Acne
... A common inflammatory pilosebaceous disease characterized by comedones, papules, pustules, inflamed nodules, superficial pus-filled cysts, and, in extreme cases, canalizing and deep. inflamed, sometim...

Losing Addictions Naturally
... Let''s meet a few people in the office of Bartlett Insurance Company. Although they sound like cases, their situation is not unusual. Recent statistics show that xx are addicted to alcohol, xx million...

Natural Medicine For The Recovering Addict
... The term "addiction" encompasses almost all imbalanced and self-destructive behavior. Substance abuse can create an illusory sense of well-being, but in the end it severely damages physical, psycholog...

Ginkgo -- Ancient Medicine, Modern Medicine
... It is a rare musical work or book that captures the imaginations of such a diverse group of people that it crosses over from the category it is meant for into another. Ginkgo, a medicinal herb from an...

Osteoporosis
... A generalized, progressive diminution in bone tissue mass(i.e., a reduced amount of bone) causing weakness of skeletal strength, even though the ratio of mineral to organic elements is unchanged in th...

The Biology of Aging
... What is aging? To some extent the answer to this question is a subjective one reflecting belief system as much as fact. Here we shall briefly consider some ideas about the nature of biological aging. ...

Nutritional and Herbal Support
... Etiology In traditional Chinese Medicine, AIDS is often considered to be due to a deficiency or chronic weakness of the digestive, assimilative function, the lungs, and the kidneys/adrenals. Treatment...

Allergic to What? Part 1: Herbal Programs for Food Allergies
... Everybody''s allergic to something. Cat hair, grass pollen, wheat bread by the slice, cow''s milk and eggs. What about work? According to Dorland, allergy is "a hypersensitive state." Often the subjec...

Childhood Allergies
... An allergy is a hypersensitive reaction to a normally harmless substance. About one in every six children in the United States is allergic to one or more substances. There are a variety of substances,...

Hayfever & Allergy
... Hayfever is an allergic disorder characterized by nasal discharge, sneezing, itching and difficulty breathing through the nose. The primary part of the body affected by the allergic reaction is the me...

Ginkgo and Alzheimer''s Disease
... The herb industry and the supplement manufacturers are making some dramatic claims for Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) in the treatment of dementia and Alzheimer''s disease. It is worth reviewing some of the r...

Amenorrhea
... Absence of menstruation, i.e. either lack of menarche or cessation of menses. To recognize amenorrhea it is necessary to know what would be considered normal menstruation. The duration of a period is ...

Angina Pectoris
... A clinical syndrome due to myocardial ischaemia characterizes by episodes of precordial discomfort or pressure, typically precipitated by exertion and relieved by rest or sublingual nitroglycerin. Thi...

Kava-kava: A calming herb from the South Pacific
... By many accounts, kava-kava--or simply kava--is an herb on the brink of Western stardom. Manufacturers of herbal products report strong public interest in kava preparations, and articles appearing in ...

Kava: Is It Safe?
... The South Pacific herb, Kava Kava, is a best-seller — ranking ninth in retail U.S. sales in mainstream markets in 2000 — based on its proven ability to relieve stress, anxiety and tension. Recently ka...

St. John''s Wort: One Powerful Herb
... I can''t believe it! I feel normal for the first time in a long, long time-maybe ever.- Cindy, a 35-year-old working mother Can a natural and inexpensive supplement actually relieve depression? Yes, i...

Using St. John''s Wort With Other Antidepressants
... I have used St. John''s wort with patients who were already on antidepressants, including Prozac, Zoloft, Effexor (venlafaxine hydrochloride), and the tricyclics (see Prozac and Beyond-The Synthetic A...

American Botanical Council Announces New Safety Information on Kava
... Austin, TX. (December 20, 2001). Herbal experts are advising caution with the use of the popular herb kava. The American Botanical Council (ABC) is suggesting that consumers follow additional precauti...

Aromatherapy for the Reproductive System
... Among the most common problems for women are those involving the reproductive system. As women with personal experience in this area, we will focus first on several female problems. This topic has bee...

Cayenne --This Popular Herb is Hot
... It''s well known that cayenne pepper is an important ingredient in hot sauces, salsa and spicy restaurant dishes, but mostly unknown that extracts of cayenne can help ease the terrible burning pain of...

