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CARMINATIVES

Volume 2 · 50 words · 1771 Edition

in pharmacy, medicines used in colics, or other flatulent disorders, to dispel the wind.

The four carminative flowers are those of camomile, melilot, motherwort, and dill; besides, angelica, fennel, lovage, anise, caraway, coriander, cummin, &c. all agree in their carminative qualities, and are therefore used in compositions of that intention.