Medical Dictionary

picrorhiza

noun pic·ro·rhi·za \ˌpik-rə-ˈrī-zə\

Medical Definition of PICRORHIZA

:  the dried rhizome of a Himalayan herb (Picrorhiza kurrooa) of the snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae) that is used in India as a bitter tonic and antiperiodic

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