RX Drugs A-Z

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Urtica Urens; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Urtica Urens a homeopathic first aid remedy for burns is one of nature’s gifts that it would behoove us all to know about. I…

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Vasodilator Drugs

Vasodilator drugs relax and widen blood vessels, increasing blood flow. A few examples include ACE inhibitors, ARBs, calcium channel blockers, and nitrates.   Vasodilators are medicines…

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Veratrum Album; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions

Veratrum album is a poisonous plant that can easily be mistaken for the yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea, used in beverages. Two adult men were…

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Verbascum; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions

Verbascum thapsus is used in tribal medicine as an antispasmodic, anti-tubercular agent and wormicide. In this study, we investigated the antispasmodic and anthelmintic activities of…

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Water Flag; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Water Flag/ Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blue flag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag,[rx] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names,[rx][rx] and in Britain and Ireland as the…

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What are the Symptoms of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

What are the Symptoms of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy/ Cervical myelopathy occurs when the spinal cord is compressed. Spinal cord compression can cause neurologic symptoms…

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What is the ASAM?

New Directions for Women is proud to announce that we are now ASAM Level of Care certified by the Addiction Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)…

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White Cedar; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

White cedar/Thuja occidentalis also known as northern white-cedar or eastern arborvitae is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north, central and upper…

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White Clover Tea – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits

White Clover Tea (Trifolium pratense) is an herb that belongs to the legume family, which also includes peas and beans. In herbal medicine, red…

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Why is XML Important?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) lets you define and store data in a shareable manner. XML supports information exchange between computer systems such as websites,…

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Wild Pepper; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Wild Pepper/ Daphne mezereum commonly known as February daphne, mezereon,[rx] mezereum, spurge laurel or spurge olive,[rx] is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern…

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Wild Rosemary; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Wild Rosemary is a flowering evergreen shrub that grows to a height of 1 meter. Past uses have been in beer brewing, treatment of…

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Wintergreen; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Wintergreen/Chimaphila (prince's pine or wintergreen) is a genus of five species of small, evergreen, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are classified in the family Ericaceae but were formerly placed in…

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Witch Hazel Uses; Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Witch Hazel Uses/ Hamamelis virginiana known as common or American witch-hazel, is a species of witch-hazel native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, and south to central Florida to eastern Texas.[rx]  It is a…

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Wood Spider – Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Wood Spider/Harpagophytum also called wood spider and most commonly devil's claw is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common…

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Zincum Metallicum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Zincum metallicum is a core composed of pathogenetic and clinical data collected in the 19th century surrounded by layers of clinical observations reported over time. In the…