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| Medical Terms for Medicinal Properties |
| Alterative: Producing a healthful change without perceptible evacuation. Anodyne: Relives pain Anthelmintic: An agent which expels worms Aperient: Gently laxative, withouc purging Aromatic: Stimulant, spicy Astringent: Causes contraction and arrests discharges Antibilious: Acts on bile, relieving biliousness Antiemetic: Stops vomiting Antiepileptic: Relieves fits Antiperiodic: Arrests morbid peridical movements Anthilitic: Prevents the formation of calculi in the urinary organs Antirheumatic: Relieves or cures rheumatism Antiscorbutic: Cures or prevents scurvy Antiseptic: Opposed to putrefaction Antispasmodic: Relieves or prevents spasms Antisyphilitic: Having an effect on or curing venereal disease Carminative: Expels wind from the bowels Cathartic: Evacuating to the bowels Cephalic: Used in diseases of the head Cholagogue: Increases the flow of bile Condiment: Improves flavour of food Demulcent: Soothing, relieves inflammation Deobstruent: Removes obstructions Depurative: Purifies the blood Diaphoretic: Produces prespiration Discutient: Dissloves and removes tumors Diuretic: Increases the flow and secretion of urine Emetic: Causes vomiting Emmenagogue: Promotes menstruation Emollient: Softening and soothing to inflamed parts Esculent: Eatable as a food Exanthematous: Remedy for skin diseases and eruptions Expectorant: Facilitates expectoration Febrifuge: Abates and reduces fevers Hepatic: Remedy for diseases of the liver Herpatic: Remedy for skin eruptions, ringworm, etc. Laxative: Induces bowel action Lithontryptic: Dissolves calculi in the urinary organs Maturating: Brings boils, ulcers, and tumors to a head Mucilaginous: Soothing to inflamed parts Nauseant: Produces vomiting Nervine: Acts specifically on the nervous system, allaying nervous excitment Opthalmicum: A remedy for disease of the eye Parturient: Induces and promotes labour at childbirth Pectoral: Remedy to relieve chest affections Refrigerant: Cooling Resolvent: Dissolves and removes tumors Rubifacient: Increases circulation, produces red skin Sedative: Tonic effect on nerves, also quieting Sialagogue: Increases the secretion of saliva Stomachic: Strengthens and gives tone to the stomach Styptic: Arrests hemorrhage and bleeding Sudorific: Produces profuse perspiration Tonic: Remedy that is strengthening and invigorating Vermifuge: Expels worms |