Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Dural headaches

Medical; Herbal medicine

The most common type, resulting from autotoxicity or an excess of blood metabolites, such as from liver dysfunction or hangovers.

Presently a term referring to inadequate synthesis of blood proteins by the liver, especially clotting factors. Formerly the term described an improper balance between blood and lymph in an organ or ...

Dysentery

Medical; Herbal medicine

Severe diarrhea, usually from a colon infection, and containing blood and dead mucus membrane cells.

Dyspepsia

Medical; Herbal medicine

Poor digestion, with heartburn and regurgitation of stomach acids.

Dysplasia

Medical; Herbal medicine

Abnormal tissue growth...classically midway between hyperplasia (overgrowth) and neoplasia.

Dyspnea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Air hunger with pained breathing. It occurs normally from physical exertion, and abnormally either from impaired respiration, emotional distress, or a breakdown in nerve responses

Eclectics

Medical; Herbal medicine

The name commonly applied to the American School Physicians, a distinct group of Medical Doctors who trained in their own schools, and were licenced as M.D.s. They specialised in low-tech, ...