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Therapeutic Properties Flashcards

1
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Produce absorption of exudates or diseased tissues.

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Absorbents

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Detergents

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Abstergents

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3
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Modify nutrition to overcome morbid processes.

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Alternatives

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4
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Produce anesthesia or unconsciousness.

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Anesthetics

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5
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Restorative herbs or food.

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Analeptics

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6
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Used to allay pain

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Analgesics

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7
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Used to allay sexual feeling

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Anaphrodisiacs

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8
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Allay pain

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Anodyne

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9
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Used to neutralize acid in the stomach and intestines.

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Antacids

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10
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Used to destroy intestinal worms

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Anthelmintics

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11
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Used for the relieving gout

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Antiarthritics

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12
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Used for reliving dropsy

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Antihydropics

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13
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Used to relieve calculus affections

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Antilithics

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14
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Used to relieve malarial fevers

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Antiperiodics

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15
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Used for reduction of body temperature in fevers

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Antipyretic

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16
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Have the power of preventing putrefactions

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Antiseptics

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17
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Relief of nervous irritability and minor spasms

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Antispasmodics

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18
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Relief of syphilis

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Antisyphilitics

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19
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Power of destroying disease producing organisms

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Antizymotics

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20
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Mild purgatives

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Aperients

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21
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Increase sexual power and excitement

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Aphrodisiacs

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22
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Characterized by fragrant or spicy taste and odor, and stimulant to the gastrointestinal mucous membrane.

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Aromatics

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23
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Unite the properties of the aromatics and the simple bitters.

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Aromatic Bitters

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24
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Power of influencing vital contractility, thereby condensing tissues.

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Astringents

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25
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Have a bitter taste, and have power of stimulating gastrointestinal mucous membrane without affecting the general system.

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Bitters, Simple

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26
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Remedies which, when locally applied, cause inflammatory exudation of serum from the skin, and are used as revulsants.

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Blisters

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27
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Used externally to cause a sense or warmth.

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Calefacients

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28
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Lowers heart’s action

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Cardiac depressant

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29
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Increases heart’s action

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Cardiac Stimulant

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30
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Containing volatile oil, used to excite intestinal peristalsis and provoke an expulsion of flatus.

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Carminatives

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31
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Purgatives

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Cathartics

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32
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Used to destroy living tissues

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Caustics

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33
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Provoke bike flow

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Cholagogues

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34
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Astringents

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Constringents

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35
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Cause convulsions

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Convulsants

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36
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Correct or render more pleasant the action of other remedies, especially purgatives.

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Correctives

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37
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Correctives

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Corrigents

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38
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Mucilaginous principles which are used in solution to soothe and protect irritated mucous membranes or other tissues

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Demulcents

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39
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Remedies which overcome obstruction; aperients.

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Deobstruents

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40
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Destroy or hide foul odors

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Deodorants

41
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Remove hair

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Depilatories

42
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Sedatives

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Depressants

43
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Lessen motor activity

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Depresso-motors

44
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Act upon the emunctories, to cause excretion, and purify the system.

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Depurants

45
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Cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.

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Detergents

46
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Produce sweating

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Diaphoretics

47
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Ferments and acids which have the power of aiding in the solution of food.

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Digestants

48
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Dilute secretions and excretions

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Diluents

49
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Substances that have the power of destroying the noxious properties of decaying organic matter

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Disinfectants

50
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Increase secretion of urine

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Diuretics

51
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Purgatives which cause much irritation

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Drastics

52
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Produce abortion

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Ecbolics

53
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Laxatives

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Eccoprotics, or Ectoprotics

54
Q

Cause vomiting

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Emetics

55
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Stimulate menstruation

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Emmenagogues

56
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Used to mechanically soften and protect tissues.

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Emollients

57
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Blisters

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Epispastics

58
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Increase nasal secretions

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Earrhines

59
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Caustics

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Escharotics

60
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Remedies which evacuate; chiefly applies to purgatives.

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Evacuate

61
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Stimulants

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Excitants

62
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Increase motor activity

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Excito-motors

63
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Act upon the pulmonic mucous membrane and increase or alter its secretions.

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Expectorants

64
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Dissipate fever

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Febrifuges

65
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Increase milk secretion

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Galactagogues

66
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Arrest hemorrhages

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Hemoststics

67
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Purgatives which cause large watery discharges.

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Hydragogues

68
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Cause sleep

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Hypnotics

69
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Mild purgatives

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Laxatives

70
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When applied locally, destroy sensation.

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Local anesthetics

71
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Cause mydriasis, or dilation of pupils.

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Mydriatics

72
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Cause myosin, or contraction of the pupil

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Myotics

73
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Powerful anodyne, hypnotics.

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Narcotics

74
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Act upon the nervous system

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Neurotics

75
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Modify the nutritive processes

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Nutriants

76
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Substances which nourish

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Nutrients

77
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Stimulate uterine contraction, and hasten childbirth.

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Oxytocics

78
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Increase peristalsis

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Peristaltics

79
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Prevent the taking or development of disease

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Prophylactics

80
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Herbs which protect a part when applied to it.

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Protectives

81
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Sialagogues

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Ptyalagogues

82
Q

Produce copious discharges from the bowels.

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Purgatives

83
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Herbs which, by causing irritation, draw nervous looks from a distant diseased part.

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Refrigerants

84
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Cause irritation and redness, and are used as revulsants.

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Rubefacients

85
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Lower functional activity

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Sedative

86
Q

Excite the salivary glands to secretion

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Sialogogue

87
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Soporifics, cause sleep

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Somnifacient

88
Q

Cause sleep

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Soporifics

89
Q

Cause absorption

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Sorbefacients

90
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Have a direct curative influence upon certain individual diseases.

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Specifics

91
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Increase functional activity

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Stimulants

92
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Stimulants to the stomach

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Stomachics

93
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Hemoststics

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Styptics

94
Q

Produce sweating

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Sudorifics

95
Q

Kill tapeworm

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Taenicides

96
Q

Permanently increase the systemic tone by stimulating nutrition.

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Tonics

97
Q

Kill intestinal worms

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Vermicides

98
Q

Cause the expulsion of intestinal worms.

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Vermifuges

99
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Blisters

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Vesicatories

Advanced Treatise in Herbology (9 decks)

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