Blumea balsamifera

Blumea balsamifera Plants from Nepal are living in the open until somewhat sheltered by the river and hold the farm. Can be grown in sandy soil or soil slightly moist at altitudes up to 2,200 m above sea level.

Shrubs, grow upright, reaching 4 m tall, branching at the ends, smooth-haired, the parts of the plant smelled camphor when crushed. Single leaf, at the bottom of the stalks, leaves the top of a seat, the location of alternate, there are 2-3 extra leaf on the stalk leaves. Leaf blade round to oval egg, base and pointed tip, serrated or scalloped edge, the top surface is rather rough-haired, lower surface hairy tight and smooth as beludu, pertulangan pinnate, length 8-40 cm, width of 2-20 cm. Compound inflorescence panicle shape, came out at the end of the stalk, the color yellow. Fruit cylindrical shape box, beriga 8-10, 1 mm long, hairy. Propagation by seed or root shoots separation.

Nature and Efficacy
Sembung is spicy, slightly bitter, warm and smells like spices. Efficacious as antibacterial, blood circulation, remove blood clots and swelling, laxative fart (carminative), laxative dried (diaforetik), laxative sputum (expectorant), astrigen, tonic and cough medicine.

Chemical Ingredients
Sembung contains essential oils (ngai camphor), gummy substance (mothballs) and borneol, which also contains sineol, limone, and myrristin palmitin acid, alcohol sesquiterpenes, khlorasetofenon diameter, tannins, and glycosides pirokatechin. While borneol extract obtained from the leaves fresh.

Used Parts
The leaves and roots of young plants that have not flowered, fresh or dried.

Indication
Leaves merit overcome:

Arthritic joints, joint pain after childbirth,
Painful menstruation, irregular menstruation comes,
Influenza, fever, shortness of breath (asthma), cough, bronchitis,
Abdominal bloating, diarrhea, stomach pains,
Sprue,
Chest pain due to narrowing of the coronary arteries (angina pectoris), and,
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
Young roots merit overcome:

Excessive menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia),
Lack of appetite
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal worms and,
Arthritic joints


How to Use
Dried leaves as much as 9-18 g of fresh leaves as much or 15-30 g boiled, drinking. For external use, fresh leaves boiled and the water used for the treatment of hemorrhoids, bruises, boils, skin ulcers and rashes on the skin.

Pharmacological Effects
Infusion of leaves sembung 10% with a dose of 5 mg / kg bw in rabbits, after 1 hour a decline in blood sugar levels. Comparison, use tolbutamide (Herlina Hutajulu, Prayitno W and Tarin Slamet, Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty USU USU)

Infusion of 10% and 20% leaf fresh sembung dose 11 ml / kg bw given to male pigeons have didemamkan, shows the effect of the first antieprik work faster and shorter working time than comparable doses of paracetamol 300 mg / kg bb (Muhammad Imbalo, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty USU, 1981).

Usage Example
Diarrhea
Sembung leaves 1 handful of fresh washed and cut into pieces as needed. Add 3 cups water and boil until the remaining 1 1/2 cups. add honey as needed, and drink 3 times a day, each 1/2 cup.

Irregular menstruation, Flatulence
Sembung much as 20g of fresh leaves washed and cut into pieces as needed. Boil 3 cups of water until the remaining 3/4 of his. Add a little honey, then drink. 3 times a day, each 3/4 cup.

Menstrual Pain
Sembung fresh leaves as many as 5 pieces and 5 seeds Kedaung have baked and mashed boiled with 2 cups water until the remaining half. Drink once when cool.

Sembung roots and whole plants ginjean (Leonorus sibiricus) each as much as 30g of washed and cut into pieces as needed. Add brown sugar to taste and boil with 3 cups water until the remaining half. Setelahdingin filtered, then taken 2 times a day @ 3/4 cup.

Angina pectoris
Sembung fresh leaves as many as 5 pieces of washed and boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining 3/4 of his. After chilling filtered and drunk. 3 times a day @ 3/4 cup. Do it every day.

