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Traditional and household-use reports for Acanthus ilicifolius span food, decoction, topical and culturally specific practices. These records document use; they do not by themselves establish clinical efficacy.
Food-context records
Some regional reports describe leaves or other material cooked with food. Plant part, preparation and botanical identity must be retained.
Decoctions and infusions
Water preparations are reported in multiple traditions, but dose, duration and purpose vary substantially.
Topical practices
External applications are recorded separately from ingestion and are not converted into modern product claims.
Evidence boundary: “traditionally used for” is a historical description, not a statement that a use is clinically proven, safe for every person or appropriate for a commercial label.