Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Chronic

Medical; Herbal medicine

A disease or imbalance of long, slow duration, showing little overall change and characterised by periods of remission interspersed with acute episodes. The opposite of acute.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Is a recently designated semi-disease, often attributed to EBV (the Epstein-Barr virus) or CMV (Cytomegalovirus) infections, characterised by FUOs (Fevers of Unknown Origin) and resulting in the ...

These are organised blobs of fats, synthesised in the submucosa of the small intestine out of dietary fats, phospholipids, specialised proteins and cholesterol, carried out of the intestinal tract by ...

Cirrhosis, laennecs

Medical; Herbal medicine

The most common type of cirrhosis, caused by chronic alcoholism and a lousy diet (or malabsorption).

Circumboreal

Medical; Herbal medicine

Plants that are found worldwide, encircling the lands around the north pole.

Cisterna chyli

Medical; Herbal medicine

A sac in the back of the pelvic region that drains the lymph from the intestinal tract, pelvis and legs, and acts as the beginning of the thoracic duct. See LACTEALS, THORACIC DUCT