Arthritic Joints
Root sembung 30 g and 60 g of willow leaves washed and cut into pieces as needed. Boil 3 cups water until remaining 1 glass. After chilling filtered and drink 2 times a day, each 1/2 cup.

Fever
Sembung fresh leaves as much as 15 g of washed and boiled with 1 cup of water for 15 minutes. After chilling filtered. Distillate taken 2 times as much in the morning and afternoon.

Lack of appetite
Sembung roots of plants that do not bloom as much as 30 g of washed and cut into pieces as needed. Brewed with a cup of hot water. After dngin filtered, then drink as well.

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Catharanthus roses

Catharanthus roses This plant originated in Central America, commonly planted as an ornamental plant. Vinca can be grown in the open or unprotected on a variety of climates, are found from the lowlands to an altitude of 800 m above sea level.

Terna or bush, for years, growing up, reaching 120 cm tall, much branched. Stem round, the base of woody, smooth-haired, red color tengguli. Single leaf, rather thick, short-stemmed, faced cross. Leaf blade elliptic, tip runcng, base tapering, flat edge, pertulangan pinnate, second leaf surface shiny and smooth hair. Inflorescence compound, out of the end of the stem and axillary panicles with 5 pieces of trumpet-shaped petals, the color is white, pink or white with red spots in the middle. The fruit tube hairy, hanging, contains many black seeds. Propagation by seed, stem or root cuttings.

Nature and Efficacy
Herba slightly bitter, cool, slightly poisonous (toxic), enter the liver meridian, laxative urine (diuretic), lowers blood pressure (hypotensive), tranquilizers (sedatives), cool blood, stop bleeding (hemostatis), and menhilangkan heat and toxins. While the roots of vinca efficacious as a laxative menstruation.

Chemical Ingredients
Herbs contain more than 70 kinds of alkaloids, including 28 biindole alkaloids. Anticancer components, namely as vincaleukoblastine alkaloids (vinblastine = VLB), leurosidin and katarantin, Alkalod are efficacious hypoglycemic (blood sugar lowering), among others leurosin, katarantin, lochneri, tetrahidroalstonin, vindolin and vindolinin. While vinca roots contain alkaloids, saponins, and tannins flafonoid.

Used Parts
Herbs and roots. Use fresh or the dried

Indication
Herba efficacious to overcome:

High blood pressure (hypertension)
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
Pee a little (oliguria)
Hepatitis
Bleeding due to decrease in the number of platelets (thrombocytopenic primary purpua)
Malaria
Difficult bowel movements (constipation)
Cancer: Hodgkin's disease "s, chorionic epithelioma, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute leukemia monostik, limfosarkoma an retikum cell sarcoma.
Roots merit overcome:

irregular menstrual
How to Use
Herba 6 - 15g boiled in 5 cups of water until the remaining 2 cups low heat. Once cool, filtered and drunk several times a day until exhausted. For external use, fresh leaves plus rice to taste and finely ground up like mush. Apply the scalded wound.

Pharmacological Effects
The active compounds vinblastine and vincristine in leukemia efficacious anticancer, ehrlich ascitic carcinoma and liver carcinoma walker. Also stopping cell division (myth) of cancer at metaphase and inhibits purine synthesis, DNA and RNA. Vimblastin especially for diseases hodgki "s and chorioepithelioma, also effective on breast cancer, ovary (ovarian), testis and Nephroblastoma. Vincristine is more effective in leukemia and acute lymphocytic granulostik, especially in acute lymphocytic leukemia and mielositik in children. Both cause mild suppression of bone marrow (the cause of decline in the number of white blood cells and platelets).

Giving leaf decoction vinca (white flower) 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% at a dose of 5 ml / kg bw in rabbits can lower their blood sugar levels nasing at 46.61%, 49.25%, 51, 62% and 58.66% compared with tolbutamide (Norma, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty UNHAS, 1985)

Giving vinca leaf decoction (red flowers) per oral male white mice, the hypoglycemic effect of the decoction obtained yield 15% at minute 210, 240 and 270. Stew yield 30%, hypoglycemic effect in the minutes to 240 and 270. Potential relative leaf decoction red flowering vinca that approximately half of the potential relative to water tolbutamide. These effects are very weak when compared with tolbutamide (Suyanto, FK UGM 1992)

Usage Example
High blood pressure, diabetes, acute lymphocytic leukemia. (Br) vinca leaves 15g fresh as boiled in 5 cups of water until the remaining 2 cups. After chilling filtered, the result is taken twice as much in the morning and afternoon.

