Natural Medicines

Question 1

Vitamin A

Answer 1

Retinol

Vision

Question 2

Vitamin B

Answer 2

Vitamins B1-B3, B5-B7, B9, and B12

Wide range of uses from healthy nerve functioning to blood cell development

Question 3

Vitamin B1

Answer 3

Thiamine

Question 4

Vitamin B2

Answer 4

Riboflavin

Question 5

Vitamin B3

Answer 5

Niacin

Question 6

Vitamin B5

Answer 6

Pantothenic acid

Question 7

Vitamin B6

Answer 7

Pyridoxine

Question 8

Vitamin B7

Answer 8

Biotin

Question 9

Vitamin B9

Answer 9

Folic acid

Question 10

Vitamin B12

Answer 10

Cobalamin

Question 11

Vitamin C

Answer 11

Ascorbic acid

Healthy teeth and immune system. Often combined with zinc for cold prevention

Question 12

Vitamin D2

Answer 12

Ergocalciferol

Healthy bone growth

Question 13

Vitamin D3

Answer 13

Cholecalciferol

Healthy bone growth

Question 14

Vitamin E

Answer 14

Tocopherol

Healthy skin and wound healing

Question 15

Vitamin K

Answer 15

Phytonadione

Blood clotting

Question 16

Calcium

Answer 16

Bone formation

Often paired with vitamin D

Question 17

Magnesium

Answer 17

Bone formation and constipation

Often in laxative products or by itself

Question 18

Potassium

Answer 18

Heart rhythm maintenance and muscle movement

Question 19

Iron

Answer 19

Used for red blood cells formation

Often found in multivitamins or by itself

Question 20

Fish oil

Answer 20

Lowers cholesterol

OTC and Rx forms

Question 21

Probiotics

Answer 21

Used to establish healthy bacterial growth in the GI tract

Used during or after round of antibiotic therapy

Question 22

Coenzyme Q10

Answer 22

May help with statin-induced muscle pain

Question 23

St. John’s Wort

Answer 23

Herbal used for mild depression

May cause serotonin syndrome if combined with serotonergic antidepressants

Question 24

Homeopathic products

Answer 24

Work as “like cures like” including dilute amounts of the offending product to stimulate an immune response in the body

Exist in OTC and Rx forms