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homeopathy
Natural form of medicine
that uses small doses of medicines to stimulate the
body's own defense and healing process and focuses on
bringing the entire body back into balance.
homeostasis
or health: defined as an
optimal balance of mental and physical well being. When the body
loses its normal homeostasis, adverse symptoms appear. Symptoms
are not the cause of health problems, but rather an expression of
the body's efforts to defend its weakest areas and bring the body
back into balance.
Law
of Similars
Considered the founder of
homeopathy, German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed the
principle of the Law of Similars, or "Let Like Cure
Like." This remains a defining principle of homeopathy today.
If a substance causes side effects and syndromes at high toxic
levels, the same substance can heal those same symptoms and
syndromes when taken in small diluted doses. Similar to vaccines,
these small doses work by stimulating the body's own defense
mechanisms.
growth
factors
Small proteins produced by
the human body that enable cells to communicate and effectively
coordinate activities between one another. Growth factors in the
body affect the individual cells by binding to
growth-factor-specific receptors on the cell surface. A specific
growth factor may have many cell sources and can use different
signal transduction pathways at different times and with different
cells. Growth factors are involved in complex feedback loops
between the immune, nervous and endocrine systems, and have
significant effects on RNA, DNA protein synthesis, and cell
division.
human
growth hormone
A protein
produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates the liver to
produce somatomedins, which stimulate growth of bone and muscle. Human
growth hormone is the most abundant hormone produced by the
pituitary gland in the brain. It peaks during the rapid-growth
phase of adolescence, then steadily declines with age. HGH stays
in the bloodstream for only a few minutes. However, this is long
enough to stimulate its uptake by the liver, causing the
production of Insulin-like growth factor-1. Growth hormone
affects specific target tissues in its role as a chemical
messenger, working with IGF-1 to affect uptake of nutrients into
the cell. HGH helps boost the immune system, increase lean body
mass, stimulate neuroendocrine system balance and promote optimal
mental and physical performance.
insulin
like growth factor (IGF-1)
Polypeptides
with considerable sequence similarity to insulin. They
are capable of eliciting the same biological responses, including
mitogenesis in cell culture. On the cell surface, there are two
types of insulin like growth factor receptor, one of which closely
resembles the insulin receptor (which is also present). IGF-1
is primarily secreted by the liver in response to a signal from
growth hormone (hGH). It is also released by many different
tissues throughout the body, and affects almost every cell to some
degree. The major target tissues affected by IGF-1 are muscle,
cartilage, bone, liver, kidney, nerves, skin, and lungs. IGF-1
additionally regulates cell growth by moving cells from a resting
phase to an active phase of the cell cycle. IGF-1 also increases
the cell's ability to complete DNA synthesis. IGF-1 acts within
the nervous system and is critical for the growth and development
of nerve cells. IGF-1 plays an active role at the neuromuscular
junction, where interaction between nerve and muscle cells occurs.
progression
factors
Induce cells toward a
launching pad for cell division, causing successful activation.
IGF-1 is a progression factor
growth
hormone deficiency
No one symptom allows the diagnosis of GHD in adults. The
self-diagnosed symptoms are fairly well defined as some of the
following cluster of symptoms: fatigue, reduced feelings of
psychological well being, increase in abdominal obesity, decrease
in exercise performance and/or skin changes.
recombinant
DNA
Homeopathic method of
preparation of growth hormones and growth factors. While all forms
of growth hormone and growth factors come from the same sources,
homeopathic versions are diluted with infinitesimal amounts of
recombinant DNA. This process involves inserting specific DNA into
the DNA of yeast and bacteria, causing the organisms to reproduce
a large supply of growth hormone/factors identical in structure to
the body's own. The yeast and bacteria are then removed.
