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Mevastatin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Mevastatin or compactin is a cholesterol-lowering agent isolated from Penicillium citinium. It was the first discovered agent belonging to the class of cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins. During a search…
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Mezereum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
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 Europe, it is…
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Mineral Oil Light – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects
Mineral Oil Light /Liquid paraffin also known as paraffin liquidum or Russian mineral oil, is a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and medicine. Cosmetic or medicinal…
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Mucus in Stool – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Mucus in stool may be caused by digestive tract conditions including Anal fissures (tears or cracks) or fistulas (abnormal holes or tubes between organs…
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Mushroom; Nutritional Value, Uses/ Indications, Dosage
Mushroom/ Agaricus Muscarius is commonly known as Toad Stool, Bug Agaric, Fly agaric etc. It is a poisonous fungus growing all over the Northern Hemisphere in dry places…
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Mustakarishta; Home Made Ingredients, Uses, Dosage, Effects
Mustharishtam is a very effective Ayurvedic medicine. It is a liquid product. Bittersweet in taste. Mustarishta is used to treat digestive complaints like diarrhea,…
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Natrum Phosphoricum; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions
Natrum phosphoricum is one of the key remedies for grief and depression. A keynote of this remedy is the tendency for nocturnal seminal. Natrum phosphoricum may be…
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Navayasa Churna; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Navayasa Churna is an Ayurvedic medicine, in herbal powder form. Nava means nine ingredients. Ayas means Iron. This product contains 9 herbal ingredients with…
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Niacin; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is…
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Nicotiana Tabacum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Nicotiana tabacum or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the genus Nicotiana, and…
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Nitrazepam; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Nitrazepam is only found in individuals that have used or taken this drug. It is a benzodiazepine derivative used as an anticonvulsant and hypnotic. Nitrazepam belongs to a group…
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Nux Vomica; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions
Nux vomica (family Loganiaceae) is commonly known as kuchla. It is a major source of the highly poisonous, intensely bitter alkaloids strychnine and brucine derived from the seeds inside the…
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Oregano – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) is an important culinary herb commonly used as food flavoring for its aromatic, slightly bitter taste famously used in the Italian-…
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Origanum vulgare – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Origanum vulgare is an important culinary herb commonly used as food flavoring for its aromatic, slightly bitter taste famously used in the Italian- American…
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Orthosiphon Aristatus – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Orthosiphon aristatus commonly referred to as Java tea, is a tropical perennial plant that has particularly long white or purple, two-lipped flowers with protruding…
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Pain Management; Types, Analgesic Classes, Used
Pain management, pain medicine, pain control or algiatry, is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain…
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Palm Fruit; Nutritional Value, Uses, Health Benefits, Recipes
Palm fruit has been used in folk remedies for the treatment of various infectious diseases, cancer and immuno-modulatory activity (Puri et al., 2007). Thus,…
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Pansit Pansitan – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Pansit Pansitan/Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually growing to a height of…
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Paraffinum Perliquidum – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects
Paraffinum Perliquidum /Liquid paraffin also known as paraffin liquidum or Russian mineral oil, is a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and medicine. Cosmetic or medicinal liquid…
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Peperomia Pellucida – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually growing to a height of about…
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Phytoestrogen – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits, Recipes
Phytoestrogen/Clover Tea (Trifolium pratense) is an herb that belongs to the legume family, which also includes peas and beans. In herbal medicine, red clover…
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Phytolacca; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Phytolacca is a genus of perennial plants native to North America, South America, and East Asia. Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet.[rx][rx] Other names for species…
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Pilewort; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Pilewort/ Ranunculus bulbosus commonly known as St. Anthony's turnip[rx] or bulbous buttercup is a perennial member of the buttercup family. It has attractive yellow flowers, and deeply divided, three-lobed long-petioled basal…
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Pitavastatin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Pitavastatin is a relatively newly developed cholesterol lowering agent (statin) that is associated with mild, asymptomatic and self-limited serum aminotransferase elevations during therapy, but has had limited…
