Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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Herbal medicine

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 ...

hypotestosteronism

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having either low secretion levels of testosterone by the testes, having low functional effects because of poor circulation, having competition by less active testosterone metabolites, or having high ...

hypothalamus

Medical; Herbal medicine

A part of the diencephalon of the brain, it is a major actor in the limbic system. This is a functional, not anatomic, system in the brain that influences and is influenced by emotions.

hypothyroid

Medical; Herbal medicine

Having deficient thyroid levels, either from overt thyroid disease like myxedema, a generally low metabolism from functional causes, or subsequent to emotional depression or the use of depressant ...

hypoxia

Medical; Herbal medicine

Lack of sufficient oxygen, such as occurs at high altitudes.

iatrogenic

Medical; Herbal medicine

Illness, disease, or imbalances created by medical or nonmedical treatment that were not present before treatment. In medicine the therapy is blamed (not the therapist) and changed to something else. ...

ileocecal

Medical; Herbal medicine

Pertaining to both the last section of the small intestine (the ileum) and the beginning of the large intestines, the ascending colon or cecum. EXAMPLE: Ileocecal valve