diaphoretic's Usage Examples:

The benefits include carminative, antipyretic, diaphoretic and diuretic agents.

The plant is poisonous, acting as a powerful local and general stimulant, diaphoretic, emmenagogue and anthelmintic; it was formerly employed both internally and externally.

"The benefits include carminative, antipyretic, diaphoretic and diuretic agents.

On the skin its action is that of a diaphoretic, and being also excreted by the bile it acts slightly as a cholagogue.

Now we can see the reason for their administration, because the nitrous ether, consisting chiefly of ethyl nitrite, dilates the superficial vessels and thus allows greater escape of heat from the surface; while acetate of ammonia, by acting as a diaphoretic and stimulating the secretion of sweat, increases the loss of heat by evaporation.

The antipyretic action which considerable doses of aconite display is not specific, but is the result of its influence on the circulation and respiration and of its slight diaphoretic action.

Being a mild diaphoretic it can be used to induce sweating when taken hot.

, in Monroe (disambiguation)|Monroe county, diuretic and diaphoretic; and Berkeley Springs, 74° F.

Opium has a more marked diaphoretic action than morphine, and is much less certain as a hypnotic and analgesic.

It is also an intestinal and hepatic stimulant and a feeble diuretic and diaphoretic, and has been considered a specific in some forms of neuralgia.

Synonyms:

medication, medicine, medicinal drug, medicament,

Antonyms:

prescription drug, over-the-counter medicine,