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CLASSIFICATION OF HEALING PROPERTIES

Alterative: Gradually altering or changing a condition, also a blood purifier.

Anodyne: Relieving pain.

Antiperiodic: Preventing the periodic return of certain diseases.

Antiseptic: Destroying infection-causing micro-organisms.

Antispasmodic: Relieving or preventing involuntary muscle spasms or cramps.

Aperient: Mild and gently acting laxative.

Aromatic: Substance with a spicy scent and a pungent but pleasing taste. Useful for fragrance and often added to medicines to improve their palatability.

Astringent: Temporarily tightening or contracting the skin or tissues. Checks the discharge of mucus and blood, etc.

Carminative: Checking formation of gas and helping to dispel whatever gas has already formed.

Cholagogue: Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.

Demulcent: Mucilaginous substance that soothes the intestinal tract.

Deobstruent: Clearing obstruction from the natural ducts of the body, purifying or filtering.

Depurative: Removing wastes from the body, purifying blood.

Detergent: A cleansing action.

Diaphoretic: Promoting sweating. Commonly used as an aid for relief of the common cold.

Diuretic: Promoting flow of urine.

Emmenagogue: Promoting menstruation.

Emollient: Softening and soothing skin when applied externally.

Expectorant: Loosening phlegm (a type of mucus produced in the lungs and lower respiratory tract) in the mucous membrane of the bronchial and nasal passages thus facilitating its expulsion.

Haemostatic: Checking internal bleeding.

Hepatic: Affecting the liver.

Laxative: A gentle cathartic that helps to promote bowel movements.

Mucilaginous: A soothing quality for inflamed parts.

Nervine: Calming nervous irritation from excitement, strain, or fatigue.

Pectoral: Relieving ailments of the chest and lungs.

Refrigerant: Generally cooling in effect and reduces fevers.

Sedative: Calming the nerves.

Stimulant: Increasing or quickening various functions of the body such as digestion and appetite. It does this quickly, whereas a tonic stimulates general health over a period.

Stomachic: Strengthening and toning the stomach and stimulating the appetite.

Tonic: Invigorating or strengthening the system.

Vasodilator: Widening blood vessels.

Vermifuge: Destroying and helping to expel intestinal worms.

Vulnerary: Application for external wounds.

CLASSIFICATION OF HEALING PROPERTIES

Alterative: Gradually altering or changing a condition, also a blood purifier.

Anodyne: Relieving pain.

Antiperiodic: Preventing the periodic return of certain diseases.

Antiseptic: Destroying infection-causing micro-organisms.

Antispasmodic: Relieving or preventing involuntary muscle spasms or cramps.

Aperient: Mild and gently acting laxative.

Aromatic: Substance with a spicy scent and a pungent but pleasing taste. Useful for fragrance and often added to medicines to improve their palatability.

Astringent: Temporarily tightening or contracting the skin or tissues. Checks the discharge of mucus and blood, etc.

Carminative: Checking formation of gas and helping to dispel whatever gas has already formed.

Cholagogue: Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.

Demulcent: Mucilaginous substance that soothes the intestinal tract.

Deobstruent: Clearing obstruction from the natural ducts of the body, purifying or filtering.

Depurative: Removing wastes from the body, purifying blood.

Detergent: A cleansing action.

Diaphoretic: Promoting sweating. Commonly used as an aid for relief of the common cold.

Diuretic: Promoting flow of urine.

Emmenagogue: Promoting menstruation.

Emollient: Softening and soothing skin when applied externally.

Expectorant: Loosening phlegm (a type of mucus produced in the lungs and lower respiratory tract) in the mucous membrane of the bronchial and nasal passages thus facilitating its expulsion.

Haemostatic: Checking internal bleeding.

Hepatic: Affecting the liver.

Laxative: A gentle cathartic that helps to promote bowel movements.

Mucilaginous: A soothing quality for inflamed parts.

Nervine: Calming nervous irritation from excitement, strain, or fatigue.

Pectoral: Relieving ailments of the chest and lungs.

Refrigerant: Generally cooling in effect and reduces fevers.

Sedative: Calming the nerves.

Stimulant: Increasing or quickening various functions of the body such as digestion and appetite. It does this quickly, whereas a tonic stimulates general health over a period.

Stomachic: Strengthening and toning the stomach and stimulating the appetite.

Tonic: Invigorating or strengthening the system.

Vasodilator: Widening blood vessels.

Vermifuge: Destroying and helping to expel intestinal worms.

Vulnerary: Application for external wounds.