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History of Phytomedicine 1900: The history of phytomedicine begins. 1913: Henri Leclerc introduced the concept of "phytotherapy". 1922: Henri Leclerc published,Precis de phytotherapie, a handbook of phytotherapy. 1934: William Powell,english pracitioner of herbalism ,introduced the term "phytotherapy" in english. 1944: Henri Leclerc published die pflanzenheikunde in der Arztlichen Praxis(" Plant based curative science in Medical Practise") 1960: Geraman man herbalist and physicain Rudolf Frtiz wiess republished in German first time as Lehrbuch der Phytotherapie(1960 herbal medicine) 1987: British pharmacognosist Fred Evans edited "1987 of the Journal Phytotherapy Research " which has a land mark in the history of phytotherapy. 1996: Volker Schulz and Rudolf Hansel published the German book Rationale Phytotherapie :Ratgeber fur die arztliche praxis. 1997: the book rational Phytotherapy was published under the stewardship of American Pharmacognosist VarroTyler.

Frozen Shoulder

What is frozen shoulder?

Frozen shoulder is a medical condition where the ligaments covering the joints gets stiffen and swells resulting in reduced mobility of the shoulder. It is also known as Adhesive capsulitis which attacks only one side of your shoulder, but in some cases it affects both of them. You should know that it occurs due to injury or from diseases like stroke or diabetes. You would discover that the problem arises slowly and goes away on its own may be after a year. What are the causes of frozen shoulder?

Normally it takes place when you reduce the movement of your shoulder. It is because you could not bear the unendurable pain. Moreover, it is also caused due to the degrading condition of your health and due to other diseases like stroke. Over all, you should remember that it is caused due to injury or surgery. Moreover, people having diabetes should keep an eye on the problem because it is one of the important causes which lead to the problem. Aside these, you should know that frozen shoulder is also caused due to formation of tissue scar in the joints. As a result this makes the joints of the shoulder stiffen and thicken reducing the movement. What are the symptoms of frozen shoulder?

The symptoms are observed in three notable stages which include like:

Paining stage: In this case the shoulder gets stiffen and becomes difficult to move. The pain becomes unbearable during the night time. Adhesive stage: The pain in the shoulder increases resulting in very less movement of the shoulder. You could see that the pain does not reduce but deteriorates with time. Thawing stage: In this stage, you could move your shoulder easily, without experiencing any kind of pain.

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Varicose Veins

What is Varicose veins?

Varicose veins are actually swollen, twisted, enlarged veins. They are usually blue or purplish in color and can occur on any part of your body. But mostly they are found in the legs and ankles. It is seen that people with varicose veins mostly do experience heavy limbs and hammering pains mostly in the legs. You should know that the veins have leaflet valves which actually hinder the blood from flowing in the backward direction. On the contrary, muscles in the legs cause the blood to get back to the heart. As a result the veins do not meet and results in malfunctioning of the valves. For your information should note that there are small type of veins called spider veins which are quite close to the skin. What are the causes of varicose veins?

You should know that there are couples of factors which actually accentuate the problem. It is actually caused when the pressure in the legs increases a lot. In addition to this, researchers have found that this is mostly due to heredity, injury in the leg, pregnancy, obesity, aging, standing in a place for long, menopause. Besides these, it has been observed that this might be due to development of homocysteine which actually hinders the functioning of collagen, proteoglycans and elasticity .In addition to this; it is often caused by the presence of insufficient venous. Moreover, you should know that spider veins are actually caused when your skin gets exposed to sun, changes in the hormone and in case of injuries. What are the symptoms of Varicose veins?

Some of the common symptoms are:

Varicose veins can be identified as swollen, twisted and enlarged veins in the legs. It is purplish or red in color. You might feel pain in the legs. It might happen that a small injury might cause immense loss of blood. In addition to this, would feel cramps in the legs followed by darkening. In some people they even get rashes which are at times extremely itchy.