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• Phytotherapy [r]: The therapeutic use of plants or plant extracts to prevent or treat disease; it is most commonly a form of complementary and alternative medicine, following long culturally-specific traditions such as herbalism. Chemically extracted and concentration-controlled plant-derived substances are used in conventional medicine, but are usually not considered phytotherapy. ^[e]
• Oncology [r]: The medical diagnosis and treatment of neoplasia, using pharmacologic, radiation, immunologic and surgical techniques; relevant formal subspecialties are medical oncology in internal medicine and radiation oncology in radiology; surgeons also may specialize in neoplasia ^[e] -->

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Known & possible ingreients

• Rheum palmatum [r]: A plant of the rhubarb family, containing a significant number of chemicals with biological activity in mammals; used in Native American and traditional Chinese medicine ^[e]
• Burdock [r]: Plants of the genus Arctium in the family Asteraceae, of which A. lappa (Japanese gobo) root is most often used; applications in both food and for herbal medicine ^[e]
  • Arctium lappa [r]: Most common species of burdock; gobo in Japanese cuisine; used in herbal medicine ^[e]
• Rumex acetosella [r]: Perennial herb, sometimes used as a salad green, and in herbal medicine whose leaves may contain enough oxalic acid to be toxic when eaten in large quantities. ^[e] (Sheep sorrel)
• Ulmus fulva [r]: Add brief definition or description (Slippery elm)
• Cnicus benedictus [r]: Add brief definition or description (blessed thistle)
• Trifolium pratense [r]: Add brief definition or description (red clover )
• Laminaria digitata [r]: Add brief definition or description (kelp)
• Nasturtium officinale [r]: Add brief definition or description (watercress)
• Uncaria tomentosa [r]: Add brief definition or description (cat's claw)