antiperiodic
Britishadjective
noun
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Horsfield states that the Javanese use it as a tonic and antiperiodic.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Pinckneya pubens.—This cinchonaceous plant is a native of the Southern States and has a reputation as an antiperiodic.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
It is astringent, anthelmintic and antiperiodic, highly useful in chronic diarrhœa and dysentery, not only for its astringent effects but for its tonic and restorative action.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Recently it has attracted attention and gained some repute in medicine as an antiperiodic.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
Like quinine, it arrests the normal amoeboid movements of the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and has a definite antiperiodic action; but it is a very poor substitute for quinine in malaria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
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