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Therapeutic Terms
| Maceration |
in herbal medicine, similar to infusion. Most
often used to describe preparation of products in which plant material is
soaked in oil base without the use of a direct heat source |
| Materia medica |
the science or study of the nature, properties,
and preparation of healing substances |
| Mucolytic |
hydrolyzing glycosaminoglycans: tending
to break down or lower the viscosity of mucin-containing
body secretions or components |
| Muka |
term used to describe the residual plant matter
remaining after steam distillation of essential oils |
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