Ginger, licorice, and slippery elm are some of the commonly used demulcent herbs for treatment of minor inflammation. From LearnThat.org.
It promotes perspiration, and is demulcent to the chest. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The root contains tannin and mucilage, it is therefore astringent and demulcent. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Barley water is an astringent or demulcent drink used to reduce laxative condition. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
This is demulcent to the chest, or to the urinary passages, being also slightly laxative. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
They act as a demulcent in catarrh and pleurisy, being also a favourite food of Goldfinches. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It is flavoured with orange flowers, and acts as a demulcent with slightly stimulating effects. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Arrowroot starch possesses demulcent properties and is sometimes used in the treatment of disorders of the intestine. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
They were taken as food by the ancient Greeks and Romans, whilst Hippocrates knew the demulcent properties of linseed. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
A fecula is washed from the abundant pith, which is chemically a starch, very demulcent, and more digestible than that of rice. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Its properties may easily be inferred from the above statement ; they are demulcent, slightly astringent, tonic, and expectorant. From Wordnik.com. [This is what I was trying to photograph at midnight, in the moonlight.] Reference
It is used by the vegetable practitioners as a demulcent. 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's a demulcent and a mucilaginous herb … which means. From Wordnik.com. [Home-Steeped Hope] Reference
It also forms an excellent demulcent poultice for 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
Medicinal Action and Uses: Astringent, demulcent and tonic. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
The plant is used as a palliative and demulcent in consumption and cough. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
Powdered roots used as demulcent for piles; also for dysentery and dyspepsia. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
A substitute for M. sylvestris, which possesses valuable demulcent 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
This also is possessed of demulcent properties; a convenient substitute for the above. 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
New Jersey tea tree, 109; demulcent and aromatic, 352, 354; flavor of green tea, 523; blade, 553. 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
Dr. Wood, in the U.S. Disp. 530, says, it is very little more than a demulcent; but Lindley, Nat. 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 decoction is prescribed internally as an emmenagogue and demulcent and externally as a lotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
A medicinal infusion of root or rhizome, is used in alternative medicine as an astringent, demulcent, and tonic. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
Mallow's thick roots the mucilage used in confectionery is obtained, a soothing demulcent long esteemed in medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
Bergius, speaking of these two, says that half an ounce in twelve of water produces a consistent and valuable demulcent jelly. 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
Should the purging continue, however, it is best treated by giving demulcent drinks -- linseed tea and oatmeal or wheat-flour gruel. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The bark of the holly root chewed, or a tea made with it, yields an excellent bitter demulcent, very useful in coughs, colds, etc. 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
3.9.2 Expectorant and demulcent cough preparations. From Wordnik.com. [NHS Blog Doctor] Reference
"to soften," as alluding to the demulcent qualities of these mucilaginous plants. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It is little more than a demulcent, and in this country is not employed as a medicine.”. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Dispensatory: “Liverwort is a very mild demulcent tonic and astringent, supposed by some to possess diuretic and deobstruent virtues. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Irish Moss - A demulcent. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference
The drink should be cooling and demulcent. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
Mild and demulcent liquids were his only food. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
3. demulcent. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
A demulcent -- an astringent -- foe to evils intestine. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems.] Reference
Spinach is cooling, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and demulcent. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
The root is astringent, demulcent, anodyne, and antiscrofulous, used in dysentery, diarrhoea, gonorrhoea, and leucorrhoea externally. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
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