aperient

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This medicine is rather constipating; a slight aperient, if only a dose of Carlsbad salts before breakfast or a seidlitz powder, may be taken to counteract it in this respect.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

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

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Seidlitz, sēd′litz, adj. saline water of or from Seidlitz in northern Bohemia, also a saline aperient powder.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Cascara, kas′ka-ra, n. the Cascara sagrada, a Californian bark used as a tonic aperient: the Cascara amarga, a bitter Honduras bark.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

By combining castile soap with butternut, blackroot, golden seal, or balmony, a good aperient is produced, which will generally operate on the bowels in a few hours.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George