A typical example of such a defensive reaction is fever; and it is therefore often misguided and even harmful to fight fever with febrifugal remedies. From Wordnik.com. [C. G. Jung and Psychosynthesis, by Roberto Assagioli] Reference
It contains species with purgative, acrid, and febrifugal properties. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
It yields a bitter oil, and is supposed to possess febrifugal properties. From Wordnik.com. [The Social History of Smoking] Reference
The bark of this tree possesses febrifugal properties and is also used for tanning. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Quito and Loxa produce the finest qualities of this febrifugal bark hitherto known. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
(The Tatsan Tribe.) The juice of many of the species is slightly purgative and febrifugal. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
The herb is well-known for its diuretic, analgesic, stomachic, antispasmodic, febrifugal, and cell protective actions. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
(The Coffee Tribe.) The grand features of this order are powerful febrifugal properties in the bark and emetic in the root. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
It is said to possess febrifugal properties, and owing to its pleasant bitter taste it is used for flavoring cooling beverages. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
It is highly esteemed by the inhabitants; the bark of the tree is astringent and febrifugal; the seeds are aperient and diuretic. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
It is tonic and febrifugal, with some acro-narcotic properties; used in the form of cataplasm as an application to wounds and ulcers. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
The temperate mountains of Merida, Santa Fe, Popayan, Quito and Loxa produce the finest qualities of this febrifugal bark hitherto known. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
The country - people in that part of France, as in the Aveyron, use this little plant largely as a febrifugal infusion; they also drink it as tea. From Wordnik.com. [The Roof of France] Reference
The berries of the English holly are said to be purgative, and six or eight of them swallowed will produce violent vomiting; the bark is said to be febrifugal. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
But Michael Scott's noisy amorous novel of adventure was an extraordinary book to put in the hands of a child who had never been allowed to glance at the mildest and most febrifugal story-book. From Wordnik.com. [Father and Son: a study of two temperaments] Reference
Although the bark was used for many years, it was not till Dr Gomez, a surgeon in the Portuguese navy, in 1816 isolated the febrifugal principle, and called it chinchonine, that its true value became known. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
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