Excepts from Glossary of Apitherapy Terms by Mihály Simics. Unpublished, pp. 75.
A
Abrasion: An
irritation or roughness to the skin.
Acupuncture Points: Specific
sites on the body located under the skin and distributed over the Fourteen
Meridians, Extraordinary Points and Ashi Points.
Acupuncture:
Chinese treatment on inserting needles into specific points on the body to
stimulate healing.
Allergy Kit: First aid kit that is used in a
case of emergency to lessen allergy symptoms or prevent anaphylactic
shock.
Anaphylactic Shock: Allergic
reaction of the body to an insect sting or any other
substance.
Antidote: A substance, which is able to neutralize a
poison.
Apiarist: Beekeeper or bee
keeper.
Apiceuticals: Blend of beehive products (pollen,
propolis, royal jelly and/or bee venom) with honey or other carrier as
nutritional supplement.
Apilarnil: Processed drone bee larvae
used as food, nutritional supplement or cosmetic ingredient.
Apilaser
Therapy: The painless photobiomodulation: Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) or
Low Intensity Laser Therapy (LILT) assisted application of topical apiceuticals
to enhance local penetration of such, and normalize functions in the living
being.
Apimesotherapy: The application of bee venom into local
(in situ) pain points under mesotherapy principles. Bee venom: 0.5-1.5
DVSE plus 1.5-2.0 ml of 1% Procaine, Dosage: 0.05-0.2 ml per injection
i.c or s.c.
ApiMixx Capsules: Capsules containing bee pollen,
propolis and royal jelly in the right ration to support bee venom
therapy.
Apiphoroelectrophoresis: The application of bee venom
solution intradermally by electrical current. See
Electrophoresis.
Api-Products: Products of the honeybee
and bee hive.
Apipuncture: Bee sting therapy using bee stings bee
still attached or the removed sting.
Apis
Mellifica: Apis mellifera L. (Linnaeus, 1758), European honeybee or common
domesticated bee found in all parts of the world. Remedy made from the whole
body of honeybee.
Apis Venenum Purum: Pure honeybee venom
obtained from European honeybees. Biological substance, homeopathic remedy
(HPUS). New definition in homeopathy for Pure Honeybee Venom that is collected
by electrical shocks stimulation and used in preparations in place of Apium
Virus. Synonyms: Apisinum, Apis Virus.
Apis Virus:
Homeopathic term for bee venom that is gathered from the venom gland (sac) of
honeybees by removing their stingers.
Apispuncture: The
combination of bee sting therapy and traditional acupuncture by applying bee
sting into specific acupuncture point or points. See Bee
Acupuncture.
Apitherapist: Lay, self-taught or trained
individual who provides educational materials, training, and treatment
including occasionally free of charge treatment for lay individuals using
api-products.
Apium Virus: Homeopathic definition of bee venom
that is gathered from the venom gland (sac) of honeybees by removing their
stingers.
B
Bee Bread: The
processed or fermented bee pollen prepared by bees from the collected pollen
grains that were placed into the cells of honeycombs and transformed into bee
bread under a certain temperature, humidity and the synergetic effect of
substances added by bees.
Bee Sting Therapy: Treatment with live
honeybees.
Bee Unit: See Dried Venom Sac
Equivalent
Bee Venom Collector Device: Device that uses
mechanical pressure, vibration or electrical stimulation to obtain the stingers
or venom of honeybees.
Bee Venom: The venom of the honeybee that
is stored in the venom sac and primarily used in the defense of the
colony.
Beeswax: A yellowish waxy product produced by a group of
young bees to build honeycombs to store honey, bee bread and for brood
production.
Biopuncture: Therapy that uses low (micro) doses of
complex biotherapeutics (herbs, homeopathic remedies, vitamins, and minerals)
for injection administered i.c or s.c. into local pain points, trigger points,
joints or acupuncture points. Bee venom: 0.5-1.0 DVSE plus 1.5-2.0 ml of
Lidocaine 3X (D3). Dosage: 0.05-0.2 ml per injection i.c or
s.c.
C
Centesimal
Scale: Subsequent dilution of a remedy on a 1 to 100 scale. Marked with
letter C or CH.
Combination Remedy: A remedy containing more than
one medicinal substance.
D
Decimal Scale:
Subsequent dilution of a remedy on a 1 to 10 scale. Marked with letter X or
D.
Dried Venom Sac Equivalent (DVSE): The classical and standard
measurement of dried venom contents of a honeybee. It is equivalent to 0.1 mg
of dried bee venom per venom sac.The latest research has indicated that an
average venom sac contains about 45-50% more venom.
Drug Picture:
The symptom picture in which a medicinal substance
presents.
DVSE: Dried Venom Sac Equivalent or one "bee sting",
standard bee venom unit.
E
Electrical Shock
Stimulation: A widely used bee venom collection method to stimulate
honeybees to deposit their venom on a surface from which it is later gathered
and processed.
Electrophoresis: The movement of particles between
electrodes through a liquid or gel by the contact of an electrical current. It
is known as a safe and effective means of absorption of bee
venom.
Embrocation: Lotion or liniment (liquid) like preparation
that contains medicinal substances for topical application.
H
Healing
Crisis: A process of cure, time or beginning of a period when a healing
procedure provoked by an equal amount and sequential application of a medicinal
substance.
Homeoacupuncture: The injection of sterile single or
combination homeopathic remedy(s) into acupuncture
points.
Homeopathy: The use of small amounts of natural
substance(s) to stimulate a natural healing response in the
body.
Homeopuncture: A combination of homeopathy and acupuncture
in which an acupuncture needle is dipped into a sterile single or combination
remedy, or the remedy is being placed on the skin above a specific acupuncture
point and the needle is inserted.
Homeosineatry: A therapy that
uses intracutaneous or subcutaneous injections of a single homeopathic remedy
on one (1) specific acupuncture point.
Honey: A sugary substance
produced by bees from the nectar of uni or poly floral sources or from a sweet
substance (honeydew) processed by various aphides.
HoneyPLUS:
Creamed honey blended with a specific amount of bee
venom.
Honey-PollenPLUS: Creamed honey blended with bee pollen
and a specific amount of bee venom.
To be continued.......
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