Supplement, Vitamin and Herb Ingredient Glossary
Ingredient Glossary: Sa-Sn
- Safflower
- A plant. The flower and seed oil are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Alazor, American Saffron, Bastard Saffron, Benibana, Benibana Oil, Benibana Flower, Cártamo, Carthame, Carthamus tinctorius, Dyer's Saffron, Fake Saffron, False Saffron, Hing Hua, Honghua, Kusumbha, Kusum Phool, Safflower Nut Oil, Safflower Oil, Zaffer, Zafran.
- Saffron
- A plant. The stigmas are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Autumn Crocus, Azafrán, Azafron, Croci stigma, Crocus sativus, Indian Saffron, Kashmira, Kesar, Kumkuma, Saffron Crocus, Safran, Spanish Saffron, True Saffron, Zafran.
- Sage
- An herb. The leaf is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Common Sage, Dalmatian Sage, Feuille de la Bergère, Garden Sage, Herbe Sacré, Meadow Sage, Salvia lavandulaefolia, Salvia officinalis, Sauge, Sauge Ananas, Sauge des Prairies, Sauge Divinatoire, Sauge Divine, Sauge Domestique, Sauge Officinale, Scarlet Sage, Spanish Sage, True Sage, Vraie Sauge.
- Salacia
- An herb. The root and stem are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Chundan, Kathala Hibutu Tea, Ponkoranti, SO, S. oblonga, Salacia oblonga, Salacia reticulata.
- Salep
- A plant. The tuber is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Cuckoo Flower, Levant Salep, Orchid, Orchis morio, Sahlep, Salep Orchid, Saloop, Satyrion.
- SAMe
- A chemical that is found naturally in the body.
- Also known as: Ademetionine, Adenosylmethionine, Adénosylméthionine, S-Adenosyl Methionine, S-Adénosyl Méthionine, S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine, S-Adénosyl-L-Méthionine, S-Adenosylmethionine, S-Adénosylméthionine, S-Adenosylmethionine Butanedisulfonate, S-Adenosylmethionine Tosylate, S-Adenosylmethionine Tosylate Disulfate, SAM, SAM-e, Sammy.
- Samphire
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Crest Marine, Criste Marine, Crithmum maritimum, Fenouil Marin, Peter's Cress, Pierce-Stone, Sampier, Sea Fennel.
- Sandy Everlasting
- A plant. The dried flowers are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Common Shrubby Everlasting, Eternal Flower, Elichrysum orientale, Elichrysum stoechas, Everlasting, Fleur de Pied de Chat, Gnaphalium angustifolium, Gnaphalium italicum, Gnaphalium orientale, Gnaphalium stoechas, Goldilocks, Harnblumen, Helichrysum, Helichrysum augustifolium, Helichrysum italicum, Helichrysum oriental, Helichrysum stoechas, Helicriso, Immortelle de'Italie, Katzenpfotchenbluten, Sardinian Dwarf Curry Plant, Yellow Chaste Weed.
- Sangre De Grado
- A tree. The tree bark and sap are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Blood of the Dragon, Croton lechleri, Drago, Dragon's Blood, Lan-Hiqui, Laniqui, Sang de Dragon, Sangre de Drago, Sangre de Dragon, Sangue de Agua, Sangue de Drago, SP 303, SP-303, Taspine.
- Sanicle
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: European Sanicle, Poolroot, Sanicula europaea, Saniculae Herba, Self-Heal, Wood Sanicle.
- Sarsaparilla
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Ecudorian Sarsaparilla, Honduras Sarsaparilla, Indian Sarsaparilla, Jamaican Sarsaparilla, Mexican Sarsaparilla, Salsaparilha, Salsepareille, Sarsa, Sarsaparillae radix, Sarsaparillewurzel, Smilax, Smilax aristolochaefolia, Smilax aristolochiaefolii, Smilax china, Smilax febrifuga, Smilax officinalis, Smilax ornate, Smilax regelii, Smilax medica, Zarzaparrilla.
- Sassafras
- A plant. The root bark is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Common Sassafras, Kuntze Saloop, Laurus albida, Sasafras, Sassafrax, Sassafras albidum, Sassafras officinale, Sassafras variifolium, Saxifrax.
- Savin Tops
- The top parts of the plant. The branches and leaves are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Genévrier Sabine, Juniperus sabina, Sabina, Savin, Savine.
- Saw Palmetto
- A plant. Its fruit is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: American Dwarf Palm Tree, Baies du Chou Palmiste, Baies du Palmier Scie, Cabbage Palm, Chou Palmiste, Ju-Zhong, Palma Enana Americana, Palmier de Floride, Palmier Nain, Palmier Nain Américain, Palmier Scie, Sabal, Sabal Fructus, Sabal serrulata, Saw Palmetto Berry, Serenoa repens, Serenoa serrulata.
- Scarlet Pimpernel
- A plant. The above ground flowering pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Adder's Eyes, Anagallis arvensis, Mouron des Champs, Poor Man's Weatherglass, Red Chickweed, Red Pimpernel, Shepherd's Barometer.
