NOUN
- medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing
ADJECTIVE
- relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)
How To Use carminative In A Sentence
- In this connection it is interesting to note that, according to one authority, the word carminative, a remedy which relieves pain "like a charm," is derived from the Latin _carminare_, to use incantations. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
- Its carminative action helps relieve wind and spasm in the bowel, and its gentle action is particularly suited for children and those with delicate stomachs.
- Godfrey's cordial, Dalby's carminative, and Collis Browne's chlorodyne. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
- As medicinal plants, the chamomiles have been traditionally considered to be antispasmodics, carminatives, diaphoretics, emmenagogues, sedatives, and stomachics.
- How are these different from the pharmaceutical classification of substances as diaphoretics, laxatives, alteratives, stimulants, sedatives, nervines, emmenagogues, carminatives, etc.?
- Historically, the dried rhizome and root of this plant were employed medicinally by the Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Indian, and Roman civilizations as an expectorant and carminative.
- Thyme has many valuable properties including its use as a digestant, carminative (to get rid of gas), diuretic, vermifuge (to get rid of worms and parasites); but most important, it has antispasmodic and expectorant (to bring up phlegm) properties. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
- Herbalists generally use carminative herbs like peppermint to treat indigestion.
- Indian long pepper is a traditional Ayurvedic herb that has long been used for its anthelmintic and carminative actions.
- I had a whole poem ruined, just because the word 'carminative' didn't mean what it ought to have meant. Crome Yellow
