stomachic
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Yet Coquiot found him entertaining betimes, while De Gourmont scoffs at his tales of stomachic woe.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
The fruit of the quince is astringent and stomachic; and its expressed juice, in small quantities, as a spoonful or two, is of considerable service in nausea, vomitings, eructations, &c.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Here I first saw the tree, or rather shrub, which bears the balm of Gilead, erst so celebrated for its tonic and stomachic properties.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
Cubeb, kū′beb, n. the dried berry of Piper cubeba, a climbing shrub, native to Sumatra—useful as a stomachic and carminative in indigestion, for piles and for sore throats.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The stomachic causes which, as time went on, produced melancholy and dense, black depression in me, probably accounted for his eruptions of violent irascibility.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
