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GLOSSARY
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This is provided as handy means of finding out what specific herbal
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terms mean. To acquaint you with the language of medicinal herbal
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preparation. We hope you can put this glossary to good use in your
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alternative medicinal preparation and use.
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ALTERATIVE: A vague term to indicate a substance which alters a
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condition by producing a gradual change toward the
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restoration to health.
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ANODYNE: Eases pain.
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ANTHELMINTIC: Expels or destroys intestinal worms.
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ANTIDOTE: Agents which counteract or destroy the effects of poison or
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other medicines.
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ANTISCORBUTIC: Counteracts scurvy.
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ANTISEPTIC: Destroys or inhibits bacteria.
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ANTISPASMODIC: Prevents or allays spasms or cramps.
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APHRODISIAC: Stimulates the sex organs.
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APERIENT: Herbal agents that are mild laxatives to the intestines,
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being gentle in peristaltic action.
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APPETIZER: Stimulates the appetite.
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AROMATIC: Agents which emit a fragrant smell and produce a pungent
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taste. Used chiefly to make other medicines more palatable.
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ASTRINGENT: Causes contraction of tissues.
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BALSAMIC: A healing or soothing agent.
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BITTER TONIC: Bitter tasting properties which stimulate the flow of
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saliva and gastric juice. Used to increase the
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appetite and aid the process of digestion.
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CARDIAC: Agents which have an effect on the heart.
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CARMINATIVE: Expels gas from the stomach, intestines or bowels.
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CATHARTIC: Causes evacuation from the bowels. There are different
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types of cathartics. Aperient or laxatives are mild and
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gentle in their actions. Purgatives are powerful and
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produce copious evacuations and are used only by adults
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afflicted with stubborn conditions.
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CHOLAGOGUE: Increases the flow of bile and promotes it's ejection.
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CORDIAL: Invigorating and stimulating.
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COUNTERIRRITANT: Agents applied to the skin to produce an irritation
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for the purpose of counteracting a deep
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inflammation.
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DEMULCENT: Soothing, bland. Used to relieve internal inflammations.
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Provides a protective coating and allays irritation of
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the membranes.
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DEPURATIVE: A purifying agent.
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DETERGENT: Cleansing.
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DIGESTIVE: Aids digestion.
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DIAPHORETICS: Herbal agents that increase eliminative secretions
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through the sweat glands, thus facilitation elimination
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of toxic and accumulative waste matter.
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DIURETICS: Herbal agents that promote secretions of the urinary
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system, increasing toxic elimination and accumulative
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matter along with excess water.
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EMETICS: Herbal agents that cause evacuation of the stomach contents
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via induced vomiting and are usually anti-poisonous.
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EMMENAGOGUES: Herbal agents that act upon the reproductive system by
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strengthening and balancing the cellular tissues by
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regulating the body's hormonal flow.
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EMOLLIENTS: Herbal agents that soothe and soften the external skin
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surfaces and promote healing by removing foreign toxic
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matter through absorption.
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ERRHINE: Substances which, when applied to the lining membrane of
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nostrils, creates a discharge of mucous.
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EPISPASTICS: Causes blisters, when applied to the surface of the
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body, and causes sloughing.
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EXPECTORANTS: Herbal agents that act upon the mucosal membranes of
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the respiratory tract, facilitating catarrhal
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discharge, by rendering them less viscid.
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FEBRIFUGE: Reduces fever.
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GALACTAGOGUE: Promotes the secretion of milk from the nursing breast.
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GERMICIDE: Destructive to germs.
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HEMOSTATIC: Capable of slowing down or stopping hemorrhage.
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HYPNOTIC: Capable of inducing sleep.
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INVIGORANT: A strengthening agent.
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IRRITANT: Capable of producing local inflammatory reaction.
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LAXATIVE: Causes the bowels to act.
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MUCILAGINOUS: Emits a soothing quality to inflamed parts.
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NARCOTICS: Herbal agents that have a sedative effect by diminishing
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the action of the nervous system and vascular system.
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NERVINES: Herbal agents that regenerate the entire nervous system,
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having a calming effect, by altering deranged nervous
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tissues and neutralizing toxins, that cause irritation of
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the nerve fibers.
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NUTRIENT or NUTRITIVE: Nourishing.
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OXYTOCIC: Capable of producing uterine contractions
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PECTORAL: Relieves affections of the chest and lungs.
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PURGATIVE: Causes copious evacuations from the bowels. More drastic
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than laxatives or aperient, and are generally combined
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with other agents to control or modify their actions.
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Used only by adults.
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REACTIVATOR: Restores to a state of activity.
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REJUVENATOR: An agent which imparts renewed vigor.
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RUBEFACIENT: A substance used externally which causes redness and
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increased blood supply when rubbed into the skin.
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SEDATIVE: Calms the nerves.
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SIALAGOGUES: Increases the flow of saliva.
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SOPORIFIC: Induces sleep.
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SPECIFIC: Agent or remedy that has a special effect on a particular
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disease.
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STIMULANTS: Equalizes circulation and regenerates the tissues of the
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arterial system.
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SUDORIFICS: Increases perspiration, thus facilitating the elimination
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of toxic waste through the skin.
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STOMACHIC: Stimulate the flow of digestive secretions and increases
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TENIAFUGE: Expels tapeworm.
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TONICS: Tones the alimentive tract, thus correcting problems of the
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digestive system. Promotes regeneration of tissues throughout
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TOPICAL: Applied to the skin only.
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VERMIFUGES: Kills and/or expels parasites or worms.
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VESICANT: Raises blisters.
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VULNERARY: Tone and heal the muscular and skeletal systems and are
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often employed along with emollients as a poultice for
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