Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

Contributors in Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

A large body of blood proteins (over 20), initiated in the liver, and intimately involved in nearly all aspects of immunity and nonspecific resistance. They form two types of self-mediated cascade ...

Congestion

Medical; Herbal medicine

Thick and boggy tissues, usually resulting from excess inflammation, or irritation that is unremitting. It is characterised by the accumulation of an excess volume of fluid, with impairment of venous ...

Compound

Medical; Herbal medicine

Leaves that are made up of leaflets, such as pinnate and palmate leaves.

Conjunctiva

Medical; Herbal medicine

The mucus membrane which covers the underside of the eyelids and the front surfaces of the eyeball.

Conjuctivitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

An inflammation of the conjunctiva, either from environmental irritation, allergies, viral or bacterial infections.

Constitutional

Medical; Herbal medicine

Deriving from basic hereditary strengths and weaknesses, and including early environmental factors.

Contusions

Medical; Herbal medicine

A bruise, characterised by a trauma in which the skin is not broken but underlying blood vessels are busted, causing a deep or lateral hematoma, with disorganised blood and interstitial fluid ...