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57 Cards in this Set
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Q. Doctrine of Signature?
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What a plant looks like is what its for.
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Q. Adaptogen?
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increase resistance and resilience to stress
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Q. Adrenergic?
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Sympathetic nervous system response of fight or flight.
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Q. Alterative?
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Blood purifiers. Improve blood quality, increase appetite, promote digestion and accelerate process of elimination
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Q. Analgesic?
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Releives pain and irritation without causing loss of consciousness
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Q. Anesthetic?
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Decreases sensitivity to pain
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Q. Anodyne?
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relieves pain with sedation
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Q. Antacid?
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neutralize excess acid in stomach & intestines
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Q. Anthelmintic?
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vermicides and vermifuges, used against intestinal worms
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Q. Antiabortive?
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inhibits abortive tendencies
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Q. Anticatarrhal?
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help body remove excess mucus in response to infection
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Q. Anticholinergic?
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impedes the impulsses or actions of the nerves or fibers of the parasympathetic ganglia and block release of acetylcholine
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Q. Antidepressant?
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MAO inhibitors, opposes sadness
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Q. Antifungal?
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Kills or inhibits fungi like ringworm, atheletes foot or candida
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Q. Antilithic?
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Prevents formation of urinary or bilary stones & gravel
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Q. Antimicrobial?
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Help body destroy pathogens and microrganisms and aid the bodys natrual immunity
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Q. Antioxidant?
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prevents oxidation, slows the formation of lipid peroxides & other free radical oxygen forms
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Q. Antipyretic?
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cooling herbs used to reduce or prevent fevers, may neutralize harmful acids in the blood, reduce body temp. will not affect a healthy persons temperature
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Q. aphrodisiacs?
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improve sexual potency and power
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Q. Astringents?
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a shrinking, binding action on mucus membranes, skin, and other tissues
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Q. Cardiotonics?
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Strengthens, regulates, and stabilizes the heart beat, either by increasing coronary blood supply ennervation
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Q. Carminatives?
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rich in aromatic oils, relieve gas and griping, soothing gut wall, easing spasms
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Q. Cholagogue?
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stimulates the flow of bile from the liver and evacuation from the gallbladder
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Q. Demulcent?
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Rich in mucilage that internally protects irritated or inflamed tissue. Easing coughing and bronchial tension
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Q. Diaphoretic?
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promote perspiration; helping skin eliminate toxins & gases from the body
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Q. Diuretic?
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increase flow of urine either by increasing permeability of kidney nephrons
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Q. Emmenagogue?
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blood movers that can be applied to anywhere there is stuck blood. stimulate menstrual flow
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Q. Expectorant?
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stimulate outflow of mucus from bronchials, lungs, & throat, by exciting bronchial cilia
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Q. Galactagogue?
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increases the quality and quantity of secretion of breast milk, promoting lactation
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Q. Hemostatic?
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Also called styptic; will slow or stop bleeding by affecting blood coagulation, internally or externally
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Q. Hepatic?
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aid the liver, tone, strengthen, & increase bile flow. Stimulate catabolic liver funtions, increasing its ability to break down metabolites
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Q. Lithotriptic?
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help dossolve & eliminate urinary & biliary stones & gravel
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Q. Lymphatic?
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increase general function of lymph system as well as lymph tissue present in the thymus, adenoids, tonsils, and spleen
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Q. Nervine?
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calms nervous tension & irratibility, sometimes nourishing the system, sometimes depressing or stimulating CNS
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Q. Oxytocic?
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Stimulate uterine contractions
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: q?
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Every
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: a?
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Before
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: p?
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after
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: c?
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With
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: s?
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Without
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: bid?
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twice each day
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: tid?
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three times each day
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: qid?
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four times each day
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: prn?
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as needed
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: ic?
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between meals
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: ac?
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before meals
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: pc?
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after meals
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: cc?
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with meals
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: sc?
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away from meals
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: hs?
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at bedtime
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: qs?
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enough to make
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: aa?
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of each
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: gtt?
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Drops
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: po?
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by mouth
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: pr?
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per rectum
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: sig?
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directions
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Q. Abbrevation meaning: Rx?
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name of prescribed agent and amount to dispense
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