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Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine is the study and use of plants for medicinal purposes.

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Herbal medicine

Counterirritant

Medical; Herbal medicine

A substance applied to the skin to produce an irritating, heating, or vasodilating effect, in order to speed local healing by increasing circulation of blood, radiating the heat inward to inflamed ...

Creatinine

Medical; Herbal medicine

It is the waste product of creatine, an enzyme found in large amounts throughout the tissues, and mainly excreted in the urine. The parent compound creatine enables the body to use the "blue flame" ...

Crohn's disease

Medical; Herbal medicine

Also called regional enteritis or regional ileitis, this is a nonspecific inflammatory disease of the upper and lower intestine that forms granulated lesions. It is usually a chronic condition, with ...

Crude drug

Medical; Herbal medicine

A dried, unprocessed plant, and referring to one that was or is an official drug plant or the source of a refined drug substance.

Crude botanical

Medical; Herbal medicine

One of the herbs that has no official standing. Examples: Digitalis leaves (crude drug), White Sage (crude botanical).

Cystitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

An inflammation, often infectious, of the urinary bladder. It usually arises from a distal infection of the urethra or prostate.

Cystorrhea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Mucus in the urine, usually following infection or from chronic congestion of the bladder mucosa.

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