flatulency
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Internally, used for.—To increase gastric juice secretions, stimulating tonic, diarrhea, dysentery, flatulency, cramps and nausea.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
I ain't had a drap sence the night o' the ball, an' thass what make this-yeh flatulency o' the heart.
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
His skin continues hot and dry without any observable remissions, with liquid stools and much flatulency and sickness; his water when observed was of a straw colour.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
As the stomach by their violent stimulus at length loses its natural degree of irritability, and indigestion is the consequence; which is attended with flatulency and emaciation.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
It is a most useful drink to the weak, the lean, and the laborious, provided they are not very subject to flatulency, nor troubled with disorders of the breast.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 by Various
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