Rubefacient
61alantol — A yellowish liquid obtained by distillation from the root of Inula helenium or elecampane; used internally as an irritating tonic and externally as a mild rubefacient. SYN: inulol …
62allium — A. sativum (family Liliaceae), whose bulb contains up to 0.9% of volatile irritating oil with antiseptic action; has been used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, and expectorant. SYN: garlic. [L.] * * * al·li·um al ē əm n …
63cantharides — Plural of cantharis. * * * can·thar·i·des (kan tharґĭ dēz) [L.] the dried body of Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria, containing the toxic active principle cantharidin (q.v.); it was formerly applied externally as a powerful rubefacient and… …
64capsicum — Cayenne, African, or red pepper, the dried ripe fruit of C. frutescens (family Solanaceae); used as a carminative, gastrointestinal stimulant, and externally as a rubefacient. * * * cap·si·cum kap si kəm n 1) cap a genus of tropical herbs and… …
65chloral — A thin oily liquid with a pungent odor, formed by the action of chlorine gas on alcohol. SYN: anhydrous c.. anhydrous c. SYN: c.. c. betaine the adduct formed by c. hydrat …
66isopropyl alcohol — An isomer of propyl alcohol and a homologue of ethyl alcohol, similar in its properties, when used externally, to the latter, but more toxic when taken internally; used as an ingredient of various cosmetics and of medicinal preparations for… …
67Jatropha — A genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae; a poisonous plant found in eastern Africa and the West Indies. [G. iatros, physician, + trophe, nourishment] J. curcas barbados nut or physic nut, the seed of which furnishes a purgative oil similar… …
68methyl — The moiety, CH3. [G. methy, wine, + hyle, wood] active m. a m. group attached to a quaternary ammonium ion or a tertiary sulfonium ion that can take part in transmethylation reactions; e.g., m. groups in choline and in S adenosyl l methionine,… …
69mustard — 1. The dried ripe seeds of Brassica alba (white m.) and B. nigra (black m.) (family Cruciferae). 2. SYN: m. gas. [O.Fr. moustarde, fr. L. mustum, must] black m. the dried ripe seed of Brassica nigra or of B. juncea; it is the source of allyl… …
70nutmeg oil — The volatile oil distilled from the dried kernels of the ripe seeds of Myristica fragrans; used as a flavoring agent and a carminative; in large quantities, it may produce narcosis and delirium; the fixed oil expressed from M. fragrans is used as …
