K – Definition of ailments

K – Definition of ailments

Note:

“A” to “Z” Therapeutic Properties & Flower Remedies

Generated on 9/18/2008

Updated on 2/18/2009

Updated on 2/22/23

As all of you know I am done working on my Master Herbalist degree and moving on to my Doctor of Naturopath (ND). As I'm working along it seem to me that I was always looking up words to understand this foreign language, lol, so I decide to bring this to you, now all of us can understand together. 

Click on the hyper-link below to find what you are looking for (to move around this growing document or just scroll).

If you find a word that is not in this document please email the word to me at melody@melodyanns.com I will be happy to add it.

K

–   Keratin – An insoluble protein found in hair, , and nails.

–   Ketogenic diet – A diet that produces acetone or ketone bodies, or mild acidosis.

–   Kidney stone – Hard, pebblelike mass in kidney that causes pain and blood in urine; nephrolithiasis; renal calculus.

–   Killer T cells – A class of cells that function to kill - and -infected cells, see also Natural killer cells.

–   Kinin – Vasodilatory polypeptide

—References— “Advanced Treatise in Herbology” by – Edward E. Shook, N.D., D.C.  Copyright by Wendell W. Whitman 302 E. Winona Avenue, Warsaw, IN  46580.

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