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“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.
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– Rab – The Rab family of proteins is a member of the RAS super family of monomeric G proteins. Approximately 70 types of Rabs have now been identified in humans. Rab GTPases regulate many steps of membrane traffic, including vesicle formation, vesicle movement along actin and tubulin networks, and membrane fusion. These processes make up the rout through which cell surface proteins are trafficked from the Golgi to the plasma membrane and are recycled. Surface protein recycling returns proteins to the surface whose function involves carrying another protein or substance inside the sell, such as the transferrin receptor, or serves as a means of regulating the number of a certain type of protein molecules on the surface.
– Raceme – Diversely branching flowers.
– Rachitic – Having or pertaining to rickets.
– Rachitis – Rickets.
– Radiation oncology – See Radio therapy or Radiation therapy.
– Radiation therapy – A type of treatment, most often used for cancer, that involves the use of ionizing radiation, including Roentgen rays, radium, or other radioactive substances to destroy specific areas of tissue. Also called radiotherapy or radiation oncology. (Return to Radiosensitizer)
– Radioallergosorbent test – An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The test is used to check for allergic sensitivity to specific substances. In the test, the sample of blood is mixed with substances known to trigger allergies. The test measures the level of allergy antibodies (specific IqE antibodies) in the blood which are present if there e is a allergic reaction. Because Radioallergosorbent test is a mouthful, it is best known as RAST.
– Radiosensitizer – Drug being studied to try to boost the effect of Radiation therapy.
– Radiotherapy (also known as Radiation therapy or Radiation oncology) – Is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis).
Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment. It is used as palliative treatment or as therapeutic treatment.
– Rale – See crepitation.
– Ran – Is a small 25Kda protein that is involved in transport into and out of the cell nucleus during interphase and also involved in mitosis. It is a member of the RAS super family.
– Randomized clinical trial – A study in which patients with similar traits, such as extent of disease, are chosen or selected by chance to be placed in separate groups that are comparing different treatments.
– RAS – See Renin-angiotensin system. In the field of molecular biology, RAS is the name of a protein, the gene that encodes it, and the family and super family of proteins to which it belongs. RAS is a signal transduction protein, which means that it communicates signals from outside the cell to the nucleus. Certain mutations in RAS genes can permanently activate RAS, which can result in the incorrect propagation of intracellular signals. Disregulated RAS signaling can ultimately lead to tumor growth and metastasis. Indeed, 20-25% of the human tumors contain activating mutations in RAS, and in specific tumor types this figure can be as high as 90%. The RAS super family of small GTPases includes the RAS, Rho, Arf, Rab, and Ran families.
– RAST – Radioallergosorbent test. A blood test that measures levels of specific antibodies produced by the body's immune system, used to test for allergic reactions.
– Raynaud's disease – Disorder, especially in women, in which spasms of arteries to extremities cause fingertips and toes to turn pale, blue, and numb.
– Rays (ray flowers) – The straplike, often sterile flowers, commonly called petals, surrounding the flower head of a plant in the Composite family.
– RDA – Recommended daily allowance. The amount of a vitamin or other nutrient that should be consumed daily in order to prevent nutritional deficiency. RDAs are determined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
– Receptacle – Upper part of the stem from which the floral parts arise.
– Receptor – A small, chemically defined area (of a cell) that initiates a biological response upon uniting with chemically complementary areas of natural or foreign molecules.
– Rectification – The process of redistillation applied to essential oils to rid them of certain constituents.
– Red blood cell – A blood cell that contains the red pigment hemoglobin and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream.
– Red Chestnut (Flower Remedies) – For those with excessive fear or anxiety for others.
– Referred pain – Pain felt in an unexpected part of the body separate from its source.
– Reflex – Automatic, involuntary activity caused by simple nervous circuits.
– Refrigerant – Reduces body temperature and relieves thirst. Cooling.
– Refrigerants – Herbs which, by causing irritation, draw nervous blood from a distant diseased part.
– Regression – The state of growing smaller or disappearing; used to describe the shrinkage or disappearance of a cancer.
– Regurgitation – Vomiting.
– Rejection – Immune reaction to a transplanted organ.
– REM sleep – Rapid eye movement sleep.
– Remission – Lessening or reversal of the signs and symptoms of disease. This term is used particularly of serious and/or chronic illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis.
– Renal – Pertaining to the kidneys.
– Renal calculus – Kidney stone.
– Renal colic – Severe pain in the kidney.
– Renin – A protease enzyme released by the kidney that cleaves angiotensinogen to Angiotensin I.
– Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system – See Renin-angiotensin system (RAS)
– Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) or the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system – Is a hormone system that regulates blood pressure and water fluid balance. (See Angiotensin)
– Resectable – Capable of being removed by surgery.
– Rescue Remedy (Flower Remedies) – Which is a composite of Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose, and Star of Bethlehem.
– Resin – A natural or prepared product, either solid or semisolid in nature. Natural resins are exudations from trees, such as mastic; prepared resins are oleoresins from which the essential oil has been removed.