- Schisandra
- A plant. The fruit is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Bac Ngu Vi Tu, Beiwuweizi, Bei Wu Wei Zi, Chinese Mongolavine, Chinese Schizandra, Chinesischer Limonenbaum, Chosen-Gomischi, Five-Flavor-Fruit, Five-Flavor-Seed, Fructus Schisandrae, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Gomishi, Hoku-Gomishi, Kita-Gomishi, Limonnik Kitajskij, Mei Gee, Magnolia Vine, Matsbouza, Nanwuweizi, Ngu Mei Gee, Northern Schisandra, Omicha, Schisandrae, Schisandra Berry, Schisandra Sinensis, Schisandra sphaerandra, Schizandra, Schizandra Chinensis, Schizandre Fructus, Schzandra, Southern Schisandra, Wuhzi, Wuweizi, Wu-Wei-Zi, Western Schisandra, Xiwuweizi.
- Schizonepeta
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Hairy Sage, Herba Schizonepatae, Japanese Catnip, Japanese Mint, Jing Jie, Nepeta multifida, Schizonepetae Herba, Schizonepeta multifida, Schizonepeta Spica, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Schizonepetae Herba, Tenuifolia.
- Scopolia
- A plant. The root and root-like stem (rhizome) are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Belladonna, Belladonna Scopola, Escopolia, Glockenbilsenkraut, Japanese Belladonna, Russian Krainer Tollkraut, Scopola, Scopolia carniolica, Scopoliae Rhizoma.
- Scotch Broom
- A plant. The flower and above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Bannal, Basam, Besenginaterkraut, Besom, Bizzom, Breeam, Broom Tops, Browme, Brum, Butcher's-Broom, Cytisi Scoparii Flos, Cytisi Scoparii Herba, Cytisus Scoparius, Escoba Negra, Genêt à Balai, Genet a Balais, Genista andreana, Ginsterkraut, Herbe de Hogweed, Hogweed, Irish Broom Tops, Retama Negra, Sarothamnus Scoparius, Sarothamnus Vulgaris, Scoparium, Scoparius, Scotch Broom Herb, Scotch Broom Flower, Spartium Scoparium.
- Scotch Thistle
- A plant. Used as medicine.
- Also known as: Chardon aux Ânes, Onopordum acanthium,Woolly Thistle.
- Scurvy Grass
- An herb. The leaves and flowering pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Cochléaire Officinale, Cochlearia officinalis, Scrubby Grass, Spoonwort.
- Sea Buckthorn
- An herb. The leaves, flowers, and fruits are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Argasse, Argousier, Buckthorn, Chharma, Dhar-Bu, Espino Armarillo, Espino Falso, Finbar, Grisset, Hippophae rhamnoides, Meerdorn, Oblepikha, Purging Thorn, Rokitnik, Sallow Thorn, Sanddorn, Sea Buckhorn, Sceitbezien, Sea-Buckthorn, Seedorn, Star-Bu, Tindved.
- Secretin
- A hormone produced by the digestive tract. It is used as a medicine.
- Also known as: Oxykrinin, Sécrétine.
- Selenium
- A mineral. It is taken into the body in water and foods.
- Also known as: Atomic number 34, Dioxyde de sélénium, Ebselen, L-Selenomethionine, L-Sélénométhionine, Levure sélénisée, Numéro atomique 34, Se, Selenio, Selenite, Sélénite de sodium, Sélénium, Selenium Ascorbate, Selenium Dioxide, Selenized Yeast, Selenomethionine, Sélénométhionine, Sodium Selenite.
- Self-Heal
- An herb. The above ground pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: All-Heal, Blue Curls, Brownwort, Brunelle, Brunelle Vulgaire, Carpenter's Herb, Carpenter's Weed, Heal-All, Heart of the Earth, Herbe au Charpentier, Hercules Woundwort, Hock-Heal, Prunela, Prunella, Prunella vulgaris, Prunelle, Prunelle Vulgaire, Self Heal, Sicklewort, Siclewort, Slough-Heal, Woundwort, Xia Ku Cao.
- Senega
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Chinese Senega, Flax, Klapperschlangen, Milkwort, Mountain Polygala, Polygala, Polygala Glomerata, Polygala japonica, Polygala Root, Polygala Reinii, Polygala senega, Polygalae Radix, Polygala tenuifolia, Radix Polygalae, Rattlesnake Root, Senaga Snakeroot, Seneca, Seneca Snakeroot, Senega, Senega Snakeroot, Seneka, Snake Root, Yuan Zhi.
- Senna
- An herb. The leaves and the fruit of the plant are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Alexandrian Senna, Alexandrinische Senna, Casse, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia, Cassia lanceolata, Cassia senna, Fan Xie Ye, Indian Senna, Khartoum Senna, Sen, Sena Alejandrina, Séné, Séné d'Alexandrie, Séné d'Egypte, Séné de Tinnevelly, Senna alexandrina, Sennae Folium, Sennae Fructus, Sennosides, Tinnevelly Senna, True Senna.
