Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Alkaloid

Medical; Herbal medicine

One of a varied family of alkaline, nitrogen-containing substances, usually plant-derived, reacting with acids to form salts. Normally intensely bitter, alkaloids form a body of substances widely ...

A term applied in naturopathic, Eclectic, and Thomsonian medicine to those plants or procedures that stimulate changes of a defensive or healing nature in metabolism or tissue function when there is ...

Alternate

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having plant parts, particularly leaves, arranged alternately along a stem, as opposed to in pairs or whorled.

Amebiasis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having an amoebic infection, usually in reference to amoebic dysentery, caused by the parasitic amoeba, Entameba histolitica.

Amenorrhea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Absence or suppression of menses. Primary amenorrhea is the failure to begin menses by age 16, secondary amenorrhea is tardy menses (from pregnancy, stress, dieting, illness or intensive physical ...

Anabolic

Medical; Herbal medicine

Promoting anabolism. Specifically, an agent or function that stimulates the organisation of smaller substances into larger ones. Examples: making a starch out of sugars, a protein out of amino acids, ...