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Glossary – terminology

Glossary of HerBs tHerapeutic actions
Biomedical and traditional terminoloGy

Abortifacient: Produces abortion.

Absorbent: Promotes absorption.

Adaptogenic: Decreases the harmful effects of stress.

Alterative: Promotes healthy changes in the organism.

Analgesic: Relieves pain.

Anaphrodisiac: Subdues sexual desire.

Anesthetic: Produces insensibility to pain.

Anodyne: Relieves pain.

Anorectic: An agent that suppresses appetite for food.

Antacid: A substance which neutralizes stomach acidity.

Anthelmintic: Destroys parasites.

Antibacterial: Kills or prevents growth of bacteria.

Antibilious: Prevent or cure biliousness caused by excessive secretion of bile.

Anti-catarrhal: An agent that controls or cuts down on mucus production.

Antidote: Counteracts effect of poison.

Antiemetic: Prevents vomiting.

Antiepileptic: An agent that combats the convulsions or seizures of epilepsy.

Antifibrotic: Causing regression of fibrosis, or an agent that so acts.

Anti-fungal: Inhibits growth or multiplication of, or destroys fungi.

Antigalactic: Diminishes secretion of milk.

Antihypnotic: Prevents sleep.

Anti-inflammatory: Reduces inflammation.

Antilithic: Preventing the formation of calculi or promoting their dissolution.

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