aperient

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It is much safer than any known cathartic, and, given in doses of two drachms, in hot water, combined with a small quantity of ginger, it forms a useful aperient and alterative.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

An old-fashioned piece of advice in distemper, and one always given, was that at the outset of the disease a dose of castor oil, or some other aperient, should be administered.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

Senna A safe and efficient aperient for cattle may be made by infusing an ounce of senna in a quart of boiling water.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Suppose the bowels to be constipated, at the same time the animal is hide-bound, in poor condition, &c.; the aperient must then be combined with tonics, as follows:— Extract of butternut, half an ounce.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Sapodilla, sap-ō-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet.

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