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Hormones Flashcards

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What is an antiandrogenic?

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hormone regulating/modulating

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What is phytoestrogenic?

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Modulates estrogen receptors

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What is hormone-regulator (balancer)?

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balances/reestablishes hormone levels

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What is an antispasmodic?

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prevents spasms

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What is an antihemorrhagic?

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prevents/arrests bleeding

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What is a uterine astringent?

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tonifies/strengthens uterus

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What is a uterine tonic?

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tonifies/strengthens uterus

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What is an emmenagogue?

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induces/reduces menstruation

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What is an abortifacient?

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terminates pregnancy

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What is a parturient?

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prepares uterus for labour and/or assists with child birth (oxytocic)

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What is galactagogue?

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helps increase milk production/secreation

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What are actions of benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)?

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phytoestrogen, androgenic, carotenoids (lycopene)

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What are BPH herbs and botanicals?

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pumpkin, pumpkin seed, ground flax, soy, saw palmetto, nettle, red clover

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What are indications for antiandrogenic?

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acne, BPH, alopecia

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What are herbs for antiandrogenic?

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saw palmetto, panax ginseng, spearmint tea, licorice, brassica vegetables

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What are actions of saw palmetto?

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antiandrogenic, antiinflammatory

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What are indications for saw palmetto?

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reproductive (male) - BPH, male pattern balding, reproductive (female) - androgen excess

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What are actions for hormonal imbalances?

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bulk laxatives, hepatics, bitters (cholagogues, cholerectics), phytoestrogenic, hormone regulartors

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What are indications for hormonal imbalances?

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menstrual complaints, fertility, cyclical acne

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what are indications of phytoestrogenic?

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dysmennorhea, menopausal hot flashes, benign prostate hyperplasia, acne

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what are herbs for phytoestrogenic?

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soy, red clover, ground flax

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what are actions for soy?

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phytoestrogenic

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What are indications for soy?

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hormonal imbalances, menopausal hot flash, BPH (1/3 of women have the correct gut bacteria to convert daidzein to equol) - red clover has same indications

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What are the actions for ground flax seeds (linum usitatissimum)?

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bulk laxative, phytoestrogenic, demulcent

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What are the indications for ground flax seeds?

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hormonal imbalance, menopausal hot flashes, BPH, sluggish bowels

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26
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What are actions for PMS and herbs?

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hormone regulator, phytoestrogenic, chaste tree

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What are indications of hormone-regulator (hormone balancer)

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no/light or irregular menses, pms, cramping, cyclical acne, infertility, low libido

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What are hormone-regulator herbs?

A

chaste tree

29
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What are actions for Chaste Tree?

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hormone regulator, uterine tonic, galactogogue, aphrodisiax, anaphrodisiac

30
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What are indications for chaste tree?

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absent periods, scanty periods, menstrual cramps, infertility, breast tenderness, cyclical acne, excess or insufficient libido

31
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What is dysmenorrhea actions?

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antispasmodic, hormone regulator, phytoestrogen, antiinflammatory

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What are foods and herbs for dysmenorrhea?

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soy, ground flax, chamomile tea, cruciferous vegetables, chaste berry, ginger (zingiber officiale), dong quai, black cohosh, cramp bark, wild yam

33
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What are antispasmodic herbs?

A

black cohosh, crampbark, dong quai

34
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What are actions for Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa, acetea racemosa)?

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emmenagogue, antispasmodic, antiinflammatory, uterine tonic

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What are indications for black cohosh?

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dysmenorrhea, atonic menstrual complaints, amenorrhea, menorrhagia, menopausal hot flashes, partus preparator (Caution: hepatotoxicity)

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What are actions for crampbark?

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antispasmodic, emmenogogue, parturifacient, astringent

37
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What are indications for crampbark?

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menstrual cramps, spasmodic menstrual pain, partis prepartor, false labour pains with threat of miscarriage

38
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What are actions of Dong Quai (angelica sinensis)?

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emmenagogue, antispasmodic, antiinflammatory

39
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What are indications for Dong Quai?

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menstrual cramps, menstrual irregularity, dysmennorrhea, amenorrhea, infertility

40
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What is menorrhagia?

A

heavy menstrual flow from hormone imbalances, fibroids.

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What are actions for menorrhagia?

A

astringent, antihemorrhagic

42
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What are indications for antihemorrhagics?

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menstrual complaints, post-partum hemmorhage

43
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What are herbs for antihemorrhagic?

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Oak, witch hazel, bethroot, crane’s bill

44
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What are indications for uterine astringents?

A

menstrual compalints, post-partum hemmorhage, uterine prolapse

45
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What are herbs for uterine astringent?

A

bethroot, crane’s bill

46
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What are uterine tonic indications?

A

heavy menstrual bleeding, prolapse uterus, pregnancy to prevent miscarriage

47
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What are herbs for uterine tonic?

A

bethroot, blue cohosh, black cohosh, crampbark

48
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What are actions for bethroot?

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astringent, hemostatic, antihemorrhagic, uterine tonic

49
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What are indications for bethroot?

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heavy menstrual flow, postpartum bleeding, uterine prolapse

50
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What are actions for ammenorrhea?

A

emmenogogue, phytoestrogenic, hormone regulator

51
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What are herbs for ammenorrhea?

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chaste berry, black cohosh, red clover, ground flax, ground sesame

52
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What are indications for emmenagogue?

A

oligomenorrhea, ammenorrhea, dysmenorrhea * Caution can stimulate uterus and terminate a pregnancy

53
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What are herb for emmenagogue?

A

black cohosh, blue cohosh, parsley, crampbark

54
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What are herbs for abortifacient?

A

pennyroyal, blue cohosh, parsley, barberry, goldenseal, ephedra, oregon grape, juniper, parsley

55
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What are actions for blue cohosh?

A

emmenagogue, abortifacient, oxytocic, uterine tonic, antispasmodic

56
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what are indications for blue cohosh?

A

preganancy to prevent miscarriage (Controversial)

57
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What is threatened miscarriage, its action and herbs?

A

antispasmodic, paturient, uterine astringent, uterine tonic - crampbark and black cohosh

58
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What is parturient?

A

prepares uterus for labour and or assist with child birth

59
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What are indications for paturient and herbs?

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pregnancy, and raspberry and blue cohosh (use bc with caution)

60
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What are actions for raspberry?

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parturifacient, uterine tonic, astringent

61
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What are indications for raspberry?

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partus prepartor, pre-term, post-term labour, prolonged delivery, birth complications

62
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What are agalactia and herbs for it?

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galactagogue, herbs: millk thistle, fenugreek, fennel and castor oil

63
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What are indications for Galactagogue and herbs used?

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breast feeding, fenugreek, blessed thistle, fennel

64
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What are actions for fenugreek?

A

antispasmodic, antiinflammatory, galactagogue

65
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what are indications for fenugreek?

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poor milk flow, menstrual complaints

66
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what are actions of menopause and herbs?

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phytoestrogenic - red clover, soy, black cohosh

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