Roots of Knowledge
Qi is an essential part of this traditional medicine system.
What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
These are probably the smelliest class of phytochemicals
What are terpenes?
Flos is the Latin word for this part of a plant
What is a flower?
This organization is charged with regulating the dietary supplement industry.
What is the FDA?
This fungus can be found parasitizing birch trees in the Northeast
What is chaga?
This man is considered the "Founder of Modern [Western] pharmacology"
Who is Dioscorides?
ACHOO! This natural product is best taken to shorten the duration and symptoms of a cold.
What is elderberry?
Instead of using the leaves, dried flowers from this plant can be made into a tea
What is chamomile?
This regulatory standard is abbreviated as "cGMP"
What are current good manufacturing practices?
Instead of phytochemicals, fungi produce these compounds to gain a competitive advantage
What are mycotoxins?
When the chief taught the botanist how to prepare kava for the ceremony, the botanist was practicing this research method
What is participant observation?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Jamu?
This plant is scientifically named after its seeds, which look like ticks.
What is the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis)?
"Helps ease depression during menopause" is an example of this type of claim
What is a disease claim?
Lovastatin is derived from mold found on this natural product
What is red yeast rice?
Dukuns practice this traditional medicine system, selling herbal concoctions on the streets of Banda Aceh
What is Jamu?
Stilbenes are part of this wide class of phytochemicals
What are phenolics or polyphenols?
It's the process by which an organism grows from a seed
What is germination?
DSHEA was passed in this year
What is 1994?
This part of a mushroom contains the spores
What are the gills (lamella)?
Many Native American traditional medicine systems are based on this belief, treating the natural world and all living things like your family
What is kincentricity?
Red clover, which goes by this scientific name, naturally produces phytoestrogens
What is Trifolium pratense?
Also known as the inner bark, this part of a tree's circulatory system transports food and nutrients
What is the phloem?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is ephedrine?
The largest living organism in the world, the Humongous Fungus, lives in this state.
What is Oregon?