Research Results For 'Laxative'

TAMARIND

Tamarind (Tamarinda indica) is a tropical evergreen tree of the Leguminosae family native to the east and west Indies. The tamarind grows to a height of 18 metres and has flowers that are borne in loose racemes and are yellow with red markings, succeeded by bean-like pods, seven to fifteen centimetres long. The pods are brittle and filled with an acid pulp in which are hard seeds. The pod is used as a laxative medicine. The bark of the tamarind is used in cases of dysentery and as a tonic. A yellow dye is obtained from the leaves.
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AGAR

Agar is a laxative substance obtained from seaweed.
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CASCARA

Cascara is an extract of the bark of the Californian buckthorn used as a laxative or cathartic.
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CATHARTIC

A cathartic is a medicine which is capable of producing the second grade of purgation, of which a laxative is the first.
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CROTON LINIMENT

Croton Liniment is a mixture of croton oil, cajuput oil and alcohol used as a counter-irritant and skin absorbed laxative.
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LAXATIVE

A laxative is a substance which loosens the bowels assisting or encouraging the excretion of faeces.
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BRUCITE

Brucite, named after Named after Dr. Archibald Bruce of New York, is a mineral decomposition product of magnesium silicates, especially serpentine. It has the formulae Mg(OH)2 and a relative hardness of 3. It is found in Texas, where it is white with a grey, green or blue tinge and is used in sugar-refining, in medicine as an antacid and laxative and as a source of magnesium. Brucite has an incredibly high melting-point making it useful for lining kilns and furnaces.
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BOTTLE OPENER

Bottle opener is British slang for a laxative.
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CORKSCREW

Corkscrew is British slang for bent.
Corkscrew is British slang for a laxative.
Corkscrew is boxing slang for a blow that ends with a twist of the fist, especially one intended to cut the opponent.
Corkscrew was British army Second World War slang for a steel barbed-wire picket post with a screw thread enabling it to be screwed into the ground instead of hammered.
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