Arthritis
... A chronic syndrome characterized by nonspecific, usually symmetric inflammation of the peripheral joints, potentially resulting in progressive destruction of articular and periarticular structures; ge...

Inflammation and Arthritis
... The plant kingdom is abundant in species that act as anti-inflammatories to animal tissue. If the premise is accepted that through an ecological integration most of the biological needs of humanity an...

Osteo-Arthritis
... Primarily a disorder of hyaline cartilage and subchondral bone, though all tissues in and around involved joints are hypertrophic. Osteo-Arthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease) is the most common form ...

Aromatherapy for the Musculoskeletal System
... Bones and muscles give form to the body and permit physical movement. Unless damaged by injury, the health of this system depends on the overall health of the body. With degenerative conditions such a...

Asthma
... A reversible obstructive lung disorder characterized by increased responsiveness of the airways. This is a condition in which the small bronchial airways temporarily constrict, so that it is difficul...

Childhood Asthma
... Asthma is an inflammatory respiratory illness characterized by mild to severe difficulty in breathing. This is caused by constriction and swelling of the airways, along with an increase in accretions ...

Aromatherapy for the Respiratory System
... Afflictions of the respiratory system include irritation and infection of the ears, nose and throat. Respiratory problems also may involve congestion, which can be decreased by inhaling rosemary (espe...

Arteriosclerosis
... Arteriosclerosis A generic term for a number of diseases in which the arterial wall becomes thickened and loses elasticity. The term arteriosclerosis refers to several diseases that involve both arter...

Athlete''s foot
... Athlete''s foot is a fungus infection of the toes and foot, characterized by an itchy, scaly, odorous rash between the toes. Cracks, irritation, redness and bacterial infections may complicate the pic...

Aromatherapy for Miscellaneous Complaints
... Cuts and Scrapes A spray of diluted essential oils makes an excellent antiseptic. The germ-killing abilities of essential oils high in terpenes, such as tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus and lemon, incre...

Cystitis
... Acute or chronic infection of the urinary bladder. This is an inflammation of the wall and lining of the urinary bladder that may be due to bacterial infection or to mechanical abrasion from microcrys...

Boils
... Acute, tender, perifollicular inflammatory nodules resulting from infection by staphylococci. Commonly known as boils they may also be termed furuncles or carbuncles. These infections are localized ab...

Bronchitis Acute
... Acute inflammation of the tracheobronchial tree, generally self-limiting and with eventual complete healing and return of function. Bronchitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the mucous lining ...

Bronchitis Chronic
... A condition associated with prolonged exposure to non specific bronchial irritants and accompanied by mucous hyper secretion and certain structural changes in the bronchi. Chronic bronchitis is a long...

Heartsease
... Viola tricolor Violaceae Names: Wild Pansy. Habitat: A common British wild and garden plant. Part Used: Herb. Constituents: Flavonoids, including violanthin, rutin, violaquercitrin. Methylsalicylate M...

Sundew
... Drosera rotundifolia Droseraceae Habitat: Grows throughout Europe on wet heaths, moors and sphagnum bogs, especially in Wales. Collection: The whole of the plant is gathered during the flowering perio...

Therapeutic Uses of Aromatherapy
... In this chapter we explain how essential oils heal the body. We have divided the chapter into sections dealing with the major systems in the body-circulatory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, glandula...

Bursitis & Tendinitis
... Bursitis: Acute or chronic inflammation of a bursa. Tendinitis: Inflammation of the lining of the tendon sheath (tenosynovitis) and of the enclosed tendon (tendinitis). A bursa is a pocket of connecti...

German Translation of PZ 39 (135): 6-7, 97-98, Sept. 1990
... Information on Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Containing Human Medicines AMK. The expert commisions for herbal, homeopathic and anthroposophic medicines, the members of which are selected from among prominant...

Herbal Cancer Therapies
... The following outline covers the therapeutic categories most often recommended in western herbal practice. Overview of popular herbal protocols: Diets: Live foods (purifying diet): wheat grass juice, ...

More Semantics! Cytotoxic, Anti-cancer & Anti-tumor
... The term anti-cancer herb is all too emotive and can build up false hopes. The National Cancer Institute defines these terms in the following way : A cytotoxic agent is toxic to tumors in laboratory c...

