Category: E
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Echinacea
An herb that some believe boosts the body’s immune system. Echinacea also known as Cone/lower or Sampson Root. Perennial herb whose purple or yellow flowers have prominent cone-shaped disks. A medicinal herb also known as purple coneflower that is used to boost the immune system and ward off colds. Available at pharmacies. An herb used to…
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Elliptical (leaf)
Widest in the center with the two ends tapering equally, generally about 1½ times as long as broad. In the form of an ellipse, that is, about one and one half times as long as broad, widest at the middle and rounded at both ends. Oval or oblong, with the ends regularly rounded. A structure…
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Entire margin
A leaf edge that has no teeth or lobes. Without teeth or notches on margins (as leaves and petals).
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Entire leaf
Leaf whose margins are smooth (compare Serrated).
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Elixir
A liquid herbal preparation with a pleasant taste, due to the addition of honey or sugar. A distillation or tincture. A nonspecific term generally applied to a liquid alcoholic preparation, emulsion or suspension. A sweetened liquid containing alcohol that is used to dissolve active ingredients in a drug or medicine. A sweet liquid which hides…
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Eclectic
Popular system of herbal medicine in 19th and early 20th-century North America. A medical movement that thrived from 1 850 to 1 940 in the United States. The doctors who trained at Eclectic medical schools relied heavily on American medicinal plants in their practice. They were responsible for introducing popular herbs used today such as…
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Etu (burnt medicine)
slowly charring ingredients in a pot. Etu is consumed as is or used as body rub. (Yoruba)
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Excrescences
Abnormal outgrowth; a projection of morbid origin. An abnormal outgrowth on the surface of the body, such as a wart.
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Epigastric
Pertaining to the upper and middle region of the abdomen. Refers to the upper middle region of the abdomen. Referring to the upper abdomen. Above the stomach; in the epigastrium, the region of the abdomen just below the chest. Abdominal region between the tip of the sternum and above the umbilicus. Insertion of a tampon…
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Embryotoxicity
Any toxicity that affects an embryo.