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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Boil
Calotropis gigantea
Boil is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Skin, wounds & external care 3 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Sore
Calotropis gigantea
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Skin, wounds & external care 3 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Toothache
Calotropis gigantea
Toothache is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Pain, inflammation & musculoskeletal 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Dysentery
Calotropis gigantea
An intestinal infectious disease that involves inflammation of the intestines, especially colon, due to chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms, which results in…
Digestive & gastrointestinal 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Emetic
Calotropis gigantea
Emetic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Digestive & gastrointestinal 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Expectorant
Calotropis gigantea
A traditional action term for preparations intended to help loosen or move respiratory secretions.
Respiratory & ENT 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Syphilis
Calotropis gigantea
A primary bacterial infectious disease that is a sexually transmitted systemic disease, has_material_basis_in Treponema pallidum subsp pallidum, which is transmitted_by sexual cont…
Reproductive & sexual health 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Tonic
Calotropis gigantea
A broad historical label for preparations believed to restore or support general function. The term is nonspecific and does not describe a modern diagnosis or measurable effect.
Traditional actions & properties 2 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Leg pain
Calotropis gigantea
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Loin pain
Calotropis gigantea
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Alterative
Calotropis gigantea
A historical herbal term for gradual improvement of general function or elimination; it has no single modern medical definition.
Traditional actions & properties 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Anasarca
Calotropis gigantea
Anasarca is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Anodyne
Calotropis gigantea
A historical term for a substance used to relieve pain.
Nervous system, sleep & mood 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Asthma
Calotropis gigantea
A bronchial disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. The disease h…
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Bug bite
Calotropis gigantea
Bug bite is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Injury, bites & first aid 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Dog bite
Calotropis gigantea
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Veterinary use 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Carbuncle
Calotropis gigantea
Carbuncle is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Cholera
Calotropis gigantea
A primary bacterial infectious disease that is described as an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which is characteri…
Immune, infection & fever 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Cold
Calotropis gigantea
An obstructive lung disease that is a chronic and progressive disorder of small airways in the lungs and that is characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction, typically identi…
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Conjunctivitis
Calotropis gigantea
A conjunctival disease characterized by an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids.
Eye & ear 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Convulsion
Calotropis gigantea
Convulsion is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Nervous system, sleep & mood 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Cough
Calotropis gigantea
Cough is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Delirium
Calotropis gigantea
Delirium is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Deodorant
Calotropis gigantea
Deodorant is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Depilatory
Calotropis gigantea
Depilatory is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Diaphoretic
Calotropis gigantea
Diaphoretic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Immune, infection & fever 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Dropsy
Calotropis gigantea
Dropsy is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Urinary & kidney 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Dyspepsia
Calotropis gigantea
Dyspepsia is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Digestive & gastrointestinal 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Ear
Calotropis gigantea
Ear is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Eye & ear 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Elephantiasis
Calotropis gigantea
A lymphedema that is characterised by edema, hypertrophy, and fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissues, due to obstruction of lymphatic vessels resulting in the enlargement and ha…
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Epilepsy
Calotropis gigantea
A brain disease that is characterized by the occurrance of at least two unprovoked seizures resulting from a persistent epileptogenic abnormality of the brain that is able to spont…
Nervous system, sleep & mood 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Hemiplegia
Calotropis gigantea
A central nervous system disease that is characterized by the complete paralysis of half of the body.
Other documented uses 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Hemorrhage
Calotropis gigantea
Hemorrhage is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Cardiovascular & blood 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Hydrocoele
Calotropis gigantea
Hydrocoele is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Intestine
Calotropis gigantea
Intestine is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Labor
Calotropis gigantea
Labor is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Leprosy
Calotropis gigantea
A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in superficial peripheral nerves, located_in skin, located_in mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tra…
Skin, wounds & external care 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Malaria
Calotropis gigantea
A parasitic protozoa infectious disease characterized as a vector-borne infectious disease caused by the presence of protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium in the red blood ce…
Immune, infection & fever 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Veterinary medicine
Calotropis gigantea
Veterinary medicine is a veterinary or animal-use term preserved from historical source records.
Veterinary use 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Myalgia
Calotropis gigantea
Myalgia is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Neuralgia
Calotropis gigantea
Neuralgia is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Paralysis
Calotropis gigantea
Paralysis is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Parturition
Calotropis gigantea
Parturition is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Reproductive & sexual health 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Pleurisy
Calotropis gigantea
A pleural disease that is characterized by inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs.
Other documented uses 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Pneumonia
Calotropis gigantea
A lung disease that involves lung parenchyma or alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid (consolidation and exudation). It results from a variety of causes in…
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Poison
Calotropis gigantea
Poison is retained as a hazardous, toxicological or harmful-use term. It is presented for completeness and research, never as a practical instruction.
Toxicology & hazardous use 1 regions
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Post-Natal
Calotropis gigantea
Post-Natal is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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Calotropis gigantea
Documented for Poultice
Calotropis gigantea
Poultice is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
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