Stomachic
81chamomile — The flowering heads of Anthemis nobilis (family Compositae); a stomachic. SYN: camomile. [G. chamaimelon, c., fr. chamai, on the ground, + melon, apple] * * * cham·o·mile or cam·o·mile kam ə .mīl, .mēl n 1 a) a composite herb (Chamaemelum nobile… …
82cinchona — The dried bark of the root and stem of various species of C., a genus of evergreen trees (family Rubiaceae), native of South America but cultivated in various tropical regions. The cultivated bark contains 7 to 10% of total alkaloids; about 70%… …
83cinnamon — 1. The dried bark of Cinnamomum loureirii Nees (family Lauraceae), an aromatic bark used as a spice and, in medicine, as an adjuvant, carminative, and aromatic stomachic. SYN: Saigon c.. 2. The dried inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum… …
84condurango — The bark of Gonolobus c., Marsdenia c. (family Asclepiadaceae), a shrub of Ecuador and Peru; an aromatic bitter and astringent. [Peruv.] * * * con·du·ran·go raŋ (.)gō n the dried bark of a So. American vine (Marsdenia cundurango) used as an… …
85drops — A popular term for a medicine taken in doses measured by d., usually a tincture, or applied by dropping, as an eyewash. eye d. See eyewash, ophthalmic solutions, under solution. knock out d. a popular name for chloral alcoholate given with… …
86Jatropha — A genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae; a poisonous plant found in eastern Africa and the West Indies. [G. iatros, physician, + trophe, nourishment] J. curcas barbados nut or physic nut, the seed of which furnishes a purgative oil similar… …
87rhubarb — Any plant of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum, garden r., and R. officinale or R. palmatum; the last two species or their hybrids, deprived of periderm tissues, dried, and powdered, are used for their astringent,… …
88serpentaria — The dried rhizome and roots of Aristolochia s., Virginia snakeroot, or of A. reticulata, Texas snakeroot (family Aristolochiaceae); a stomachic. SYN: snakeroot. [L. snakeweed] * * * ser·pen·tar·ia .sər pən tar ē ə n the dried rhizome and roots of …
89strychnine — An alkaloid from Strychnos nux vomica; colorless crystals of intensely bitter taste, nearly insoluble in water. It stimulates all parts of the central nervous system, and was used as a stomachic, an antidote for depressant poisons, and in the… …
90Cleistocalyx operculatus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division …