Side Effects
Effects such as vinblastine decrease in the number of white blood cells (leukopenia), which returned to normal after 1-2 weeks of medication is stopped, no appetite, nausea, vomiting, difficult defecation and neurokogis disorders such as insomnia, headache, mental depression, abnormal sensation and loss of reflexes in

The side effects of vincristine appeared on the nervous system with symptoms of abnormal sensations, numbness in the limbs, pain, weakness, loss of reflexes in, movement disorders, paralysis of the eyelids (ptosis), vision (diplopia), husky and bald (alopecia). Also occurs constraints on system manufacturing blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets (platelet). decreased white blood cells 1-2 weeks after taking the drug.

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Lantana camara

Lantana camara sometimes grows wild or planted as an ornamental and hedge plant. Plants originating from tropical America can be found from the lowlands to an altitude of 1700 m above sea level., In the open places exposed to the sun or slightly shaded.
Shrubs, erect or somewhat climbing, height of 0.5 - 4 m, smelling. Woody stems, much branched, branches rectangular shape, prickly, hairy. Single leaf, face, round eggs, pointed tip, base obtuse, serrated edge, pertulangan pinnate, both surfaces hairy, rough touching, length 5-8 cm, width 3.5 - 5 cm, dark green. Inflorescence compound form of grain, inner crown-haired, white color, pink, Jinga, yellow and so on. Buanh buni, stalk-haired, young green, shiny black when ripe.
Nature and EfficacyThe root is sweet and cool. Efficacious as a reliever fever (antiperik), antidote (antitoksik), pain relievers (analgesics) and stop bleeding (hemostatis). The leaves are bitter, cool, smelling da slightly poisonous (toxic), are efficacious relieve itching (anti-pruritic), anti-toxic, menghilamngkan swelling and vomiting. While interest tembelekan rasannya sweet and cool, efficacious as stop bleeding.
Chemical IngredientsLeaves contain lantadene A, B lantadene, lantanolic acid, Lantic acid, humule (containing essential oils), b - caryophyllene, g - terpidene, a-pinene and r-cymene.
Used PartsLeaves, flowers and roots. The use of dry
IndicationRoots efficacious to overcome:
Influenza accompanied by high fever,TBC gland (skrofuloderma),Rheumatism, swollen bump (bruising),Whitish (leukorea),Gonorrhea (gonorrhea),Mumps (parotitis, mumps) andSkin disease associated with emotional disorders (neuridermatitis).Flowers merit overcome:
Pulmonary TB by coughing up bloodShortness of breath (asthmatic)Leaves merit overcome:
Skin pain, itching, boils, woundsCough, andRheumatism, bruises, swellingHow to UseThe dried roots as much as 30-60 g of boiling water, then drink. External use be used for dermatitis, eczema, skin fungus (tinea), ulcers, bleeding wounds, scalded, insect bites, bruises and vaginal discharge. How, leaves and twigs of fresh finely ground and then attached to a hospital or boiled and the water used for washing.
Usage ExamplePulmonary TB by coughing up bloodTembelekan dried flowers as much as 6-10 g boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining half, after cold filtered, divided for 3 times the drink. Drink in the morning, afternoon and evening, each 1/2 cup.
RheumatismRoot dry tembelekan 1 handful boiled in 5 liters of water to boil for 15 minutes. Used for a warm bath.
Tembelekan leaves fresh taste boiled, the water is used for bathing
Tembelekan fresh crushed leaves to taste. whiting add water, stirring until a dough like thick porridge. Borehkan on the sick.
Whitish, GonorrheaTembelekan dried roots as much as 45 g cut thinly and then boiled in 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass. After chilling filtered, and then divided by 2 times as much for a drink. morning and afternoon
Dermatitis, Eczema, Skin Fungus, UlcersTembelekan leaves 1 handful of fresh boiled in 3 cups water to boil for 15 minutes. Warm used to wash skin disorders.
UlcerTembelekan leaves washed and fresh taste until finely ground. Put a boil, then wrapped. Replace 2-3 times seharri.
Bruising, bleeding woundsFlowers and leaves to taste fresh tembelekan washed and rinsed with boiled water. Mash the two ingredients until smooth then dab on the sore spot, then wrapped. Replace 2-3 times a day.
CoughTembelekan dried leaves 5 g boiled in 3 cups of water until the remaining half. after chilling filtered, divided 3 times as much for a drink, the morning, afternoon and evening.
Incentives Vomiting in Food PoisoningTembelekan leaves 1 handful of fresh washed and brewed with half a glass of water. Let stand for 15 minutes. Warm drink as well.
Note:Overdoses cause dizziness and vomiting.Pregnant women should not drink boiled tembelekan, because it can cause fetal death.

