medicinal properties

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• Medicinal properties — Many plants have traditional medical uses. Ethnobotanists and pharmacognacists catalog and study these plants and uses. This is a list of some of the more common medicinal properties that are ascribed to plants.* Anti catarrhal eliminates or… …   Wikipedia

• Medicinal properties of dandelion — Dandelions may have medicinal properties. Definition The common dandelion, taraxacum officinale , is a weed that is often considered a nuisance and to give lawns an unkempt look, but it is a versatile item in both the kitchen and as a medicinal… …   Wikipedia

• Medicinal clay — German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e. a mixture of sand, clay, and silt The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. The indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is… …   Wikipedia

• medicinal — adjective 1 a medicinal substance can cure illness or disease: medicinal properties: Evening primrose oil is thought to have medicinal properties. 2 for medicinal purposes humorous used to say jokingly that you drink alcohol because it is good… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• medicinal — medicinally, adv. /meuh dis euh nl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances. 2. unpalatable; disagreeable: a medicinal taste. [1300 50; ME < L medicinalis …   Universalium

• medicinal — /məˈdɪsənəl/ (say muh disuhnuhl) adjective relating to, or having the properties of, a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances. {Middle English, from Latin medicīnālis of medicine} –medicinally, adverb …  

• medicinal — me|di|ci|nal [mıˈdısənəl] adj 1.) used for treating medical problems →↑medical ▪ Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems) . 2.) for medicinal purposes a) used in a humorous way to say that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Medicinal — Me*dic i*nal, a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F. m[ e]dicinal. See {Medicine}.] 1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs. [1913 Webster] Drop tears as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• medicinal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having healing properties. 2) relating to medicines. DERIVATIVES medicinally adverb …   English terms dictionary

• medicinal — [mə dis′ən əl] adj. [ME medycinal < OFr < L medicinalis] of, or having the properties of, medicine; curing, healing, or relieving medicinally adv …   English World dictionary

• Medicinal mushrooms — Lepista nuda Medicinal mushrooms are mushrooms, or mushroom extracts, that are used or studied as possible treatments for diseases. Lentinula edodes (shiitake), Grifola frondosa (maitake), Ganoderma lucidum (mannentake), and Cordyceps, have a… …   Wikipedia