Plants & Cancer Research
... This section has been written in an attempt to provide an insight for the herbalist about allopathic research and use of plants in oncology. It is by no means comprehensive, and is not meant to imply ...

Essiac
... Essiac, a harmless herbal tea, was used by Canadian nurse Rene Caisse to successfully treat thousands of cancer patients from the 1920s until her death in 1978 at the age of ninety. Refusing payment f...

Hoxsey Therapy
... For over three decades, Harry Hoxsey (1901-1974), a self-taught healer, cured many cancer patients using an herbal remedy reportedly handed down by his great-grandfather. By the 1950s, the Hoxsey Canc...

Genital Candidiasis
... Yeast infection of the genital tract caused by Candida albicans. Candida albicans infections are becoming increasingly common, especially in women. Such genital infections usually develop by the yeast...

Hawthorn Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
... Ask any American herbalist or any European doctor, pharmacist or staff member of any natural food store what single herb is most recommended to help make a healthy heart and all will answer the same--...

Cardiac Remedies
... What is a Cardiac Remedy? This is a general term for herbal remedies that have an action on the heart. Some of the remedies in this group are powerful Cardio-Active agents such as Foxglove, while othe...

Congestive Heart Failure
... A common syndrome that may be caused by many different etiologies whose clinical manifestations reflect a fundamental abnormality - a decrease in the myocardial contractile state such that cardiac out...

Heart Attack
... Ischemic myocardial necrosis usually resulting from abrupt reduction in coronary blood flow to a segment of myocardium. A myocardial infarct, or heart attack, occurs when the blood supply to some part...

Herbal Therapy & the Cardiovascular System
... Herbs still maintain a central position in orthodox medicines treatment of various heart problems. Plants that contain cardiac glycosides are used throughout the world for the treatment of heart failu...

Aromatherapy for the Heart and Circulation
... The circulatory system transports blood throughout the body. It includes the heart and the blood vessels, as well as the lymphatic system, which supplies nutrients and moves cellular fluid through the...

Chicken Pox (Varicella)
... An acute viral disease, usually ushered in by mild constitution symptoms that are followed shortly by an eruption appearing in crops and characterizedby macules, papules, vesicles and crusting. This c...

Aromatherapy and Children
... Care must be taken in treating children with essential oils, although there are any number of safe ones. Use one-third to one-half the adult dose, or a 1-percent dilution (five or six drops of essenti...

Childhood Diarrhea
... The number and consistency of stools varies a great deal. Loose stools are normal in the breast fed infant. If baby is vomiting and having more than 8 watery stools there is danger of dehydration and ...

Childhood Nausea
... Nausea, feeling sick in the stomach without actually vomiting, is a common symptom in children. The cause must always be ascertained, possibilities covering as wide a range as infection, food problems...

Children and Herbal Therapy
... With its focus on preventive medicine, holistic approaches to health can be most helpful in many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions are brought under control during childhood they can ...

Herbs and Children
... The World Health Organization defines health as being "... more than simply the absence of illness. It is the active state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being." This is a wonderfully ...

Cholecystitis
... Chronic: A pathologic term for a thick walled, fibrotic, contracted gallbladder clinically, it is used to describe chronic gallbladder disease characterized by symptoms that include recurrent biliary ...

Gallstones
... Presence of calculi in the gallbladder (Cholelithiasis) or the biliary duct(choledocholithiasis). Many factors appear to influence the development of gallstones, from sex to racial group, but fundamen...

Curbing cholesterol with garlic
... Twenty years ago, it seemed as if only athletes and health fanatics understood the relationship between low cholesterol and good health. Today, many of us are as familiar with our cholesterol count as...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Overview of Contributing Factors and Treatment Plan
... Etiology First and foremost, chronic fatigue is a disease of lifestyle. It is generally caused by mismanagement of our personal energy resources. It is very commonly seen in the West, in industrialize...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a relatively "new" diagnosis, and there are wide variations in point of view as to its causes and method of treatment. In addition to the symptom of fatigue, the condition ...

Endometriosis
... Approximately five to twenty percent of women of childbearing age are affected by this troublesome condition. In addition, it is found at as many as 20-50 percent of all gynecologic operations. Pain, ...

