Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Herbal medicine

An inflammation of the kidney pelvis, the interface between the urine-secreting inner surface of the kidney and the muscular ureter that drains into the bladder. It can be caused by kidney stones or ...

Pyorrhea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Broadly, any discharge of pus, but usually referring to periodontitis or Pyorrhea alveolaris, with inflammatory and degenerative conditions in the gums, jaw bone and cementum. There may be alveolar ...

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid

Medical; Herbal medicine

A type of alkaloid found in many plants of the Composite and Borage families, once termed a Senecio alkaloid. Some of the pyrrolizidine group have been shown to cause several types of liver ...

Raceme

Medical; Herbal medicine

A flowering spike or cluster where the flowers are borne along the peduncle on pedicels of similar length.

Rales

Medical; Herbal medicine

Abnormal sounds in the lungs, either from excess secretions or the narrowing of the bore by inflammation or congestion.

Ray flowers

Medical; Herbal medicine

The margin flowers on a composite head, usually sterile, that resemble single petals. (Example: the white "petals" of a Daisy.)

Raynauds syndrome or disease

Medical; Herbal medicine

The first is less severe, characterised by blanching spasms of blood vessels leading to the hands and feet, initiated by cold, moisture, even emotional stress and low blood sugar. Sort of a finger ...