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Pick an ailment to see every tradition that treated it, laid out together with region, era and scientific support.

2 remedies for insect bites

Wound & Skin

Dragon's Blood (Sangre de Grago)

Region
Amazon Basin
Tradition
Amazonian Indigenous tribes (Quechua, Mestizo)
Era
Undated Oral Tradition
Science
Yes
Today
Widely Practiced Today
Traditional logic

Blood-like resin acts as a natural liquid bandage to stop bleeding and protect wounds

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Wound & Skin

Kawakawa Leaf Balm

Region
New Zealand
Tradition
Māori Rongoā medicine
Era
Undated Oral Tradition
Science
Partial
Today
Widely Practiced Today
Traditional logic

Caterpillar-eaten leaves selected for concentrated healing vitality

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This is a historical and cultural reference, not medical advice. Many of these remedies have never been scientifically validated, and folk reasoning (humoral theory, “hot/cold” classifications, spiritual causation) reflects older explanatory traditions rather than modern medicine. Ratings reflect community opinion, not clinical evidence.

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