Herbal Medicine & Traditional Use

Historical or cultural use descriptions, distinct from modern clinical proof of safety or efficacy.

Traditional-use metadata summarizes reported contexts. It is informational, not prescribing or diagnosing.

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Evidence level fields separate folklore, regional practice literature, and stronger study types where the dataset provides them.

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A coarse signal of how claims are supported: traditional attribution, regional compendia, or clinical literature.

The study of how people classify, use, and transmit knowledge about plants across cultures.

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