Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine

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

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crenelated (or crenate)

Medical; Herbal medicine

Leaves having rounded, scalloped teeth along the edges.

Also called regional enteritis or regional ileitis, this is a nonspecific inflammatory disease of the upper and lower intestine that forms granulated lesions. It is usually a chronic condition, with ...

crude drug

Medical; Herbal medicine

A dried, unprocessed plant, and referring to one that was or is an official drug plant or the source of a refined drug substance.

crude botanical

Medical; Herbal medicine

One of the herbs that has no official standing. Examples: Digitalis leaves (crude drug), White Sage (crude botanical).

cystitis

Medical; Herbal medicine

An inflammation, often infectious, of the urinary bladder. It usually arises from a distal infection of the urethra or prostate.

cystorrhea

Medical; Herbal medicine

Mucus in the urine, usually following infection or from chronic congestion of the bladder mucosa.

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 ...