Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Hyperextensions

Medical; Herbal medicine

The excessive extension of a limb or joint, usually followed by pain and some inflammation.

Hypergluconeogenesis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Also hyperglyconeogenesis. The state of excessive synthesis of glycogen (storage starch) or glucose by the liver, derived from non-sugar sources, such as amino acids, lactate and the glycerol ...

Hyperglycemia

Medical; Herbal medicine

Elevations of blood glucose, either from the various types of diabetes, excessive sugar intake (short term) or from adrenalin or stimulant causes.

Hyperglycogenolysis

Medical; Herbal medicine

The tendency, usually by the liver, to convert glycogen into glucose at too rapid a rate for metabolic needs.

Elevated blood fats, either from heredity, having so many calories in the diet that they are ending up as a constant stream of liver-synthesized storage fats, an excessively anabolic metabolism...and ...

Hypernatremia

Medical; Herbal medicine

An excess of sodium in the blood...a short-lived condition since the body retains water until the concentration is back to normal...and the blood volume (as well as blood pressure) has increased.

Hypersecretion

Medical; Herbal medicine

Oversecretion of fluids by a gland. It may occur from irritation, infection, or allergy, as in the nasal drooling in a head cold or hay fever, or, as in gastric hypersecretion, from a functional ...