The great value of the oil as a purgative is the mildness and rapidity with. 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
These states are also described as the purgative, illuminative, and unitive ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Mystical theology is generally divided into three parts, respectively called the purgative, the illuminative, and the unitive life. From Wordnik.com. [The Interior Castle or The Mansions] Reference
Syrmea is a purgative plant very common in Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
The fruits are purgative and yield a green dye when unripe. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
White, tasteless powder, used as a purgative and fungicide. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
The waters, which rise from alluvium, are saline and purgative. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Glauber's salts are efficient, but the compound jalap powder is the best purgative. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
I directed a saline purgative and applied the lunar caustic to the excoriated parts. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
These are combined, however, with a purgative of greater activity, most probably jalap. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It is good also to give the patient some simple purgative medicine, and some warm drink. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
The mildest must be selected, as a strong purgative is highly improper, and even dangerous. 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
The flowers of the greater Periwinkle are gently purgative, but lose their effect by drying. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
South America and Asia, is purgative and emetic, and analagous in its properties to croton oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
It contains a resinous, purgative principle, and is known to country folk as a safe, active purge. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
An active purgative should be given at once and in the ordinary case, stimulants are indicated. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
This is the active ingredient of Seidlitz powders and has a purgative effect when taken into the body. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Should a child swallow a nail, button or some such hard substance, do not give any purgative medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
Mix for drench; if repeated, it should be followed by a purgative, as soon as the spasms have subsided. 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
In Cornwall if the herb is to be used as an emetic they strip it upwards, if for a purgative downwards. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Continued diarrhœa and the action of strong purgative medicines, particularly the aloetic, are dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
An infusion made from one drachm of the dried flowers, or from half an ounce of the fresh flowers, has a purgative effect. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
In one case he prescribed rust, probably the earliest use of iron as a drug, and he also used hellebore root as a purgative. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Treatment: After full vomiting, an active purgative should be given to remove any of the noxious matter from the intestines. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The ripe fruit, from which a medicinal tincture is prepared, furnishes euonymin, a golden resin, which is purgative and emetic. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
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