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Learn how much difference there is in cost per dose of pharmaceutical and herbal medicines for ailments including a cost difference per day for treatment. The chart lists the illness and the western medicine and herbal equivalent for treatment. See the image gallery for the comparison chart of pharmaceutical and herbal medicines.
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