Echinacea From Native American Panacea to Modern Phytopharmaceutical
... Medicinal herbs play an important role in health care throughout the world--especially in non-industrialized continents such as Africa, South America and parts of Asia. However, even in many industria...

Ma Huang Appropriate vs. High-Risk Uses
... One of the worst things about a cold is that feeling that I can''t breathe through my nose at night. Invariably, my sinuses will be clear all day, but as soon as I lie down, it''s as if someone stuffe...

Colds and Flu
... As late autumn changes to winter, many factors conspire to weaken the immune system and make us vulnerable to colds and flu. Among them: people spend more time inside with doors and windows closed, wh...

Common Cold
... An acute, usually a febrile, viral infection of the respiratory tract, with inflammation in any or all airways, including the nose, paranasal sinuses, throat, larynx, and often the trachea and bronchi...

Tonics for the Upper Respiratory System
... Nature is abundant in herbs that have an anti-catarrhal effect upon the upper respiratory system, but this is not the same as being a tonic for that part of the body. Simply effecting tissue or functi...

Herbal & Nutritional Programs for the Cold Season
... Herbal and nutritional supplements have a long tradition of use in treating and preventing illness during the cold season. Colds and flus, coughs, sore throats and congestion all can respond favorably...

On Echinacea & Goldenseal
... Herbal medicine has a long tradition of use in the treatment and prevention of immune-related disorders. And Echinacea is one of the most commonly prescribed botanicals for the immune system. Echinace...

The Common Cold
... How many times have you been told, "Everybody seems to be getting it!"? Well, how can it be that every time you get a cold everyone around you has one as well? Perhaps some of the universality and pop...

Colic
... A symptom complex of early infancy that is characterized by paroxysms of crying, apparent abdominal pain, and irritability. This refers to painful contractions of the gastrointestinal tract. About 10 ...

Childhood Constipation
... Although rarely seen in breast fed babies, it is not abnormal for breast fed babies to have bowel movements as infrequently as one in seven days. Treat breast fed infants for constipation only if the ...

Constipation
... This can be defined as difficulty or infrequent passage of feces, and must be seen as a symptom and not a `disease'' state. Diagnosis is thus vitally important. Acute constipation is a definite, recog...

Cough
... Should one soothe coughs, stimulate coughs or suppress coughs? It is always preferable to focus on the underlying cause of the cough as removing the cause will, obviously, alleviate the cough. In the ...

Pertussis
... An acute, highly communicable bacterial disease, characterizedby a paroxysmal or spasmodic cough that usually ends in a prolonged, high-pitched, crowing inspiration (the whoop). Bordetella pertussis, ...

Treatment of Coughs With Herbal Remedies
... Coughing is a common symptom and one of the main signs of respiratory tract diseases. Roughly half of people who seek medical care during the winter suffer from inflammatory conditions of the respirat...

Aromatherapy for the Urinary Tract
... The urinary system, consisting of the kidneys and bladder, regulates the body''s water content and salt balance, and eliminates waste. The kidney determines what will be eliminated and what will be re...

Dandruff
... Definition Seborrhea Seborrhea consists of a fine scaly rash with oily skin, in well-defined areas of the face (mid-forehead, sides of the nose, eyebrows and lids), scalp, chest and back. Redness and ...

Herbs for Dental Health
... Herbal remedies have a long history of use for gum and tooth problems. In many traditional cultures, there are no plastic-bristle brushes, rather, the use of herbal "chewing sticks" are common. Chewin...

Herbal Therapy in Dentistry
... An herb, botanically speaking, is any plant that lacks the woody tissue characteristic of shrubs or trees. More specifically, herbs are plants used medicinally or for their flavor or scent. Herbs with...

Periodontal Disease
... What is Periodontal Disease? Periodontal disease is the inflammation and degeneration of the bone and gum structures that support your teeth. This pervasive disease, which can cause gums to recede and...

St. John''s Wort (Hypericum Perforatum L.): A Review
... Introduction Among the many medicinal herbs used throughout the long history of Occidental culture, St. John''s wort, Hypericum perforatum L., has always been and still is of great interest. From the ...

