The herb has astringent and tonic properties. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.atihealthnet.com/pages/herbuseslmn.html]
astringent cosmetic lotions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : his astringent criticism. ,astringent wit. From Dictionary.com.
A far better film on a similar subject, and more astringent, is Shadow of A Doubt. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: It's a Wonderful Life.] Reference
However oily your skin is, I would not recommend you to use skin tonic containing alcohol (often called astringent). From Wordnik.com. [Skin Tonic - Get Natural Glow with Homemade Skin Tonics] Reference
Irritant, astringent, and tonic; two to four drachms. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Irritant, caustic, and astringent; two to three drachms. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
The oak leaves are very essential for their astringent qualities. From Wordnik.com. [The Cookery Blue Book] Reference
At that temperature it is an excellent antiseptic and astringent. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Several astringent substances obtained from tropical plants, including. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
When the skin is pale, lax, and wrinkled, astringent washes may be used. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
After the harsh, astringent drug, the flavour was soothing and gratifying. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Thus galls, bark, rhubarb, camomile tea, &c. &c. are all bitter and astringent. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
In the way of medicinal treatment antiseptic and astringent washes are indicated. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Barley water is an astringent or demulcent drink used to reduce laxative condition. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
• Tannins -- These are the astringent compounds found in tea and the bark of trees. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Hyman, MD: Is Hidden Fungus Making You Ill?] Reference
A harsh, austere, astringent kind of fruit, resembling a plumb, was found in some places. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
Teas have been found to consist principally of narcotic salts, some astringent oil, and earth. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
Bathe the parts with cold water or with astringent lotions, as alum water, especially in bleeding piles. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
There is an astringent principle, named tannin, which calls for attention in any reference to wine-making. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Imported grafted stock will take from our soil those elements which make an astringent, tough, insipid nut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The fruit can be eaten as it is, but it is like the persimmon; it must be fully ripe, or it will be too astringent. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
White, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb (C2H3O2) 2. 3H2O; formerly used in medicine as an astringent. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
They had mellowed on the sunny shelves of prosperity, like every good thing which has an astringent skin when it is green. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
Good fresh lees, from rather astringent wines are also an excellent remedy when the wine becomes flat, as before described. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines] Reference
It has very long acorns, which are less astringent than those of either of the other trees, and very much preferred by pigs. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
In addition to this, the ordinary astringent ointments are useful, as is also that sovereign lotion, "lead-water and laudanum.". From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
His portrait style, influenced by the expressionist white-background paintings of Egon Schiele, grew more astringent, satirical. From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
This island we called Plumb Island, from its bearing an austere, astringent kind of fruit, resembling plumbs, but not fit to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
Food which possesses astringent (drying) properties tends to check the digestive secretions and may also act as an exciting cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Her complexion stood the test of the merciless, astringent morning and came up triumphantly and healthily firm and pink and smooth. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
In another group of hickories with temptingly thin shells and plump kernels, we have a bitter or astringent pellicle of the kernel. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
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