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Tempuyung

Tempuyung growing wild in the open exposed to the sun or a slightly shielded, such as on cliffs, edge drains or abandoned land, sometimes grown as a medicinal plant. Plants derived from Eurasia can be found in areas that much rain at an altitude of 50-1650 m asl.

Annual herb, erect, 0.6 2 m, containing a white sap, with a strong taproot. Hollow stem and berrusuk. Single leaf, the bottom grew and gathered at the base of the rosette forming roots. Leaf blade lanceolate or oval-shaped, pointed tip, base heart shapes, irregular edges share pinnate, length of 6-48 cm, width of 3-12 cm, light green color. The leaves are out of the relationship in a smaller stalk to the base of the stem hug, remote location, alternate. A hump-shaped inflorescence tergabug in panicles, stemmed, crown needle shape, bright yellow, over time become brownish red. Fruit boxes, five ribbed, elongated shape of about 4 mm, flat, hairless, yellowish brown.

There is a diversity of plants. A small leaf called a clay and a large leafy reaches 2 feet tall called Rayana. Young stems and leaves can be eaten even if it tastes bitter as a salad. Propagation by seed.

Nature and Efficacy.
Tempuyung bitter and cold. Effectively removes heat and toxins, laxative urine (diuretic), grinding stones (lipotriptik), antiurolitiasis and eliminate swelling.

Chemical Ingredients
Tempuyung laktuserol containing a-, b-laktuserol, mannitol, inositol, silica, potassium, flavonoids and taraksasterol.

Parts used
Leaves or the entire plant
Indication

Tempuyung can be overcome:
Sakuran urinary stones and gallstones
Appendicitis (apendistis), inflammation of the breast (mastitis)
Dysentery
Hemorrhoids
Beser mani (spermatorea)
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Hearing loss (deafness)
rheumatic gout, bruises
ulcers, burns.
How to Use
Leaves or the entire plant as much as 15-60 g of boiling water, then drink. For external use, fresh ground herbs and then attached to a hospital or squeezed to compress and water boils, burns, and hemorrhoids.

Pharmacological effects and results Penenitian
Study the effect of water extract and alcohol extract of the leaves of the volume of urine tempuyung rats in vivo and in vitro dissolution of kidney stones, produced the following conclusions: 1) does not expressly tempuyung leaves have a diuretic effect, but it has the power of dissolving kidney stones: 2) power dissolving stones kidney by water extract is better than alcohol extracts (Giri Hardiyatmo, Fac. Pharmaceuticals UGM 1991)

Praperlakuan leaf flavonoid fraction tempuyung acetate could inhibit hepatotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride (CCI 4) were given to male mice (hissing Liestyaningsih, Fac. Pharmaceuticals UGM 1991)

Usage Example
Sore Breasts
Tempuyung fresh herbs as much as 15g boiled in 3 cups water until remaining 1 glass. After chilling filtered and drunk. Do it 2-3 times a day.

Ulcer
Stems and leaves of fresh tempuyung sufficiently washed and finely ground. Water is used to compress boils feelings.