St. John''s Wort Ancient Herbal Protector
... Summary Among the many medicinal herbs used throughout the long history of Occidental culture, St. John''s wort, Hypericum perforatum L., has always been and still is of great interest. From the time ...

Depression
... Depression is a state of mind familiar to almost everyone, but this very familiarity becomes problematic when approaching clinical depressive states. In ordinary usage the word refers to a mood state ...

St. John''s Wort - The Versatile Herb
... It was never like this on Prozac . . . there''s more laughter. -Kate, 48-year-old author The herbalists of ancient times knew about the powers of St. John''s wort, and they used it for a wide variety ...

The Natural Pharmacy: Herbal Medicine for Depression
... "The physician is nature''s assistant."              Galen, 2nd century AD

Fighting Depression the Herbal Way
... Sarah, a normally exuberant young woman, felt fatigued and out of sorts. For three weeks, she had dreaded getting out of bed in the morning and found little joy in her occupation as a physical educati...

Poke
... Phytolacca americanaPhytolaccaceaeNames: Pokeweed.Habitat: N. America Collection: The root should be unearthed in the late autumn or spring.Clean it and split lengthwise before drying.Part Used: Root....

Herbal Treatment of Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes
... The plant kingdom has many hypoglycemic plants. They have much to contribute to a comprehensive management program of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Insulin dependent will rarely respond well to hypo...

The Secret of Stevia
... Stevia Rebaudiana is a small shrub native to portions of Northeastern Paraguay and adjacent sections of Brazil. It flourishes in the sandy soil of this elevated terrain and may grow to a height of 80...

Diet and Diabetes
... What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a general term for an endocrine disease that is characterized by excessive urination and thirst. Many Americans suffer from this disease, as well as the limitations to o...

Diaper Rash
... Diaper rash is caused by a skin reaction to irritating diapers and prolongedcontact with stool, urine, perspiration, soaps, detergents or creams. Typically, the rash affects the groin around the genit...

Edema: Water Retention
... Excessive accumulation of fluid in body tissues and cavities. Such abnormal accumulation of fluid in spaces between cells of body tissues, may be associated with liver or kidney disturbance, pregnancy...

Burdock: A Lion in Porcupine''s Clothes
... Many years ago, on a cold morning in February, the Kimura family went out to the edge of the forest to gather the roots of a wild herb growing there. A few days before, the grandfather had fallen ill ...

Tonics, Bitters and Digestion
... "What does bitter have to do with good digestion?" an American might ask, promptly making an awful face to indicate that a bitter flavor is the last thing in the world he or she would voluntarily let ...

Astringents
... Astringents are remedies that have a ''binding'' action on tissue, usually due to a group of complex chemicals called tannins. The name tannin derives from their use in the tanning industry, and they ...

Bitters
... Bitter herbs are fundamental to Phytotherapy''s contribution to holistic medicine. They are quite simply herbs that have a bitter taste, ranging from mildly bitter Yarrow to fiercely bitter Rue. Absin...

Diverticulitis
... Inflammation of one or more diverticula, potentially leading to obstruction or perforation, and to abscises and fistula formation. Diverticula are small sac like herniations of the mucosal lining of t...

Esophagitis & Gastroesophageal reflux
... Reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus leading to localized infection. This relatively common and unpleasant problem is usually caused by problems to do with control of the esophageal sphincter...

Flatulence
... Flatulence is a common problem that might be associated with a pathology or be simply related an inappropriate diet. The production of excessive gas by the digestive system has many causes, but the Gr...

Hemorrhoids
... Cushions of tissue that line the lower rectum & serve to produce complete closure of the anal canal. Symptoms due to hemorrhoids are bleeding, protrusion and pain. Such bleeding must never be assumed ...

Hepatitis
... An inflammatory process in the liver characterized by diffuse or patchyhepatocellular necrosis affecting all acini. Pathologically this can be due to a range of causes: viruses infection, often extrem...

Herbal Detoxification
... The herbal approach to detoxification is based upon the premise that the human body is a self healing and homeostatic organism, and that the therapist simply has to support normal processes. The body ...

Herbal Therapy for Digestive System Disorders
... Herbal medicine is uniquely suited for the treatment of illness of the digestive system. Throughout the evolutionary process, our food has been our medicine, ensuring that the unique healing propertie...

