Category: Terms

Moisture is the presence of a liquid, especially water, often in trace amounts. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Control of moisture in products can be a vital part of the process of the product. There is a substantial amount of moisture in what seems to be dry matter. Ranging in products from cornflake cereals to washing […]

Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms. Certain foods have a very high thermogenic effect, so you literally scorch calories as you chew. Other eats contain nutrients and compounds that stoke your metabolic fire. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions References Uses Thermogenic herbs have been successful at reactivating brown fat in middle age. They can increase calorie burning […]

HMPC: The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) is the committee at the European Medicines Agency that is responsible for preparing the Agency’s opinions on herbal medicines. It was established in September 2004, replacing the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products’ Working Party on Herbal Medicinal Products, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Directive 2004/24/EC, which introduced […]

A calorie is a unit of energy. In nutrition and everyday language, calories refer to energy consumption through eating and drinking and energy usage through physical activity. For example, an apple may have 80 calories, while a 1 mile walk may use up about 100 calories. There are two types of calories: A small calorie (symbol: […]

Somatropin is a form of human growth hormone important for the growth of bones and muscles. Somatropin is used to treat growth failure in children and adults who lack natural growth hormone. This includes people with with chronic kidney failure, Noonan syndrome, Turner syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, short stature at birth with no catch-up growth, and […]

Sterols, also known as steroid alcohols, are a subgroup of the steroids and an important class of organic molecules. They occur naturally in plants, animals, and fungi, with the most familiar type of animal sterol being cholesterol. Cholesterol is vital to animal cell membrane structure and function and a precursor to fat-soluble vitamins and steroid hormones. References Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterol    

A demulcent (derived from the Latin: demulcere “caress”) is an agent that supposedly forms a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane. References Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demulcent    

Hemostasis or haemostasis (from the Ancient Greek: αἱμόστασις haimóstasis “styptic (drug)”) is a process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). References Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemostasis  

                      Do you use lye-based products to clear clogged drains? Do you remember references from days gone by that lye soap is scary stuff? This is the reason soap-makers use the term “saponification” for our natural, hand-made soaps. You can’t make soap without using lye. Most […]