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That's a whole side conversation
Network-Level Health Benefits Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity (bacteria, fungi) Anti-inflammatory buffering (ideal for chronic inflammation) Respiratory support (traditional lung & airway use) Skin barrier repair & microbiome balance Antioxidant protection under long-term stress Instead of killing aggressively, lichen metabolites control biological drift
In addition, they can also inhibit inflammation and oxidant-induced programmed cell death (e.g., apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis) [64, 66, 67]
They might suggest writing down what you eat or doing tests to figure out the problem
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