Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Neurogenic

Medical; Herbal medicine

Sensations or conditions derived solely from the nervous system

A disease of the central or peripheral nervous systems. In more common reference, a neuropathy is primarily a disorder of peripheral nerves. CNS diseases are often life threatening; neuropathies are ...

Neutrophils

Medical; Herbal medicine

Another name for polymorphonuclear leukocytes, the most common type of blood-carried white blood cell, and the first mobile resistance cell to come to the rescue in injury.

Nitrogenous

Medical; Herbal medicine

A compound or molecule that contains nitrogen; in my context, a substance that is or was a part of protein metabolism.

Nucleoprotein

Medical; Herbal medicine

A molecule that is formed from a structural protein that is combined with nucleic acid, and generally found in cell nuclei and other proliferative points in cells. Upon cell death, nucleoproteins, ...

Nurse logs

Medical; Herbal medicine

In old-growth forests, these are ancient downed trees that rot so slowly that they themselves become the fundus and growth media for new and growing trees and other life-forms.

Oil, fixed

Medical; Herbal medicine

These are lipids, esters of long-chain fatty acids and alcohols, or generally related oily stuff. If you drop some fixed oil on a blotter, it just stays there-forever. (Example: olive oil.)