Hypertension, Urinary Bladder and Gall Bladder Rocky
Tempuyung fresh leaves as many as 5 pieces washed and smoked ebentar. Eat as a salad with rice. Do it 3 times a day

Urinary stones
Tempuyung dried leaves as much as 250mg boiled with 250 cc of water until the remaining 150 cc. After chilling filtered, divided for 3 times the drink. Spend a day. Do it every day until it heals.

Tempuyung leaves, leaf Advocates (Persea america), ground mustard leaves (Nasturtium montanum), all fresh ingredients as much as 5 pieces, and 2 finger palm sugar is washed and boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining 3/4 of his. After chilling filtered. Accumulated water taken 3 times a day, each 3/4 cup.

Tempuyung leaves and leaves nasty shard (Strobilanthes crispus) fresh each 5 pieces, 6 pieces of baby corn and 3 finger palm sugar washed and cut into pieces as needed. Boil 3 cups of water until the remaining 3/4 of his. After chilling filtered, then taken 3 times a day, each 3/4 cup.

Hearing loss (Deaf)
Tempuyung fresh herbs washed and rinsed with boiled water. Gilling sampia smooth, then squeezed with a clean cloth. The water dripped on elinga the deaf. Do it 3-4 times a day.

Note
Prolipid Capsules are indicated for the treatment of high cholesterol and maintain the slimness of the body containing these medicinal plants

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Spinach

Spinach thorn have single leaf, grow alternate, green color, round in shape elongated egg, base tapering, flat edge. In the armpit leaves are a pair of hard spines easily separated. Flowers unisexual, female flowers gathered in a tight skein-shaped grains that can be forked at the base, located at the end of the whitish-green stems. Propagation by seeds.
Spinach thorn chemical properties and pharmacological effects: sweet, bitter, cool,. Sign Meredian heart and kidneys. Heat removal (anti pirentik), laxative urine (diuretic), eliminating toxins (anti-toxin), eliminating swelling, stop diarrhea and cleanse the blood.
All parts of the spinach thorn from the roots, stems and leaves of the flowers can be used. Chemical constituents present in spinach thorn among others: amarantin, routine, potassium nitrate, pyridoxine, salt - salt phosphate, iron, vitamin A, C and K
Here are some benefits of spinach thorn for various diseases:
Dysentery, 30 g of fresh roots washed, plus 15 grams of brown sugar and water clean taste. Boil until the remaining ½ cup water. be drunk before eatingWhitish, 30-60 gr fresh roots washed, add a little sugar, boiled in 3 cups of water up to 1 cup of water. After a cold and drunk filteredGland tuberculosis, 30-60gr fresh stems and roots or whole plants, after washed with boiled water mixed with a little wine, drinkSore throat, 45 gr fresh roots washed, boiled, drinkingInflammation of the respiratory tract, washed spinach leaves ¼ handheld clean ago finely ground, given the 3 tablespoons of cooking water and a little salt, squeezed and strained, and drunk. 2 times a dayDiscard the urine is not smooth, 1 piece of root with cob washed clean, boiled with 2 cups water to a 1 cup, drink well
Ulcers, fresh leaves taste in wash and then ground smooth. Combine honey to taste, to cover ulcers and round, then wrapped. The day changed 2 timesHemorrhoids, a handful of leaves freshly washed clean, then boiled. Used for steaming and washing wasir
Eczema (dermatitis), whole plant sufficiently washed and then boiled. Add a pinch of salt. The water to wash the affected partAnd bleeding gums, plant burnt taste (the base tile) and used as a powder. Used to apply to the soreAdding milk production, 1 stick of thorns full wash clean spinach and ground smooth to use as a poultice around the breastFever, 1 handful of fresh leaves washed and finely milled and added enough water, used as a poultice on the forehead
Those are some of the benefits of spinach spines that can cure various diseases.

