Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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bradykinin

Medical; Herbal medicine

A plasma polypeptide that tends to lower blood pressure and increase capillary permeability.

brain fever

Medical; Herbal medicine

Cerebral hyperemia. See Poe, Edgar Allen

brick dust

Medical; Herbal medicine

The presence of reddish brown sediment in the urine, indicating uric acid, hippuric acid and creatinine excess in the blood...an anabolic greaseball who needs more liquids and alkali and who has ...

bromides

Medical; Herbal medicine

A binary salt of bromine, formerly used as a simple sedative. Given so freely and with no intent of affecting a healing, it became synonymous with a useless treatment only meant to shut up the ...

bronchitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

Inflammation of the mucus membranes on the bronchi, usually caused by an infection, sometimes by allergies or chemical irritations.

bronchorrhea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Excess mucus secretions by the bronchi; a runny nose of the lungs.

The several blood factors that enable the acid waste products of metabolism to be carried in the alkaline blood without disrupting its chemistry. These include carbolic acid, carbonates, phosphates, ...