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DefinitionCitrullus colocynthis is a commonly used medicinal plant, especially as a hypoglycemic agent. Case Presentation. Four patients with colocynth intoxication are presented. The main clinical feature was acute?...
Cocculus is a noncompetitive antagonist at GABA-A receptors and thus a convulsant. Picrotoxin blocks the GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID-activated chloride ionophore. Although it is most often used as...
DefinitionCoccus Cacti is a member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae. They are often used as ornamental plants, but many are also cultivated as crop plants....
DefinitionCoffea crudum may be used as a homeopathic or used simply as a micro-nutritional (botanical). Homeopathic potencies accredit their strength and efficacy to the electromagnetic signatures...
DefinitionColchicum autumnale commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron[rx] or naked ladies,[rx] is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the Colchicaceae plant family, unlike the true crocuses...
DefinitionCrowfoot/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 leaves. Bulbous buttercup...
DefinitionDaphne 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 confined...
DefinitionDevil’s claw(Harpagophytum procumbens) /Harpagophytum also called grapple plant, 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...
DefinitionDevil’s Claw for Arthritis?/Harpagophytum also call grapple plant, 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...
DefinitionDrosera rotundifolia grows on Sphagnum hummocks on ombrotrophic bogs. Their leaves form small rosettes (ca 5 cm in diameter) and catch prey (predominantly Diptera and Collembola [rx]) using sticky mucilage...
DefinitionEupatorium perfoliatum known as common boneset or just boneset is a North American perennial plant in the aster family. It is a common native to the Eastern United States and Canada, widespread from Nova Scotia to Florida, west as far as Texas, Nebraska,...
