Botanical Bot303 Midterm - Nervine Exam Questions And Correct Detailed Answers With Rationales 100% Pass

Botanical BOT303 Midterm - Nervine EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 100% PASS Define - Nervine - Answer- Strengthens the functional activity of the nervous system (may be tonic, relaxant, stimulant) Define - Nervine Tonic - Answer- supports and nourishes the nervous system Define - Nervine Relaxant - Answer- Soothes (sedates) and quiets/relaxes the nervous system Define - Nervine Stimulant - Answer- Awakens and stimulates the nervous system; may also be called analeptic Actions for Nervine issues - Answer- Adaptogen: An herb that increases resistance and resilience to stress, enabling the body to avoid reaching collapse because it can adapt around the problem. Analgesic: A substance that reduces the sensation of pain without the loss of consciousness. Anodyne: Substance that soothes or relieves pain by lessening the sensitivity of the brain or nervous system Anti-depressant (nervine stimulant): A substance that helps alleviate depression (by stimulating the nervous system). Anti-spasmodic: A substance that prevents or relieves smooth muscle spasm. Anxiolytic (nervine relaxant): A substance that ↓ the symptoms of anxiety Hypnotic: A substance that produces a state clinically identical to sleep by means of action in the central nervous system. Actions: Avena sativa - Answer- Nervine tonic, anti-depressant, demulcent, nutritive, vulnerary Actions: Eleutherococcus senticosus - Answer- Adaptogen, immune modulating, tonic C/I: Eleutherococcus senticosus - Answer- HTN CV conditions as insomnia, palpitations, headaches, tachycardia, pericardial pain and hypertension have been reported but very RARE. May ↑ effectiveness of some antibiotics.