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Figure 17 Propolis tincture preparation for the dental and systemic use, and local effects for the hair, varicose veins, and teeth. A: Glass container with 30 mL 40% alcoholic distillate; B: The distillate is over layered with 1 mL of propolis tincture for a short local teeth treatment (about 2-3 s) and then poured back (C) to be consumed for the systemic propolis treatment; D: Developing frontal alopecia (arrow) before the local propolis treatment; dashed line circle indicates accompanying hair color depletion; E: Persisting unchanged frontal alopecia (arrow) with a restoration of the original hair color (compare with D) but persistence of color depletion in propolis untreated coat sides (yellow arrowhead); F: Hair condition in normal (side to side) hair orientation; G: Hair appearance showing further improvement of hair condition, including partial color regeneration in propolis treated sides (red arrowhead); H: Shrinking (blue arrows) and regressed (yellow arrows) varicose veins on the legs after the several weekly local propolis treatment; I: Upper teeth row after professional dental cleaning; J: Heavy propolis deposits (arrows) thereafter on the dentist densely brushed teeth; K: Residual propolis attachments four days later; L: Teeth's status after five months of daily propolis treatment showing no propolis binding without any dental brushing, which indicates well-regenerated dental enamel. Arrowheads indicate a diminution of dental fissure (compare with panel I). Numbers indicate the image collection dates[161].