folk medicine
71garlic — SYN: allium. g. oil a volatile oil from the bulb or entire plant of Allium sativum (family Liliaceae); contains diallyl disulfide and allyl propyl disulfide; has been used as an anthelmintic and …
72guarana — A dried paste of the crushed seeds of Paullinia cupana (family Sapindaceae), a vine extensively cultivated in Brazil. It contains guaranine (caffeine), saponin, a volatile oil, and paullinitannic acid. Has been used for the relief of headache.… …
73helleborus — Black hellebore, the dried rhizome and roots of H. niger (family Ranunculaceae); used as a cardiac and arterial tonic, diuretic, and cathartic. [G. helleboros] * * * Hel·leb·o·rus he leb ə rəs n a genus of Eurasian pere …
74juniper — The dried ripe fruit of Juniperus communis (family Pinaceae). [L. the j. tree] j. berry oil SYN: oil of j.. j. tar the empyreumatic volatile oil obtained from the woody portion of Juniperus oxycedrus; used externally for skin diseases. SYN: cade… …
75kava — 1. SYN: methysticum. 2. SYN: yaqona. [Tongan and Marquesan, Litter] * * * ka·va käv ə n 1) an Australasian shrubby pepper (Piper methysticum) from whose crushed root an intoxicating beverage is made also the beverage 2) a preparation consisting… …
76pennyroyal — A name in folk medicine given to Mentha pulegium (an aromatic p.), or to Hedeoma pulegeoides (American p.) (family Labiatae); an aromatic stimulant formerly used as an emmenagogue. * * * pen·ny·roy·al .pen ē rȯi( ə)l, pen i .rīl n any of several …
77peppermint — The dried leaves and flowering tops of Mentha piperita (family Labiatae); a carminative and antiemetic. p. camphor SYN: menthol. p. oil the volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh, overground parts of the flowering plant of Mentha… …
78wort — 1. A suffix in the popular names of many plants, such as liverwort, lungwort, woundwort, etc. 2. An infusion of malt. [A.S. wyrt, a plant] St. John s w. a shrubby perennial (Hypericum perforatum) with numerous orange yellow flowers whose petals… …
79birthroot — birth·root bər .thrüt, .thru̇t n any of several trilliums with astringent roots used in folk medicine …
80black hellebore — n 1) a European hellebore of the genus Helleborus (H. niger) having white or purplish roselike flowers produced in winter and a highly purgative root called also Christmas rose 2) the root of black hellebore * * * 1. Helleborus niger. 2. a… …
