T Old cures,other wise known as Folk Medicine,have been used for centuries to aid the sick.Though many advancements have been made in the medical world,folk medicine has survived time and is still used around the world. While something as simple as chicken soup drew controversy among many medical doctors,some have finally come to agree that it has medical benefits, but they're not sure why.Like many of the old cures used during the early years,the old folks didn't know why their boiled herbs
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African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (17), pp. 3004-3010, 3 September, 2008 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB ISSN 1684–5315 © 2008 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of a Tolypocladium sp. fungus isolated from wild Cordyceps sinensis Li Ping Zheng1, Li Wen Gao2, Jian Qin Zhou2, Yang Hu Sima3 and Jian Wen Wang2* Department of Horticultural Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China. School of Pharmaceutical
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RESEARCHING HERBAL PEPPERMINT USAGE HLST 301: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Chelsea Musgrave ID # 3158485 Janete Poloway Athabasca University November 29 2014 Peppermint is one of the oldest herbs used for many medical purposes. However, Peppermint oil was not utilized in formal medicine until the 18th century. There are more than 25 species of true mint grown throughout the world (University Mary Land Medical Center , 2013). Peppermint, a popular plant in Europe
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Agriculture Business Plan: Agriculture Business Plan Executive Summary Botanical Bounty is an existing farm dedicated to the production of botanical perennials. Botanical Bounty has been formed as an Oregon-based Limited Liability Corp. (L.L.C.) located outside of Albany, Oregon. Botanical Bounty is working hard to become a leading producer of botanical plants for the natural supplement industry as well as plant nurseries. By leveraging a well thought out business plan executed by a skilled management
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Autumn Internship Report, Sep – Nov 2010 Research related work Research report preparation on the Nutraceuticals Sector Objective – Nutraceuticals are substances that offer nutrition beyond standard diet and include both fortified foods and beverages marketed by FMCG companies as well as dietary supplements that are mainly sold by pharmaceutical companies. Nutraceuticals is an emerging sector in India, and o3 Capital is looking at active participation in this space going forward. o3 Capital
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Euphorbia Hirta or "tawa-tawa" Tawa Tawa or Gatas Gatas (Euphorbia Hirt) The Mindoro Post, within its article entitled "Dengue Fever Cure using Tawa tawa" (released The month of January 2010, utilized July 2010), creates, "many individuals understand and also have attested in order to the truth that these people and many more happen to be healed associated with dengue using a simple grass. This particular grass is known as Gatas Gatas within the land associated with Leyte. However
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Hydrosols preexist essential oils by thousands of years. There is evidence of distillation from centuries ago. It is not clear whether they were distilling alcohol that early,it is more likely that these ancients were distilling plants for the herbal waters. One very old description is of a distillation that involved a pot of water coverred with lamb wool on top of it. The wool was wrung out for a few times to collect the distillate water. Plant hydrosols were developed and improved over
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CRUZ, Cherry Jeanne F. |Name of Patient: |Age: |Height: |Weight: |Gender: | |J.F.C |20 years old |5’2 |55kg | | |History of present illness: |Past medical History: |Social History: |Family History: |Drug Allergies: | |Juvenile
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A relative of the mint family, skullcap, is a small plant that ranges in size from one to four feet tall. Given the botanical name Lateriflora, meaning flowers only grow on one side of the stem, skullcap flowers bud with varying colors of white-blue to purple-pink depending on the season. The plant earned it’s common name of skullcap due to its petals having a striking resemblance to that of a medieval helmet. I first heard of skullcap at a health seminar from a naturopath, who claimed the sedative
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sources; 80% of these have had a traditional use identical or related to the current use of the active elements of the plant. Some of the pharmaceuticals currently available to physicians are derived from plants that have a long history of use as herbal remedies, including aspirin, digoxin, quinine, and
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