Category: K
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Khavaigunya
A weak or defective space within an organ or tissue of the body where a pathological condition is likely to begin.
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Kombucha
A fermented tea thought to have many health benefits, including antibiotic and antifungal uses. Available at health food stores.
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Kaolin
An absorbent clay taken internally to treat diarrhea. Available at most health food stores. A fine soft clay used in the making of medical preparations, especially for the treatment of diarrhoea. Aluminum- and silicon-containing product used internally, often with pectin, in the trade-name product Kaopectate, as an adsorbent to treat diarrhea and externally as a…
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Kochia Bush
A biennial related to the cabbage that is grown for its edible, fleshy, bulb-like stem. Kochia Bush also known as Turnip Cabbage, Turnip-Rooted Cabbage, and Stem Cabbage.
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Kino
A tree widely cultivated in India and prized for its astringent properties.
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Khat
A shrub native to Ethiopia and Arabia. Khat also known as Arabian Tea, Kat, Chat, Catta, and Qat. A shrub of Africa and Arabia. People chew the leaves and twigs of the shrub, or brew it like tea causes a stimulating, euphoric effect. Tender leaves of a shrub that grows in the Middle East called…
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Kava Plant
Shrubby Australian pepper plant. Kava Plant also called Kava Kava.
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Kampo-medicine
Traditional Japanese medicine.
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Klebsiella
A genus of bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae. K. pneumoniae is implicated in much pneumonia, particularly when it is a secondary infection following a simple chest cold. A Gram-negative bacterium, one form of which, Klebsiella pneumoniae, can cause pneumonia. Gram-negative bacteria, some of which cause respiratory infections (e.g., bronchitis, pneumonia) and infections affecting other parts of…
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Kushtaghna
Indicated in skin diseases.