Definitions

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
Used to reduce inflammation

ANTHELMINTIC
Used to destroy parasitic worms.

ASTRINGENT
Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues. An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

CHOLAGOGUE
A compound that stimulates the contraction of the gallbladder.

DIURETIC
Causing increased passing of urine. A diuretic tablet is sometimes informally called a water tablet.

EMETIC
A substance that causes vomiting.

FUGITIVE SPECIES
Lives in an unstable environment with strong dispersal ability.

HEMOSTATIC
Hinder the normal flow of blood and promote blood clotting.

INFLAMMATION
A localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.

PERENNIAL
Grows every year automatically

PROPAGATION
The growing of plants by taking directly from a full-grown parent plant

VENEREAL DISEASES
A disease typically contracted by sexual contact with a person already infected; a sexually transmitted disease.