Cell
Signal Enhancers
Proprietary new class of
homeopathic medicines combining molecular biotechnology and basic
homeopathic principles. Manufactured by recombinant DNA
technology, CSEs are designed to help stimulate the body's own
defense and healing mechanisms to return it to its optimum
performance level, maximizing health and performance without toxic
side effects, affordably. Patented process invented by Dr. Barbara
Brewitt, formerly with the National Institutes of Health.
dilutions
Common laboratory
technique used to obtain the desired concentration. A dilution
will always reduce the concentration of the sample. Dilutions are
ratios and are generally expressed in terms of whole numbers and
are reduced to the lowest common denominator. The dilution ratio
can be defined as the volume of sample per total volume. The total
volume is equal to the volume of the sample plus the volume of the
buffer used to make the dilution.
DSHEA (FDA)
Dietary Supplement Health
Education Act. Signed into law on October 25, 1994, DSHEA defines
dietary supplements and dietary ingredients as follows:
a) a product (other than tobacco) that is intended to supplement
the diet that
bears or contains one or more of the following dietary
ingredients: a vitamin, a
mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary
substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the
total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent,
extract, or combinations of these ingredients.
b) is intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid
form.
c) is not represented for use as a conventional food or as the
sole item of a meal
or diet.
d) is labeled as a "dietary supplement."
e) includes products such as an approved new drug, certified
antibiotic, or licensed biologic that was marketed as a dietary
supplement or food before approval, certification, or license
(unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services waives this
provision).
amino
acids
Organic
compounds that generally contain an amino (-nh2) and a carboxyl (-cooh)
group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are
polymerised to form proteins.
amino
group
An -NH2 group.
Organic compounds which have this group are called amines.
bovine
growth hormone
A hormone
secreted by the bovine pituitary gland. It is used to increase
milk production by improving the feed efficiency in dairy cattle.
growth
hormone
Polypeptide (191
amino acids) produced by anterior pituitary that stimulates liver
to produce somatomedins 1 and 2.
growth
hormone regulating hormone
Hypothalamic
hormones that induce (somatoliberin) or inhibit (somatostatin) the
release of growth hormone (somatotropin).
growth
hormone-releasing hormone
Hormone produced
in the hypothalamus that promotes production of Human Growth
Hormone.
hormone
A naturally occurring substance secreted by
specialized cells that affects the
metabolism or behavior of other cells possessing functional
receptors for the hormone. Hormones may be hydrophilic, like
insulin, in which case the receptors are on the cell surface or
lipophilic, like the steroids, where the receptor can be
intracellular.
peptide
A compound of
two or more amino acids where the alpha carboxyl group of one is
bound to the alpha amino group of another.
pituitary
An endocrine
gland located at the base of the brain, in the small recess of a
bone - certain sections of the pituitary each secretes important
hormones including growth hormone (GH) and antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
polypeptide
A peptide which
on hydrolysis yields more than two amino acids, called tripeptides,
tetrapeptides, etc.
precursor
Something that
precedes.
1. In biological processes, a substance from which another,
usually more active or mature substance is formed.
2. In clinical medicine, a sign or symptom that heralds another.
secretagogue
Substance that
induces secretion from cells, originally applied to peptides
inducing gastric and pancreatic secretion.
somatomedins
Insulin-like
polypeptides made by the liver and some fibroblasts and released
into the blood when stimulated by somatotropin. They cause sulfate
incorporation into collagen, RNA, and DNA synthesis, which are
prerequisites to cell division and growth of the organism.
somatostatin
Gastrointestinal
and hypothalmic peptide hormone (two forms: 14 and 28 residues),
found in gastric mucosa, pancreatic islets, nerves of the
gastrointestinal tract, in posterior pituitary and in the central
nervous system. Inhibits gastric secretion and motility: in
hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits somatotropin release.
somatotrophin
Growth hormone,
somatotropin.
somatotropin-releasing
hormone
Hypothalamic
peptide that regulates the synthesis and secretion of somatotropin
in the anterior pituitary gland.
somatotropin
Hormone (191
amino acids) released by anterior pituitary that stimulates
release of somatomedin, thereby causing growth.
somatropin
Synthetic or
naturally occurring growth hormone from the human pituitary gland.
It is given to children with open epiphyses for the treatment of
pituitary dwarfism. Chemical name: Somatotropin (human).
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