- Serrapeptase
- A chemical from the silkworm.
- Also known as: Butterfly Enzyme, Enzyme de Ver de Soie, Extrait de Ver de Soie, SER, Serratia peptidase, Serratiopeptidase, Silk Worm Enzyme, Silkworm Extract.
- Shark Cartilage
- Comes from sharks caught in the Pacific Ocean.
- Also known as: AE-941, Cartilage de Requin, Cartilago de Tiburon, MSI-1256F, Marine Collagen, Marine Liquid Cartilage, Neovastat, Pacific Shark Cartilage, Shark Cartilage Powder, Shark Cartilage Extract, Sphyrna lewini, Squalus acanthias.
- Shark Liver Oil
- Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Aceite de Hígado de Tiburón, Basking Shark Liver Oil, Cetorhinus maximus, Centroporus squamosus, Deep Sea Shark Liver Oil, Dog Fish Liver Oil, Huile de Foie de Requin, Shark Liver, Shark Oil, Squalene, Sqaulus acanthias.
- Shellac
- Made by the insect Laccifer lacca.
- Also known as: Gommelaque, Lac, Lacca, Laccifer lacca.
- Shepherd's Purse
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: Blind Weed, Bolsa del Pastor, Bolsa-de-Pastor, Bourse a Pasteur, Bourse-à-Pasteur, Bursae Pastoris Herba, Capsella, Capselle a Pasteur, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Caseweed, Cocowort, Erva-Do-Bom-Pastor, Hirtentaschel, Lady's Purse, Mother's-Heart, Naeng-i, Pepper-And-Salt, Pick-Pocket, Poor Man's Parmacettie, Rattle Pouches, Sanguinary, Shepherd's Heart, Shepherd's Scrip, Shepherd's Sprout, Shovelweed, St. James' Weed, Thlaspi bursa-pastoris, Toywort, Witches' Pouches, Zurron de Pastor.
- Shiitake Mushroom
- A fungus. The extract is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Champignons Shiitake, Forest Mushroom, Hongos Shiitake, Hua Gu, Lenticus edodes, Lentinan edodes, Lentinula, Lentinula edodes, Mushroom, Tricholomopsis edodes, Lentinus edodes, Pasania Fungus, Shitake, Shiitake, Snake Butter.
- Silicon
- A mineral.
- Also known as: Acide Orthosilicique, Atomic number 14, Dioxyde de Silicium, Numéro Atomique 14, Orthosilicic Acid, Phytolithic Silica, Polysilicone-11, Si, Silica, Silica Hydride, Silice Hydride, Silicea, Silicio, Silicium, Silicium de Sodium, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Silicate.
- Simaruba
- A plant. The bark is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Bitter Damson, Dysentery Bark, Mountain Damson, Simarouba, Simaruba amara, Slave Wood, Stave Wood, Sumaroub
- Sitostanol
- A plant product. It is made from vegetable oils.
- Also known as: Beta-sitostanol, Dihydro-beta-sitosterol, Fucostanol, Phytostanol, Plant Stanol, Plant Stanol Esters, Stigmastanol, 24-alpha-ethylcholestanol.
- Skirret
- A plant. The root is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Chervis, Sium sisarum.
- Skullcap
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: American Skullcap, Blue Pimpernel, Blue Skullcap, Escutelaria, Grande Toque, Helmet Flower, Hoodwort, Mad-Dog Herb, Mad-Dog Skullcap, Mad-Dog Weed, Mad Weed, Quaker Bonnet, Scullcap, Scutellaria, Scutellaire, Scutellaire de Virginie, Scutellaire Latériflore, Scutelluria, Scutellaria lateriflora, Toque Bleue, Toque Casquée, Toque des Marais.
- Skunk Cabbage
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used as medicine.
- Also known as: American Skullcap, Blue Pimpernel, Blue Skullcap, Escutelaria, Grande Toque, Helmet Flower, Hoodwort, Mad-Dog Herb, Mad-Dog Skullcap, Mad-Dog Weed, Mad Weed, Quaker Bonnet, Scullcap, Scutellaria, Scutellaire, Scutellaire de Virginie, Scutellaire Latériflore, Scutelluria, Scutellaria lateriflora, Toque Bleue, Toque Casquée, Toque des Marais.
- Slippery Elm
- A tree. The inner bark rind is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Indian Elm, Moose Elm, Olmo Americano, Orme, Orme Gras, Orme Rouge, Orme Roux, Red Elm, Sweet Elm, Ulmus fulva, Ulmus rubra.
- Smartweed
- An herb. The entire plant is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Arsesmart, La Liao, Polygonum Hydropiper, Renouée e Poivre d'Eau, Water Pepper.
- Smooth Alder
- A tree. The bark is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Alnus serrulata, Aulne Blanc, Hazel Alder, Tag Alder.
- Sneezewort
- A plant. The dried root is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Achillea ptarmica, Achilée Boule de Neige, Sneezeweed.