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Milk thistle Milk thistle
Milk thistle Description Milk thistle (Silybum marianum or Cardus marianum ) is a plant used for treating liver disorders, breast-feeding problems , and other illnesses. The active ingredient of the herb, silymarin, is found in the ripe seeds of the plant. The milk thistle plant has a long stem,... Read more
thistle thistle
thistle popular name for many spiny and usually weedy plants, but especially applied to members of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) that have spiny leaves and often showy heads of purple, rose, white, or yellow flowers followed by thistledown seeds (a favorite food of the goldfinch). The... Read more
Cosmas Damian Asam Cosmas Damian Asam
Asam, Cosmas Damian (bapt. Benediktbeuren, 28 Sept. 1686; d Munich, 10 May 1739) and Egid Quirin (bapt. Tegernsee, 1 Sept. 1692; d Mannheim, 29 Apr. 1750). German architects and decorators, brothers. They had their first training from their father, the painter Hans Georg Asam (1649–1711).... Read more
Spinario Spinario
Spinario (from Lat., spina: ‘thorn’). Ancient bronze statue of a seated boy extracting a thorn from his left foot (Capitoline Museum, Rome). It is recorded in Rome as early as the 12th century and during the Renaissance it was one of the most influential and copied of ancient... Read more
weed weed
weed common term for any wild plant, particularly an undesired plant, growing in cultivated ground, where it competes with crop plants for soil nutrients and water. In their natural habitat, wildflowers and herbs not only provide beauty but function in many useful ways, e.g., as a source of food... Read more
Suffering Suffering
SUFFERING Suffering is the result of a feeling of alienation and insurmountable ambivalence; being a defensive attitude, its aim is the reduction of anxiety. When Sigmund Freud asserts in Civilization and Its Discontents (1930a) that "the three sources from which our suffering comes" are "our own... Read more
Cosmo Cosmo
Cosmo ♂ (Italian) form of the Greek name Kosmas. This was borne by a Christian saint martyred, together with his brother Damian, at Aegea in Cilicia in the early 4th century. It was first brought to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish dukes of Gordon, who had connections with the... Read more
Crown of Thorns Crown of Thorns
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thorn forest thorn forest
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Urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence Definition Urinary incontinence is unintentional loss of urine that is sufficient enough in frequency and amount to cause physical and/or emotional distress in the person experiencing it. Description Approximately 13 million Americans suffer from urinary incontinence. Women... Read more

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