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the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
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The use of drugs or other means to antidote a disease or symptom, in a manner not necessarily cooperative with the body's natural functions.
Ãâó: www.ernestartist.org/BotanicalGlossary01.htm
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Also known as "conventional medicine" in Western societies. Allopathy focuses on treating the symptoms of diseases primarily through prescription drugs. This approach utilizes a process of reductionism (focusing on the symptoms exhibited in a part of the organism rather than focusing on the organism as a whole.)
Ãâó: www.herbalgram.org/default.asp
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The suppression of growth of an organism by another due to the release of a toxic substance.
Ãâó: www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/BTRI/btriterms.htm
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Term for standard Western medicine; from the Greek allos (different) and pathein (disease, suffering) and thus implying the use of drugs whose effects are different from those of the disease being treated.
Ãâó: www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/42/15...
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