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o point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

inner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.

An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

t is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.

of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produ…

A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.]

Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. Dr. H. Hartshorne.

lowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.

musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also sumbal.] -- Sum*bul"ic, a.

having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.