By Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor<\/p>\n
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Match the following herbal products with their natural source and reason for use:<\/i><\/p>\n C. This product was originally extracted from bovine heart tissue, but is now manufactured using a beet and sugarcane fermentation process.\u00a0 It is used for several cardiovascular conditions as well as a general antioxidant.\u00a0 It is also used in Parkinson\u2019s disease and for migraine prevention.<\/p>\n D. This product is a perennial from the Zingiberaceae family whose rhizomes and roots are used medicinally.\u00a0 It is used primarily as an antiemetic agent to relieve nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy, motion sickness, chemotherapy, and surgery.<\/p>\n E. This product is derived from the Gingko biloba <\/i>tree.\u00a0 It is used for a multitude of conditions, including alzheimer\u2019s disease, vascular dementia, tinnitus, and acute mountain sickness.<\/p>\n F. This product is derived from dried or fresh bulbs of a plant commonly used in cooking, Allium sativum<\/i>.\u00a0 It is used for hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as prevention of various cancers.<\/p>\n G. This herb that is available in two forms: Roman\/common and German\/Hungarian.\u00a0 It is a member of the Asteraceae family.\u00a0 It is used for motion sickness, as well as many gastro-intestinal, inflammatory, and dermatologic diseases, including those in children. Additionally, it is used to decrease mucositis after certain types of chemotherapy.\u00a0 (Hint:\u00a0 It is also used as an herbal tea)<\/p>\n H. This product is derived from the bark of Prunus Africana, <\/i>a member of the Rosaceae family.\u00a0 It is used for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).<\/p>\n I. This product is found in the marshy areas in Northern Asia, Europe, and parts of North America. It is a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly Compositae). It is used to prevent migraines as well as for allergic rhinitis and asthma.<\/p>\n J. This product is derived from the flowers and leaves of Hypericum perforatum<\/i>.\u00a0 It is used for depression, pain, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and premenstrual syndrome.<\/td>\n 3. Fish Oil<\/p>\n 4. St. John\u2019s Wort<\/p>\n 5. Butterbur<\/p>\n 6. Feverfew<\/p>\n 7. Ginkgo<\/p>\n 8. Chamomile<\/p>\n 9. Ginger<\/p>\n 10. African Plum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Answers:<\/p>\n 1=C , 2=F, 3=A,4=J, 5=I, 6=B, 7=E, 8=G, 9=D, 10=H<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor – Match the following herbal products with their natural source and reason for use: A. This product is a source of omega-3 fatty acids, primarily docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).\u00a0 It is used to lower triglyceride levels, to lower high blood pressure, and for a variety of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[668,909,1822,343,22,40,702,2238,72,15,60,13,2229,2227,29,314,39,2278,2253,26,100,363,1625,47,1514,2260,214,31,146,33,73,149,623,696,1061],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-puzzles","tag-acid","tag-acids","tag-against","tag-and","tag-blood","tag-cancer","tag-children","tag-diabetes","tag-dietary","tag-disease","tag-disorder","tag-drug","tag-drugs","tag-ebola-virus-disease","tag-editor","tag-for","tag-heart","tag-hyperlipidemia","tag-hypertension","tag-migraine","tag-october","tag-of","tag-or","tag-pain","tag-perennial","tag-pressure","tag-publication","tag-research","tag-sickness","tag-student","tag-supplement","tag-syndrome","tag-type","tag-types","tag-with"],"views":594,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhochistj.org\/RhoChiPost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n A. This product is a source of omega-3 fatty acids, primarily docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).\u00a0 It is used to lower triglyceride levels, to lower high blood pressure, and for a variety of inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis.\u00a0<\/span>B. This product is native to the Balkans; it is a member of the Asteraceae family.\u00a0 It is used to prevent migraines as well as for dysmenorrhea, arthritis, and psoriasis.<\/p>\n 1. Co-enzyme Q102. Garlic<\/p>\n \n