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Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens): Tradition, Compounds and Use
Anyone exploring plants from West African folk medicine will sooner or later come across Desmodium adscendens. In regions such as Cameroon, Ghana, or Senegal, this unassuming herb has been a...
Elderberry: Tradition, Nutrients, and How to Use It
Few native fruits carry as much cultural history as the elderberry. Generations have cooked juice, syrup, and soup from the deep-purple berries of the black elder, and in many regions...
Chanca Piedra: origin, tradition and use
Few Amazonian plants carry as vivid a name as Chanca Piedra – Spanish for, roughly, "stone breaker". Botanically, it is Phyllanthus niruri, an unassuming herb that has held a firm...
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