Debility
Weakness of tonicity in functions or organs of the body; loss of health.
 

Dementia
Senility; acquired loss of mental function that may affect language, attention, memory, personality and abstract reasoning.
 

Demulcent
Oily or mucilaginous substance that softens and soothes damaged or inflamed surfaces.
 

Deobstruent
Removes body obstructions by opening normal channels of elimination.
 

Depurative
Cleans or purifies blood by promoting detoxification of the body by improving eliminative functions.      
                                    

Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin evidenced by itching, redness, and various skin lesions, sometimes caused by direct contact with an irritating substance, or an allergic reaction.
 

Detergent
Detergents are compounds that are derived from sulfur-containing organic acids that are cleansing to wounds, ulcers or skin itself.
 

Diaphoretic
Causes perspiration and increases elimination through the skin, possible aid in fever management
 

Digestive
Aids digestion, usually by providing enzymes to the digestive ferment from various sources.
 

Discutient
An agent that causes the dispersal of a tumor or any pathologic accumulation. Also called discussive.
 

Diverticuli
Pathological sac-like out pouching of the wall of the colon or other organ possibly filled with fluid.
 

Doctrine Of Signatures
Theory that the appearance of a plant or specific site in which plants grow; indicates its inherent properties.

Drastic
A very active cathartic which produces violent peristalsis.
 

Dropsy
Generalized edema in cellular tissue or in a body cavity without an increase of the number of cells in the affected tissue.

Dysmenorrhea
Painful or difficult menstruation specifically abdominal cramps, spasms, and back pain, commonly called "stomach cramps".
 

Dyspepsia
Imperfect or painful indigestion; not a disease in itself but symptomatic of other diseases or disorders including a feeling of fullness, bloating, nausea, heartburn, or gassy discomfort in the chest or abdomen.
 

Dyspenia
Sense of difficulty in breathing, out of proportion to level of physical activity often associated with lung or heart disease.