Category: P

To enter the stage in insect development that comes between the larva and the adult.  

To transfer pollen to the stigma of a flower.  

The powdery grains produced by plant stamens containing the male sex cells. Powder-like fertilising agent carried in the anthers of phanerogams [preferred term]. A mass of microspores in a seed plant, appearing usually as a fine dust. The spheroidal structures produced in an anther. The fertilizing agent of a plant, formed in the anther cells.…

A plant or animal that lives on or within another plant or animal and takes food or protection from it without giving any service in return. Organism that derives its nutrients and energy from a living host. An organism obtaining nourishment from a host organism. A plant that derives all, or part of, its nourishment…

The study of plant chemistry—plant compounds and their make-up.  

One method through which a practitioner of TCM gains information about his/her patient. The practitioner feels the radial pulse across the length of three fingertips, on both wrists. Each of the Zang Fu (see below) are correlated with a specific position in the pulse. A pulse is diagnosed by analyzing its depth, speed, rhythm, strength,…

A condition in which a person has the sensation of something being stuck in his/her throat that cannot be coughed up or swallowed down, when there is no actual physical obstruction in the throat. This is caused by a stagnation of Liver Qi due to strong emotions that depress the Liver’s function of circulating Qi.…

Categorized under skin edema occurring more on the superficial level, usually caused by Lung Qi congestion unable to distribute water.  

A system of romanizing Chinese words.