aperient

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Acting on this idea, I administered five grains of iodide of potassium, and thirty grains of bicarbonate of potassium, four times every twenty-four hours, after giving a moderate saline aperient.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

Given in doses of half an ounce of the powdered bark, it acts as an aperient, and is good wherever an aperient is indicated.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

A sirup made from this plant is a valuable aperient in cattle practice.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

In medicine it is employed as an aperient, and is one of the safest and most innocuous known.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

An infusion of this herb acts as an aperient, and promotes the secretions.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George