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William LeSassier (November 6, 1948 – May 13, 2003) was an American herbalist and acupuncturist.He developed William’s Triune System of Formulation, which continues to be taught by herbalists, including David Winston, who has significantly expanded LeSassier's materia medica. [1]
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Secondary metabolites and pigments may have therapeutic actions in humans, and can be refined to produce drugs; examples are quinine from the cinchona, morphine and codeine from the poppy, and digoxin from the foxglove. [1] In Europe, apothecaries stocked herbal ingredients as traditional medicines.
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
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In herbal medicine, a herbal tonic (also tonic herbs, tonic herbalism) is used to help restore, tone and invigorate systems in the body [1] or to promote general health and well-being. [2] A herbal tonic is a solution or other preparation made from a specially selected assortment of plants known as herbs . [ 2 ]
[17] [18] Some claims of those purveying "energy medicine" devices are known to be fraudulent, [20] and their marketing practices have drawn law-enforcement action in the U.S. [20] History [ edit ]
Seeds. Galega officinalis, commonly known as galega [2] or goat's-rue, [3] is a herbaceous plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae. [4] It is native to parts of northern Africa, western Asia and Europe, but is widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere.