cholagogue
Americanadjective
noun
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Origin of cholagogue
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In past times fumitory was in esteem for its reputed cholagogue and other medicinal properties; and in England, boiled in water, milk or whey, it was used as a cosmetic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
On the skin its action is that of a diaphoretic, and being also excreted by the bile it acts slightly as a cholagogue.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
"You have got it bad this time," Peter said, suggesting the doctor, and more quinine and cholagogue, and a dose of Warburg's Tincture.
From The Cromptons by Mary Jane Holmes
He lived in Richmond, and, to keep him free from fever-and-ague, my brother dosed him freely with cholagogue whenever he came down into the malarial country.
From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by General Robert Edward Lee
He used instead small doses of tartar emetic, or more recently, of ipecacuanha frequently repeated, with low diet; or cholagogue purgatives combined with ipecacuanha, etc.
From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Robert Peter
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