stomachic

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Its blanched stems, candied with sugar, form a very agreeable sweetmeat, possessing tonic and stomachic qualities.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Garlic possesses stimulant and stomachic properties, and was of old, as still sometimes now, employed as a medicinal remedy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

But the appeal of music and colour need not be so detailedly stomachic as that.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

To stimulate and open the bowels, give, also, rhubarb in a decoction, the equivalent of ten or fifteen grains at a dose, accompanied with the ordinary carminative and stomachic adjuvants, ginger and gentian in infusion.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

Yet Coquiot found him entertaining betimes, while De Gourmont scoffs at his tales of stomachic woe.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James