Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Irritable bowel syndrome (ibs)

Medical; Herbal medicine

This is a common and generally benign condition of the colon, taking different forms but usually characterised by alternating constipation and diarrhea. There is often some pain accompanying the ...

The phenomenon of killing so many infectious organisms so quickly that the amount of dead biomass itself causes liver overload, allergic reactions, or a mild foreign-body response. It can occur with ...

Isotonic

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having the same salinity as body fluids. You can make a quart of water isotonic by adding a slightly rounded measuring teaspoon of table salt to a quart of water.

Distention

Medical; Herbal medicine

An excess expansion of a tissue or organ, either from inflammation, injury or, as in the Bean Syndrome, gas.

Diuretic

Medical; Herbal medicine

A substance that increases the flow of urine, either by increasing permeability of the kidneys' nephrons, increasing blood supply into the nephrons, or increasing the blood into each kidney by renal ...

Diverticulosis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having congenital pouches of the type found in many organs, particularly the colon, that are benign, but, being little cul-de-sacs, are likely to become inflamed from time to time. Diverticulitis is ...

Duodenum

Medical; Herbal medicine

This is the beginning of the small intestines, and it empties the stomach. It is 9 or 10 inches long, holds about the same amount of food as the digestive antrum or bottom of the stomach, and, ...