Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Cytokine

Medical; Herbal medicine

Also lymphokine, a broad term for a variety of proteins and neuropeptides that lymphocytes and macrophages use to communicate between themselves, often from long distances. They stimulate ...

A substance or reaction that acts against chemical or biological damage to cell membranes. The most common cytoprotectant actions are on the skin and the liver (hepatoprotectant), although there has ...

Angina pectoris

Medical; Herbal medicine

A painful chronic heart condition, characterised by an oppressive sensation, difficulty breathing, and pain in the chest or arms. Attacks are often triggered by exertion or a sudden adrenergic ...

Angina, vasomotoria

Medical; Herbal medicine

Like the previous, but less dangerous and more frequently caused by purely neurologic stimulus. The pain is more spasmodic and there is usually little actual blood vessel blockage.

Angiotensin

Medical; Herbal medicine

A substance formed in tissues or blood vessels when there needs to be local or even massive vasoconstriction. The primary precursor is renin, made by the kidneys, and elevated when the blood seems ...

Antibody

Medical; Herbal medicine

Immunologic proteins, usually made from immunoglobulins, that are capable of binding to, and rendering inactive, foreign substances that have entered the skin envelope and have been deemed dangerous. ...

Anticholinergic

Medical; Herbal medicine

An agent that impedes the impulses or actions of the nerves or fibres of the parasympathetic ganglia, competing with, and blocking the release of acetycholine at what are called the muscarinic sites. ...