Indigestion
... Symptoms referred to the GI system in which a pathological condition is not present, is poorly established, or, if present, does not entirely explain the clinical state. This is a vague and variable p...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
... Motility disorders involving the small intestine and large bowel associated with variable degrees of abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, largely as are action to stress in a susceptible individu...

Mugwort
... Artemisia vulgaris Compositae Collection: The leaves and flowering stalks should be gathered just at blossoming time, which is between July and September. Part Used: Leaves or root. Constituents: Vola...

Tansy
... Tanacetum vulgare Compositae Names: Batchelor''s Buttons Habitat: A common European wild plant. Collection: The leaves and flowers are collected during the flowering time between June and September. P...

Uterine Tonics
... These are plants that have a toning, strengthening, nourishing effect upon both the tissue and functioning of the female reproductive system. The hows and whys are usually unknown, but this should not...

A One-Week Cleansing and Detoxification Program
... In both Chinese and Naturopathic medicine, the spring season is the optimal time of year for cleansing and detoxification. But remember, cleansing can be beneficial during all seasons of the year. An...

Dysmenorrhea
... Cyclic pain associated with menses. Dysmenorrhea is painful menstruation and is the most common of all gynecologic complaints, and the leading cause of absenteeism of women from work, school, and othe...

Dysuria
... Painful urination. This important symptom may be caused by a wide range of conditions and so knowing an approach to its easing comes in very useful. However, successful alleviation will depend upon ac...

Aromatherapy for Problems of the Ears and Eyes
... Antiseptic essential oils such as lavender and tea tree can be diluted in olive oil and rubbed around the outside of-never in-the ear and over the lymph nodes on the side of the neck. If the ear probl...

Eczema: Dermatitis
... Superficial inflammation of the skin, characterized by vesicles (when acute), redness, edema, oozing, crusting, scaling and usually itching. The terms eczema and dermatitis are the cause of much confu...

Water Retention - Edema
... Excessive accumulation of fluid in body tissues and cavities. Such abnormal accumulation of fluid in spaces between cells of body tissues, may be associated with liver or kidney disturbance, pregnancy...

Prescribing Issues Unique to Elders
... When considering herbal therapy it is important to acknowledge some of the age related pharmaco-kinetic and pharmaco-dynamic changes that occur. Safe drug or herb prescribing for older patients has to...

Toning and Nurturing Health in Elders
... A basic premise of this course is that phytotherapy can nurture health and not simply treat illness. This strength of this approach lies in the use of tonics and gentle effect or remedies, using the s...

Emphysema
... Enlargement of the air spaces distal to terminal non-respiratory bronchioles, accompanied by destructive changes of the alveolar walls. Emphysema, which often accompanies chronic bronchitis, is damage...

Herbal Therapy & the Adrenal Glands
... Alternative medicine abounds in ideas about and remedies for the adrenal glands. Unfortunately they are often just an expression of a fundamental lack of knowledge about the adrenals. The ideas couch...

Phytotherapy and the Endocrine Glands
... The herbal traditions lack an abundance of suggestions for treating endocrine glands. This is only to be expected when it is realized that an understanding of the functions of the endocrine is very r...

Aromatherapy for the Glandular System
... In his book The Holistic Herbal, David Hoffmann states: "It is in the complexities of our inner control systems that mind meets body most closely. If consciousness is seen as a faculty of the brain, t...

Endometriosis
... Approximately five to twenty percent of women of childbearing age are affected by this troublesome condition. In addition, it is found at as many as 20-50 percent of all gynecologic operations. Pain, ...

Fertility & Contraception
... This fundamentally important area of human life is not only an expression of mystery and miracle, but impacts directly on the future of life on this planet under the pressure of the population explosi...

Fibrocystic Disease (FCD)
... Also known as chronic cystic mastitis. This is the commonest non-malignant breast disease. It is characterized by a growth of fibrous tissues that most frequently appears in the 30''s & 40''s but disa...

Fibrocystic Disease (FCD)
... Also known as chronic cystic mastitis. This is the commonest non-malignant breast disease. It is characterized by a growth of fibrous tissues that most frequently appears in the 30''s & 40''s but disa...