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  2. Phytophthora cinnamomi - Wikipedia

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    Phytophthora cinnamomi, also known as cinnamon fungus, is a soil-borne water mould [1] that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants variously called "dieback", "root rot", or (in certain Castanea species), "ink disease". Once infected soil or water is introduced, the organism can spread rapidly throughout an environment.

  3. Phytophthora cambivora - Wikipedia

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    Castanea sativa affected by Phytophthora cambivora. Phytophthora × cambivora is a plant pathogen that causes ink disease in European chestnut trees (Castanea sativa).Ink disease, also caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, is thought to have been present in Europe since the 18th century, and causes chestnut trees to wilt and die; major epidemics occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries.

  4. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents" [3] Anthranoid laxatives "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents" [3] Areca nut: betel nut Areca catechu

  5. Phytophthora - Wikipedia

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    Rhododendron ponticum showing classic symptoms of Phytophthora kernoviae in the UK. Phytophthora (from Greek φυτόν (phytón), "plant" and φθορά (phthorá), "destruction"; "the plant-destroyer") is a genus of plant-damaging oomycetes (water molds), whose member species cause economic losses on crops worldwide, as well as environmental damage in natural ecosystems.

  6. A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound ...

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    An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

  7. Cinnamomum burmanni - Wikipedia

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    C. burmanni is also a Chinese herbal medicine. [9] The most common and cheapest type of cinnamon in the US is made from powdered C. burmanni. [10] C. burmanni oil contains no eugenol, [11] but higher amounts of coumarin than C. cassia and Ceylon cinnamon with 2.1 g/kg in an authenticated sample, and a mean of 5.0 g/kg in 8 samples tested. [10]

  8. Pain management - Wikipedia

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    Another problem with pain management is that pain is the body's natural way of communicating a problem. [6] Pain is supposed to resolve as the body heals itself with time and pain management. [6] Sometimes pain management covers a problem, and the patient might be less aware that they need treatment for a deeper problem. [6]

  9. Symptomatic treatment - Wikipedia

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    Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well-being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing organic consequences and ...