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Nauclea orientalis is a species of tree in the family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.It has many common names, including bur tree, canary wood, Leichhardt pine and yellow cheesewood. [2]
It was first described and published in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. on page 97 in 1909. [4] The tree is known to the Yoruba as ìrókò, logo or loko and is believed to have healing properties. [5] Iroko is known to the Igbo people as ọjị wood. [6] It is one of the woods sometimes referred to as African teak, [7] although it is unrelated to ...
In medicine, a port or chemoport is a small appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter (plastic tube) connects the port to a vein . Under the skin, the port has a septum (a silicone membrane) through which drugs can be injected and blood samples can be drawn many times, usually with less discomfort for the patient (and clinician ...
The place of plants in medicine was radically altered in the 19th century by the application of chemical analysis. Alkaloids were isolated from a succession of medicinal plants, starting with morphine from the poppy in 1806, and soon followed by ipecacuanha and strychnos in 1817, quinine from the cinchona tree, and then many others. As ...
Senna italica, the Port Royal senna, [1] Italian senna, or Senegal senna is a legume tree in the genus Senna. It is recognized by many other common names based on the regions it grows in. In India, it is used to produce a powder for treating hair-related diseases which is known as “neutral henna”.
Herbal medicine in India is largely guided by folk medicine, both in codified cultural practices shared widely (Ayurveda, [5] Siddha, Unani), and highly localized practices unique to individual tribes or tribal groups . Between 3,000 [6] and 5,000 [7] species of medicinal plants grow in India with roughly 1,000 threatened with extinction. [7]
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The invention of the use of Guaiacum for syphilis. The genus is famous as the supplier of lignum vitae, which is the wood of several species in the genus. [citation needed] It is the fourth-hardest variety of wood as measured by the Janka hardness test, requiring a force of 4,500 lb f (20,000 N) to embed a steel ball 0.444 in (1.13 cm) in diameter half that distance into the wood.