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Goldenseal is a plant that has been used in herbal medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal and urinary disorders and skin mouth and eye infections extracts of goldenseal root are dried to make teas or liquid extracts or combined with echinacea in tablets we studied the effects of goldenseal root powder given to rats and mice in. Authoritative and exhaustive toxicology and clinical pharmacology of herbal products provides todays pharmacologists toxicologists pathologists medical examiners and health care providers with a unique reliable reference to all the available scientific information on the pharmacology and toxicology of these commonly used herbs. The field of pharmacognosy from the greek pharmacon for medicine and gnosis for knowledge is the study of the definition description and phytochemistry of natural drugs typically medicinal plants or preparations derived from them 4 in fact the term drug is derived from the old french word drogue meaning to dry referring originally to dried herbs