Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Pinnatifid

Medical; Herbal medicine

A leaf that is pinnately cleft, but into lobes that do not reach the midrib, and not into separate leaflets.

Also Threadworm, this is a widespread parasitic nematode, usually benign, but having a rural, white trash, skanky stigma. It mates and reproduces in the intestines of several mammals (including us) ...

Pistillate

Medical; Herbal medicine

A female flower that has pistils but no stamens.

Pituitary

Medical; Herbal medicine

An endocrine gland somewhat behind the eyes and suspended from the front of the brain. The front section, the anterior pituitary, makes and secretes a number of controlling hormones that affect the ...

Platelet aggregation

Medical; Herbal medicine

Platelets are the small, rather uniform fragments of large bone marrow cells that aid the blood in coagulation, hemostasis, inflammation, and thrombus formation. Mild subclotting and sticking is a ...

Pleurisy

Medical; Herbal medicine

An inflammation of the serous membranes that both surround the lungs and line the inside of the chest cavity; the two membranes supply fluid lubrication between the expanding and contracting lungs ...

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Medical; Herbal medicine

This is STARTED by some predictable neurohormonal imbalances. On the other hand, the individual woman's symptoms are very idiosyncratic, since the neurohormonal interplay CAN effect virtually any ...