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Adaptogenic - Helps the body adapt to stress and supports normal function.
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Astringent - Tightens mucous membranes and skin, reducing secretions and bleeding from abrasions.
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Carrier Oil - An oil used to carry or suspend a substance such as an essential oil (or combination of essential oils) for the purpose of diluting the strength for use.
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Contiguous - Being in actual contact. Touching along a boundary or at a point.
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Decoction - The liquid from herbs boiled or simmered in water. This method is used for dense parts of the herb, i.e. roots, bark, berries, seeds. (See Infusion.)
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Emetic - Causes vomitting
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Fragrance - Synthetic substance that does not have medicinal value.
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Infusion - The liquid from herbs steeped in boiling water. This method is used for tender parts of the herb, i.e. leaves, flowers, tender stems. (See Decoction.)
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Neat - Pure, not diluted, mixed, or blended with other substances.
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Simple - One herb used on its own.
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Synergist - An agent (herb) that increases the effectiveness of another agent (herb) when combined with it.
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Synergy - The interaction of two or more agents (herbs) so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
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Tincture - Plant medicine prepared by macerating herb usually in alcohol.
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