| Introduction to The History of Herbal
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| | herbal medicine, was written during this
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| Medicine.
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| | time.
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| Herbal medicine, sometimes referred to as
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| | 1700 A.D.- Herbal medicine got another
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| botanical medicine or herbalism, involves
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| | high profile endorsement from Preacher
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| the use of plants, or parts of plants, to
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| | Charles Wesley. He advocated for sensible
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| treat injuries or illnesses. This field
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| | eating, good hygiene and herbal
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| also covers the use of herbs or
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| | treatments for healthy living.
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| botanicals to improve overall health and
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| | 1800 A.D.- Pharmaceuticals began to hit
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| wellness. Herbalist, herbal medicine
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| | the scene and herbal treatments took a
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| practitioners, traditional medicine
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| | back seat. As side effects from the drugs
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| practitioners, and Ayurvedic,
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| | began to be documented, herbal remedies
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| homeopathic, and naturopathic healers all
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| | came into favor again. The National
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| use herbal remedies in their practices.
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| | Association of Medical Herbalists was
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| Seeds, leaves, stems, bark, roots,
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| | formed, and later renamed the National
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| flowers, and extracts of all of these
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| | Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH.)
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| have been used in herbal medicine over
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| | 1900 A.D.- lack of availability of drugs
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| the millennia of their use. These
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| | during World War I increased the use of
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| supplemental treatments have been
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| | herbal medicines again. After the war
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| delivered raw, in teas and tinctures, as
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| | pharmaceutical production increased and
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| topical applications, in liquid forms,
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| | penicillin was discovered. Herbal
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| and in pills and capsules. In the
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| | practitioners had their rights to
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| beginning the plants were consumed raw or
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| | dispense their medications taken away and
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| combined with hot water as a soup or tea.
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| | then reinstated. The British Herbal
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| Later, the plants were dried and crushed
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| | Medicine Association was founded and
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| for other uses. The plants were found in
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| | produced the British Herbal
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| the wild and uses were often based on
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| | Pharmacopoeia. People began to express
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| superstitious or visual cues. Plants were
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| | the concern over the large number of side
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| often used to treat body systems because
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| | effects and environmental impact of the
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| they were shaped like that body part or
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| | drugs of the 1950s.
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| because they grew in a particular area.
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| | 2000 A.D.- EU took action on regulation
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| As science began to take a closer look at
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| | and testing of herbal medicines similar
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| herbal remedies, their use became more
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| | to those used for pharmaceuticals.
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| refined. Herbs, and other plants, are
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| | Herbal medicines have been documented for
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| actually the precursors to many of
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| | almost 4000 years. These medicines have
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| today's medicinal drugs. Some of the
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| | survived real world testing and thousands
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| pharmaceutical medications on the market
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| | of years of human testing. Some medicines
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| are extracts of some of these traditional
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| | have been discontinued due to their
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| herbs.
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| | toxicity, while others have been modified
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| Today, many modern, and Western, medicine
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| | or combined with additional herbs to
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| practitioners are beginning to look at
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| | offset side effects. Many herbs have
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| herbal remedies for some common, and
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| | undergone changes in their uses. Studies
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| not-so common, disorders. The lower cost,
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| | conducted on the herbs and their effects
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| and often safer use, has attracted many
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| | keep changing their potential uses.
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| medical professionals. Some physicians
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| | Herbal Medicine Today
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| use herbs to off-set the side effects of
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| | Herbal medicines are still in use today.
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| pharmaceuticals.
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| | In some respects they have gained a new
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| Timeline of Herbal Medicine
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| | momentum in the medical field. As many
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| No one knows, for sure, when humans began
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| | people seek alternative treatments and
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| using herbs for medicinal purposes. The
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| | begin to check out traditional, and
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| first written record of herbal medicine
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| | Eastern, medicine, herbs are becoming
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| use showed up in 2800 B.C. in China.
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| | more popular. As physicians seek new
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| Since then the use of herbs has gained,
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| | treatments for many common illnesses they
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| and fallen out of, favor many times in
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| | are beginning to revisit the traditional
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| the medical field. The timeline that
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| | remedies, using herbal medicines.
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| follows shows some of the key dates and
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| | Pharmaceutical medications, with their
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| major points in the history of herbal
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| | potential for harmful side effects and
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| medicine.
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| | addiction, are becoming less popular.
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| 2800 B.C.- The first written record of
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| | People are seeking alternatives to the
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| herbal medicine use showed up. (Titled
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| | modern medical interventions. Improving,
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| the Pen Ts'ao by Shen Nung)
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| | and maintaining, health naturally is a
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| 400 B.C.- The Greeks joined the herbal
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| | very popular approach to overall
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| medicine game. Hippocrates stressed the
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| | wellness.
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| ideas that diet, exercise and overall
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| | The herbs used today are generally
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| happiness formed the foundation of
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| | cultivated for those purposes. Very few
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| wellness.
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| | herbs are harvested from the wild, with
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| 50 A.D.- The Roman Empire spread herbal
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| | the exception of a few still found in the
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| medicine around the Empire, and with it
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| | rainforests and higher elevations. The
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| the commerce of cultivating herbs.
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| | cultivation of herbs for medicinal uses
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| 200 A.D.- The first classification system
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| | is a large field and more people are
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| that paired common illnesses with their
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| | beginning to plant their own herb
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| herbal remedy appeared. This was prepared
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| | gardens. Many monasteries continue to
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| by the herbal practitioner Galen.
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| | grow large herbal gardens within their
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| 800 A.D.- Monks took over the herbal
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| | walls.
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| field with herbal gardens at most
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| | Elderly people also metabolize
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| monasteries and infirmaries for the sick
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| | medications differently, and generally
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| and injured.
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| | are on more medications, and therefore
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| 1100 A.D.- The Arab world became a center
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| | must also exercise caution when trying
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| of medicinal influence. Physician
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| | new herbal treatments. Underlying
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| Avicenna wrote the Canon of Medicine,
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| | ailments that may affect the body's
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| which gave mention to herbal medicines.
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| | ability to process or absorb medications
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| 1200 A.D.- Black Death spread across
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| | are also an issue.
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| Europe and herbal medicines were used
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| | Herbal medicine has enjoyed a long, and
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| along side "modern" methods such as
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| | colorful, history. From the early Chinese
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| bleeding, purging, arsenic and mercury
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| | Empires to modern physicians' offices,
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| with equal, or better, results.
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| | herbal medicines have continued to be a
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| 1500 A.D.- Herbal medicine and herbalists
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| | part of the medical field. Herbal
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| were promoted and supported by Henry VII
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| | treatments have matured throughout
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| and the Parliament, due to the large
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| | history, along with the methods of
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| number of untrained apothecaries giving
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| | delivering them. In the beginning, the
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| substandard care.
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| | herbs were used in a hit or miss method
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| 1600 A.D.- Herbs were used in treating
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| | and required major events to change their
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| the poor, while extracts of plant,
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| | use. Research and clinical trials have
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| minerals, and animals (the "drugs"), were
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| | helped to shape the field of medicine,
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| used for the rich. The English Physician,
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| | and the future for herbal medicine looks
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| an herbal explaining the practice of
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| | bright.
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