria tomentosa [r]: Add brief definition or description (cat's claw)
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]