David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHAcute, tender, perifollicular inflammatory nodules resulting from infection by staphylococci.
Commonly known as boils
A common problem that is a potentially disfiguring skin disease. Unfortunately it often affects those in an emotionally vulnerable stage of life--adolescence. It involves the sebaceous glands in the skin which secrete lubrication (sebum)for the hair...
With its focus on preventive medicine, holistic approaches to health can
be most helpful in many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions
are brought under control during childhood they can often be avoided entirely in adult life.
Trifolium pratense
Papilionaceae
Habitat: Widely distributed throughout Europe including Britain, naturalized in
Ulmus fulva
Part Used: Inner bark.
Constituents: Mucilage, composed of galactose, 3-methyl
galactose, rham
Superficial inflammation of the skin, characterized by vesicles (when
acute), redness, edema, oozing, crusting, scaling and usuall
Iris versicolor
Iridaceae
Names :
Habitat : Eastern and Central North America, growing
Arctium lappa
Compositae
Names: Lappa, Beggar's Buttons.
Habitat: Grows in hedges and ditches in
Leptandra virginica
Part Used : Rhizome and root.
Constituents :
Active constituents largely unk
Taraxacum officinale
Compositae
Habitat: Widely distributed throughout most of the world as a "troublesome weed.
