The term parasiticide refers
to therapeutic agents (e.g. natural substances such as herbs, oils, or
essences, or conventional
pharmaceutical drugs) that destroy and so prevent the spread of parasites
such as fleas, lice, etc. but excluding bacteria and fungi (which are destroyed
by other types of agents - germicides and fungicides respectively).
The meaning of the term parasiticide is easily remembered
from its form:
The -cide part of the word refers to the fact that this agent kills/destroys
something, and
the parasiti- part of the word indicates that the something it kills
is "parasites".
This Section is about terms
that describe the actions (effects) of both pharmaceutical drugs
and natural remedies, e.g. astringent, decongestive, etc.. A full
list of terms defined in this section is on the left-hand-side of
each page.
For information about specific oils, herbs, and
remedies that may have properties including some of the actions mentioned
in this
section, see other parts of this website.
For example, the pages about Aromatherapy
Essential Oils, Bach
Flower Remedies, Herbalism, Homeopathic
Remedies, Homeopathy and Massage
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