– Resinoid – a perfumery material prepared from natural resinous matter, such as balsam and gum resin.
– Resolvent – An agent that disperses swelling or affects absorption of a new growth.
– Respiration – Exchange of gases between body tissues and the surrounding environment.
– Respiratory arrest – Cessation of breathing.
– Restorative – An agent that helps strengthen and revive the body systems.
– Retention – the act of retaining: as. : abnormal retaining of a fluid or secretion in a body cavity
– Reticula – A network of intercellular fibers in certain tissues. A network of structures in the endoplasm or nucleus of certain cells. (Return to Ribosome)
– Reticulosis – Abnormal malignant overgrowth of cells of lymphatic glands or the immune system.
– Retin-A – Trademark. A brand of tretinoin, used esp. to reduce wrinkles caused by overexposure to the sun. (Return to Retinoic acid)
– Retinoic acid – Vitamin A acid. A form of retinoic acid is the active ingredient in the medication Retin-A.
– Retrovirus – A type of virus that has RNA as its core nucleic acid and contains an enzyme called reverse transcriptase that permits the virus to copy its RNA into the DNA of infected cells, in effect taking over the cells' genetic machinery. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, is a retrovirus. Retroviruses are also known to cause certain types of cancer in animals and are suspected of causing forms of leukemia and lymphoma in humans.
– Revulsant – Revulsive. Tending to alter the distribution of blood by revulsion.
– Revulsants – A revulsive agent, esp. one that causes revulsion.
– Rheum – Watery discharge from mucous membranes of the mouth, eyes, or nose.
– Rheumatic fever – Is a inflammatory disease which may develop two to three weeks after a Group A streptococcal infection (such as strep throat [not: scarlet fever does cause glomerulonephritis but it does not cause Rheumatic fever]). It is believe to be caused by antibody cross-reactivity and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. (Return to Collagen disease).
Acute rheumatic fever commonly appears in children ages 5 through 15, with only 20% of first time attacks occurring in adults.
– Rheumatism – Any disorder causing aches and pains in muscles or joints.
– Rheumatoid arthritis – Is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks the joints producing a inflammatory synovitis that often progresses to destruction of the articular cartilage and anklyosis of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis can also produce diffuse inflammation in the lungs, pericardium, pleura, and sclera, and also nodular lesions, most common in subcutaneous tissue under the skin. Although the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, autoimmunity plays a pivotal role in its chronicity and progression. (Return to Collagen disease)
– Rhinitis – Inflammation of nasal mucosa (mucous membranes in the nasal cavities).
– Rhizome – Creeping horizontal stem lying at or just beneath the soil surface that bears leaves at its tip and roots from it underside.
– Rho – Any member of the Rho family of GTPases. (Return to RAS)
– Ribosome – A tiny, somewhat mitten—shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture. (Return to RNA)
– Rickets (Rachitis) – Vitamin D deficiency resulting in improper bone formation of decalcification.
– Rickettsia – Group of parasitic organisms similar to bacteria that infest the body through ticks or mites.
– Ringworm – Highly contagious fungal infection of the skin, especially the scalp and feet or under a beard.
– Risk – The likelihood that harm will result from exposure to a hazard.
– Risk assessment – The process for evaluating the probability of harm resulting from a given exposure to a hazardous substance. The three steps of a risk assessment are hazard identification; dose-response assessment; and risk characterization.
– Risk/benefit ratio – The relation between the risks and benefits of a given treatment or procedure.
– Risk management – The regulatory decision-making process, which may take into account not only the risk assessment information, but also nonscience factors such as cost, competing public needs, technical feasibility, and societal values.
– RNA – Ribonucleic acid. A complex protein found in plant and animal cells. RNA carries coded genetic information from DNA, in the cell nucleus, to protein—producing cell structures called ribosomes, where these instructions are translated into the form of protein molecules—the basic component of all living tissue.
– Rob – Thickened juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar to the consistency of syrup.
– Rock Water (Flower Remedies) – For those who martyr themselves in their pursuit of an ideal. For the rigid minded and inflexible. Also for feelings of self denial.
– Root – The underground part of a plant that functions in absorption, aeration, and food storage and as a support system.
– Rosacea – Chronic acne characterized by red, pustular lesions about the nose, cheeks, and forehead.
– Rosette – Leaves that are closely arranged in a spiral.
– Rubefacient – Generating a localized increase in blood flow when applied to the skin, helping healing, cleansing, and nourishment. Often used to ease the pain and swelling of arthritic joints.
– Rubefacient – With local application stimulates capillary dilation and action, causing skin redness. A substance that reddens the skin. (Return to Counterirritant)
– Rubefacients – Herbs which cause irritation and redness, and are used as revulsants.
– RVEF – In cardiovascular physiology, ejection fraction (Ef) is the fraction of blood pumped out of a ventricle with each heart beat. The term ejection fraction applies to both the right and left ventricles; one can speak equally of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF). Without a qualifier, the term ejection fraction refers specifically to that of the left ventricle. Its reverse operation is the injection fraction. (Return to Cardiomyopathy)
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