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A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.

A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.

The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.

A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

rsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. She diets him with fasting every day. Spenser.

An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens." Wiseman.

A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopoeia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

low tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.

ive substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers.

trated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.

A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unident…