Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Prostate

Medical; Herbal medicine

This is a walnut-sized gland that surrounds the beginning of the urethra in men. It secretes the alkaline transport fluid that mixes with sperm from the testes to form semen. The prostate needs ...

Prostatitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Inflammation of the prostate. The causes may be varied, ranging from infection to portal congestion to cancer to increased adipose estradiol release in the middle-aged male...to over-use.

Proteinuria

Medical; Herbal medicine

The presence of protein in the urine, sometimes a symptom of kidney compromise. See ALBUMINURIA

An enzyme or agent that speeds up the breaking down or digestive hydrolysis of proteins into smaller proteins, peptides, polypeptides, oligopeptides, amino acids, and all that delicious nitrogenous ...

Psoriasis

Medical; Herbal medicine

A chronic skin condition with dull red lesions of the skin that come and go for many years. Usually painful or itchy, they tend to be worse in the winter and are often helped by increased exposure to ...

Pulpitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Inflammation, usually infectious, of the pulp of a tooth.

Purines

Medical; Herbal medicine

These are waste products or metabolites of nucleoproteins. They are not recyclable and are broken down further to the primary excretable form, uric acid. High purine presence in a tissue signifies a ...