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Editorial concern guides begin with red flags. The broader use-area map below is a research index, not a self-treatment directory.

Traditional-use research map

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These groups organize 2,000+ historical use terms. Open a group to inspect meanings, source records, plants and only those preparations with a visible relationship.

1,378 terms

Other documented uses

19,340 plant-use dossiers · 97 directly connected preparations

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61 terms

Digestive & gastrointestinal

54,476 plant-use dossiers · 94 directly connected preparations

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50 terms

Respiratory & ENT

32,578 plant-use dossiers · 74 directly connected preparations

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43 terms

Pain, inflammation & musculoskeletal

41,417 plant-use dossiers · 61 directly connected preparations

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49 terms

Reproductive & sexual health

8,616 plant-use dossiers · 27 directly connected preparations

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65 terms

Skin, wounds & external care

11,416 plant-use dossiers · 20 directly connected preparations

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33 terms

Nervous system, sleep & mood

5,628 plant-use dossiers · 7 directly connected preparations

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40 terms

Immune, infection & fever

4,219 plant-use dossiers · 6 directly connected preparations

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20 terms

Urinary & kidney

3,149 plant-use dossiers · 5 directly connected preparations

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21 terms

Oral & dental

433 plant-use dossiers · 4 directly connected preparations

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22 terms

Practical & cultural use

962 plant-use dossiers · 2 directly connected preparations

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12 terms

Cardiovascular & blood

684 plant-use dossiers · 2 directly connected preparations

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17 terms

Traditional actions & properties

2,870 plant-use dossiers · 1 directly connected preparations

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24 terms

Eye & ear

783 plant-use dossiers · 1 directly connected preparations

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8 terms

Metabolic & endocrine

405 plant-use dossiers · 1 directly connected preparations

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52 terms

Toxicology & hazardous use

3,161 plant-use dossiers · 0 directly connected preparations

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77 terms

Cancer & abnormal growth

2,629 plant-use dossiers · 0 directly connected preparations

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110 terms

Injury, bites & first aid

1,217 plant-use dossiers · 0 directly connected preparations

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124 terms

Veterinary use

345 plant-use dossiers · 0 directly connected preparations

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Use area is not diagnosis.

Historical labels may be broad, obsolete or ambiguous. The atlas preserves and explains them; it does not turn them into treatment recommendations.

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