diaphoretic
Example Sentences
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His skin is noticeably flushed and diaphoretic, and he appears extremely tense.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2012
To answer the questions — no significant necrosis, he was initially diaphoretic but not in the ED.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2011
The emetic dose of the powdered leaves is 1.20–1.80 grams, the expectorant and diaphoretic dose 10–30 centigrams.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
And that therefore the principal use of diaphoretic medicines is to warm the skin, and thence in consequence to produce the natural degree of insensible perspiration in languid habits.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The hot infusion of the leaves is a good diaphoretic taken by the mouth, especially useful in catarrhal bronchitis, and prized as an expectorant by the Chinese and Javanese.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
