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Wormwood
Category: Natural Meds
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Wormwood Botanical Name: N.O. Compositae, Artemisia absinthium • Introduction • Medicinal Uses and Indications • Available Forms of the Herb • Side Effects/ Precautions Introduction Wormwood has been used for centuries as a moth repellent, general pesticide and as a tea or spray to repel slugs and snails. Before anyone knew of its toxicity it was often used as a worming medicine for people and animals. Wormwood is extremely bitter and ...
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Category: Natural Meds
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Wormwood Botanical Name: N.O. Compositae, Artemisia absinthium • Introduction • Medicinal Uses and Indications • Available Forms of the Herb • Side Effects/ Precautions Introduction Wormwood has been used for centuries as a moth repellent, general pesticide and as a tea or spray to repel slugs and snails. Before anyone knew of its toxicity it was often used as a worming medicine for people and animals. Wormwood is extremely bitter and ...
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Warts
Category: Health
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Warts Overview: A wart is a harmless, noncancerous skin growth caused by a human papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than 100 known types of HPV. HPV infects the top layer of skin, usually entering the body in an area of broken skin. The virus causes the top layer of skin to grow rapidly, resulting in a wart. Warts generally go away on their own within months or years. Warts can occur anywhere on the body. They are most common among children and young adults. There are six main ...
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Category: Health
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Warts Overview: A wart is a harmless, noncancerous skin growth caused by a human papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than 100 known types of HPV. HPV infects the top layer of skin, usually entering the body in an area of broken skin. The virus causes the top layer of skin to grow rapidly, resulting in a wart. Warts generally go away on their own within months or years. Warts can occur anywhere on the body. They are most common among children and young adults. There are six main ...
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Whooping cough
Category: Children's Health
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Overview Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system—specifically, the area where the nasal passages meet the back of the throat (nasopharynx). The infection causes irritation in breathing passages, resulting in severe coughing spells. The illness has three distinct stages and can last months. Complications like pneumonia can result from whooping cough. These kinds of problems can be very serious in young children, especially ...
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Category: Children's Health
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Overview Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system—specifically, the area where the nasal passages meet the back of the throat (nasopharynx). The infection causes irritation in breathing passages, resulting in severe coughing spells. The illness has three distinct stages and can last months. Complications like pneumonia can result from whooping cough. These kinds of problems can be very serious in young children, especially ...
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Wrinkles
Category: Pharma
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Overview Wrinkles are a by-product of the aging process. With age, skin cells divide more slowly, and the inner layer, called the dermis, begins to thin. The network of elastin (the protein which causes skin to stretch) and collagen fibers (the major structural proteins in the skin), which support the outer layer, loosen and unravel, causing depressions on the surface. With aging, skin also loses its elasticity, is less able to retain moisture, oil-secreting glands are less efficient and the ...
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Category: Pharma
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Overview Wrinkles are a by-product of the aging process. With age, skin cells divide more slowly, and the inner layer, called the dermis, begins to thin. The network of elastin (the protein which causes skin to stretch) and collagen fibers (the major structural proteins in the skin), which support the outer layer, loosen and unravel, causing depressions on the surface. With aging, skin also loses its elasticity, is less able to retain moisture, oil-secreting glands are less efficient and the ...
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Witch hazel
Category: Nutrition
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Witch Hazel Botanical Name: Hamamelis virginiana • Introduction • Medicinal Uses and Indications • Available forms of the herb • Who Should/Shouldn’t take it • Side Effects/ Precautions Introduction Witch hazel uphold mysterious connotation. In colonial America, the shrub’s flexible forked branches were a favorite “witching stick” of dowers used for searching out hidden waters or precious metals. It ...
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Category: Nutrition
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Witch Hazel Botanical Name: Hamamelis virginiana • Introduction • Medicinal Uses and Indications • Available forms of the herb • Who Should/Shouldn’t take it • Side Effects/ Precautions Introduction Witch hazel uphold mysterious connotation. In colonial America, the shrub’s flexible forked branches were a favorite “witching stick” of dowers used for searching out hidden waters or precious metals. It ...
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What is Inflammation?
Category: Health
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Inflammation and the Human Body By Anika Logan Inflammation is the way the human body reacts to trauma, infection, irritation or any type of injury. Inflammation is deemed a non-specific immune response by healthcare practitioners and its main characteristics include discomfort, redness, warmth and swelling. To define it in more precise medical terms, inflammation is “a process by which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect us from infection and ...
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Category: Health
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Inflammation and the Human Body By Anika Logan Inflammation is the way the human body reacts to trauma, infection, irritation or any type of injury. Inflammation is deemed a non-specific immune response by healthcare practitioners and its main characteristics include discomfort, redness, warmth and swelling. To define it in more precise medical terms, inflammation is “a process by which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect us from infection and ...
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Witch Hazel 2
Category: Animal Health,Children's Health,Gardening,Men's Health,Natural Meds,Nutrition,Seniors' Health,Symptoms and Herbs,Women's Health
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Witch Hazel Witch hazel comes from the Hamemelis virginnia plant. There are four species of this plant, two are native to North America (H. vernalis and H. virginiana), one is native to China (H. mollis) and one is native to Japan (H. japonica). Witch hazel is a deciduous shrub that generally grows from three to eight metres in height. It is believed that witch hazel got its name due to its connection with dowsing which was once believed to be a type of witchcraft. A ...
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Category: Animal Health,Children's Health,Gardening,Men's Health,Natural Meds,Nutrition,Seniors' Health,Symptoms and Herbs,Women's Health
Description:
Witch Hazel Witch hazel comes from the Hamemelis virginnia plant. There are four species of this plant, two are native to North America (H. vernalis and H. virginiana), one is native to China (H. mollis) and one is native to Japan (H. japonica). Witch hazel is a deciduous shrub that generally grows from three to eight metres in height. It is believed that witch hazel got its name due to its connection with dowsing which was once believed to be a type of witchcraft. A ...
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