Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Cordillera

Medical; Herbal medicine

The mountain ridge that spans North America, from Mexico through the Rocky Mountains into Alaska.

Corm

Medical; Herbal medicine

The fleshy, bulblike, solid base of a stem, often rising out of a tuber or bulb.

Corpus luteum

Medical; Herbal medicine

A temporary endocrine gland formed at ovulation from part of the former egg follicle, and the source of progesterone. See PROGESTERONE, ESTROGEN, MENOPAUSE

Corticosteroids

Medical; Herbal medicine

Natural steroid hormones or synthetic analogues, usually taken for suppressing inflammation (and immunity) and therefore having cortisone-like functions, or taken as analogues to adrenocortical ...

Cough, hectic

Medical; Herbal medicine

The dry and unproductive coughing in early bronchitis, when the mucosa is irritated but still too infected to secrete mucus

Attacks of uncontrollable coughing or "whooping", often relating to whooping cough or bronchiectasis, but they can also be caused by the smoke from burning plastics and (memories of yesteryear) hash ...