Definition of Sudorifics. Meaning of Sudorifics. Synonyms of Sudorifics

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Definition of Sudorifics

Sudorific
Sudorific Su`dor*if"ic, a. [L. sudor sweat (akin to E. sweat) + facere to make.] Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs. -- n. A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic.

Meaning of Sudorifics from wikipedia

- humid conditions. A substance or medicine that causes perspiration is a sudorific or sudatory. Sweat contributes to body odor when it is metabolized by...
- used in ritual purification and as folk medicine for stomach aches, as a sudorific, and as liniment for rheumatism. Aged heartwood is rich in terpenes such...
- time suggested expelling the disease through sudorifics, cordials, ptisans, and heavy bedclothes. Sudorifics and heavy bedclothes were suggested because...
- cuticle. It was then left to crystallise. It was used as a diuretic and sudorific. According to Chambers's Cyclopedia, the recipe was purchased for five...
- treatment of dysentery. Salt of hartshorn (ammonium carbonate) was used as a sudorific for treatment of fevers, and as a smelling salt. Hartshorn was used to...
- fungicide, dentifrice, rubefacient, diap****tic, perfume, carminative and sudorific. Before the twentieth century, S****afras enjo**** a great re****tion in...
- traditional medicine of India the leaves of the plant are used as stimulant, sudorific, antiperiodic, and anticatarrhal, while the essential oil is used as carminative...
- for dropsy." It was a traditional European medicine used as a strong sudorific, analgesic and sedative with powerful narcotic properties, but was considered...
- used in folk medicine to treat tumours and haemorrhoids and possesses sudorific (perspiration-inducing), laxative and antispasmodic properties. Decoctions...
- Frankincense, Castor, Pepper, Gentian, &c. It is accounted a Cordial, Opiate, Sudorific, and Alexipharmic". Petrus Andreas Matthiolus considered it more effectual...