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unusual facts about Folk medicine


Folk medicine

It is also true that fraud and unscrupulousness of self declared healers may be a substantial risk factor in resorting to folk medicine remedies, especially in an unregulated environment.


Alpinia galanga

Under the names 'Chewing John', 'Little John to Chew', and 'Court Case Root', it is used in African American folk medicine and hoodoo folk magic.


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Strictosidine synthase

Originally isolated from the plant Rauvolfia serpentina, a medicinal plant widely used in Indian folk medicine, this enzyme participates in terpenoid biosynthesis and indole and ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis, both of which produce many compounds with significant physiological and medicinal properties.