H emorrhoids are a very common condition. Hospitalbased proctoscopy studies show prevalence rates of hemorrhoids in up to 86 percent of patients studied with many in an asymptomatic state. Botanicals used internally and topically can treat early stages of hemorrhoids effectively and can be used as adjuncts in more advanced stages when surgical treatments may be necessary. The roles of butcher’s...

Neither an over-all deficiency of chlorophyll, nor an increased enzymatic capacity for maximal rates, nor an unusual lamellar structure was found to change the number of quanta required for the evolution of one molecule of oxygen in healthy aurea mutants of tobacco. The average minimal quantum number remains 10 (efficiency 0.1) as in many algae and typical higher plants. Most of the time the op...

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo geral verificar o enfoque dado pela literatura científica acerca dos estudos etnobotânicos sobre a Matricaria chamomilla L. na Paraíba, Brasil. Este trabalho trata-se de uma revisão sistemática usando Google Acadêmico como fonte pesquisa. Os dados coletados contribuem para um possível resgate parcela cultural/popular/científica referente ao etnoconhecimento respei...