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Gaharu

Agarwood pieces are relatively easy to get, because in the last 5 years the passion the community to plant trees nan fragrant pig producers was very high. Therefore the growth centers in various regions of aloes. Gaharu trees begin to bear fruit at the age of 5 years. When ripe, the fruit will open so that seeds fall to the ground. Now the possibility of planting more than 1,750 ha spread from Sumatra to Papua.
Easy to recognize the symptoms of stroke, sudden fatigue, dizziness unbearable, confusion and difficulty speaking. Other symptoms are the hands, feet and face numb. When symptoms appear immediately take the patient to the doctor, especially for people with hypertension. If not treated more than 3 hours, interruption of blood flow to the brain can lead to death.
eating fatty foods such as meat yield and high cholesterol can cause a stack cake dipembuluh blood cholesterol that can block blood flow to the brain. Reduced blood supply is what is called a stroke. Based on data from WHO World Health Organization as many as 15 million people worldwide annually stroke. Five million of them died and 5 million permanent disability.
The main factors causing stroke is hypertension or high blood pressure. And the occurrence of hypertension is caused by high cholesterol levels in the blood. Divided into two types of stroke are:
Ischemic stroke, stroke occurs because blood flow to the brain stops because ateorosklerosis or buildup of cholesterol in the walls of blood vessels or blood clots that obstruct blood into the brain.Hemorrhagic stroke, occurs because the blood vessels rupture thus blocking blood flow, blood seeping into an area of ​​the brain damage fan.Production of a tree in the tens of kilograms of fruit per tahaun, the tree will bear fruit throughout the year. How to use Agarwood Aquilaria Sinensis fruit is dried in the sun for a week in advance so that the water levels dropped and the remaining approximately 14%. After it dried aloe rind makers in a glass of hot water and leave for 1-2 jam.setelah it sekali.seduhan fruit drink a day just to serkali wear aloes, for subsequent use steeping fresh fruit.
After steeping fruit regularly consuming aloe water for a month, usually a new stroke will be felt. After two months of stroke symptoms will begin to disappear and it will get better.
Contains aloe leaves steeping agarospirol that can suppress the central nervous system so as to provide a calming effect. It also eliminates motion sickness. While the results of burning agarwood bark as an anti-mosquito. Aloe tree used for perfume raw materials.
Basically the roots, stems, leaves and twigs contains bioactive aloe same. Concentration is someone different. Unfortunately, until now there has been no scientific research supports anecdotal evidence that aloe fruit effective in overcoming stroke or hypertension.
However for patients with hypertension and stroke, Agarwood Benefits decent choice even though it was bitter but not lose it if regularly consumed fruit for three months aloes stroke sufferers will get relief

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Cordyline Fruticosa

Andong which has the Latin name Cordyline Fruticosa has many benefits for the body to cure various kinds of diseases. Tyegak Andong is a herbaceous plant which has little or rarely branched. Andong widely used as an ornamental plant because it has a nice leaf shape.
Andong has a rod-shaped ring marks the leaves fall, a single leaf, there is a brownish red, and some green. Lancet-shaped leaf blade length, length of 30-50 cm, width of 5-10 cm and a pointed base.
Plants carriage from east asia and there in the lowlands to 1.900m above sea level. Young leaves are commonly eaten as a green vegetable, and when cooking rice with a bundle of old leaves provide a savory flavor. Plants carriage usually propagated by cuttings or buds separation.
The chemistry and pharmacological effects of carriage are: amber sweet, cool,. Cool blood, stop bleeding (hemostatic), eliminates swollen bruise (anti-swelling). The part that is commonly used flowers, leaves and roots.
Various benefits of crop carriage among others:
Pulmonary tuberculosis with cough bloodThreatening abortion (Threatened abortion), menstrual lot (menorhagia), bloody urine (hematuria), bleeding hemorrhoids.Diarrhea, dysdentri, stomach pain and heartburn, bleeding woundsAs for how the use of the carriage plant are as follows:
Bloody urine, pulmonary tuberculosis, cough with phlegm, do not come menstruation (amenorrhea) 60-100 grams 30-60 grams of fresh leaves or dried root boiled, drinkingDiarrhea, disentry 60-100 grams 10-15 grams of fresh leaves or dried flowers boiled, drinkingGingivitis, scraped bark, give a little salt and rubbed on the sore spotAlthough it has many benefits still a few people who use medicinal plants for horse cart. Usually buggy only used as an ornamental plant or hedge. Hopefully with this article we can use the plant to overcome the carriage several health problems.

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