Category: R

Formed into a net-work, or rather appearing as if covered by a net.  

Rounded-toothed.  

In rosettes.  

A remedy that is efficient in restoring health and strength. An agent that helps strengthen and revive the body systems. An agent that helps rebuild a depleted condition and restores normal body functions.  

Trailing, stems prostrate, creeping or sprawling, and often rooting at the node. Creeping along the ground by successive rootings.  

REM occurs after around 90 minutes of sleep with further stages of longer duration occurring as sleep progresses. It is the most active stage of sleep in which vivid dreams occur most intensely. Period of sleep characterized by rapid eye muscle contractions, detectable by electrodes placed over the skin near the eyes, during which dreaming…

The axis of a pinnate leaf or of an inflorescence. The axis of a pinna in a bipinnate leaf. The main stem (midrib, axis) of a compound leaf, the central axis of an inflorescence. Elongated stalk of an inflorescence or extension of the petiole that carries the leaflets. That part of a fern front stem…

A group of red blood cells arranged together like a roll of coins, usually only noticed on a slide. Since red blood cells in a reasonably healthy person should have a mutually repelling membrane charge, this means that something like an inflammatory response or an elevation of liver-synthesized lipids is occurring. Inflammation makes the blood…

Granulation is the forming of connective tissue fibroblasts, epithelium and inflammatory cells around the nucleus of new capillaries in tissues that have been burned or scraped. This delicate tissue is often reinjured, and regranulation is a slower process with more formation of scar tissue. Some plant resins will quickly stimulate the process, increase the complexity…

An herb which produces redness of the skin.