Category: R
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Rock powder
Also known as diatomaceous earth. Used in gardening as a natural pesticide. Available at most home garden centers.
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Rhatany
The medicinal root of the krameria plant. It can be used to treat toothaches when applied externally, and diarrhea when taken internally. Available at health food stores.
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Rhassoul
A red Moroccan clay used in skin care. Also known as Ghassoul. Available at health food stores.
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Royal Jelly
A highly nutritious, milk-like secretion from the head glands of the honeybee. A collection of carbohydrates, lipids, minerals, pheromones, and proteins secreted by worker honeybees (Apis mellifera). It is used in the hive to nourish larvae, including those that develop into the queen bee. Its constituents affect blood-forming and immune cells. It is marketed as…
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Rose Hips
The berry-like swellings that are found at the base of the rose flower. The vitamin C-rich fruits of the rose plant, with antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties. Available at health food stores. The fruit of the rose, which consists of a fleshy bulblike receptacle located at the base of the rose. The crimson hips, brimming with…
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Rhizoma
Dried rhizomes; underground stem.
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Re-uptake inhibitor
Inhibitors of transporters for the neurotransmitters dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin at presynaptic and vesicle membrane.
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Rootlets
Small branches of a rhizome.
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Rib
The main and largest pieces of the frame work of a leaf. The raised rows on stems of cacti; the primary veins of leaves. Any one of the paired arches of bone, 12 on either side, that extend from the thoracic vertebrae toward the median line of the trunk, rib cage. One of twenty-four curved…
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Rhizonia
The main root.