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phytotherapy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | botanical medicine, herbal therapy |
| Type of | therapy |
Examples of phytotherapy
phytotherapy
Phytotherapy has considerable potential to benefit patients.
From the sciencedaily.com
In 1021, Avicenna introduced the medicinal use of T. baccata for phytotherapy in The Canon of Medicine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Herbalism is also known as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbal medicine, herbology, herblore, and phytotherapy.
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- The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
- Phytotherapy is the study of the use of extracts from natural origin as medicines or health-promoting agents. Although regarded as "alternative medicine" by much of Western medicine, phytotherapy, when critically carried out, is an important field of pharmacognosy.
- A term used in continental Europe and increasingly in the U.K. to denote the use of plant remedies in medicine; favoured especially by those who wish to emphasize the modern potential of traditional remedies, and likely to feature more in scientific and legislative circles." Mills
- Healing through plants, using herbs, aromatic essential oils, seaweed and floral extracts. Can be applied through methods including: massages, wraps, water and steam therapies, inhalation treatments and the drinking of herbal teas.
- Medical treatment with botanical active ingredients
- Phytotherapy is when extracts of many plants are applied throughout the body through massage, wraps, water and steam therapies or ingestion in the form of tea.
- Uses phytochemicals to include phytonutrients for achieving pharmacological actions.
- A general term for healing treatments using natural herbs, plants, seaweed and aromatic essential oils though baths, massage, inhalation and mudpacks.
