Category: P

To strain an herbal beverage.  

A blunt instrument used to crush and grind  herbs. Its bowl-shaped complementary container is known as mortar. Most kitchen ware stores sell these today. A device for macerating drugs in a mortar.  

Medications that have a calming effect.  

Infection or inflammation of the prostate gland is typically a disease of older men. Bacterial infection of the prostate. Inflammation of the prostate gland, usually the result of infection. Symptoms include pain in the perineal area, frequency or retention of urine, and, if severe, fever and chills. Treatment is lay antibiotics. The male gland that…

A rare condition in which boys or girls develop enlarged breast tissue prior to puberty.  

A naturally occurring substance in vegetables such as broccoli and kale.  

Pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue. Delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to the tissue by the blood. The process of passing a liquid through vessels, an organ or tissue, e.g. the flow of blood into lung tissue. Pumping a liquid (especially blood) into an organ or tissue, usually by the way of…

Disease-causing bacteria in the mouth.  

Deodorants; a drug which causes purification.