Papaya - a world class meat tenderizer, natural digestive aid, prevents ulcers, and also a soft contact lense cleaner.Plant E Glossary
Electuaries
- mixtures of dried and powdered medicine in a suitable vehicle such as honey, worked into a mass of such consistency as to be easily taken from a spoon and as easily swallowed. The drug so administered is nonsoluble.
Emetics
- agents which cause vomiting. Many of the plants in this book are reputed to be valuable as emetics; naturally some are more so than others. Almost everyone knows that it is not herbs alone which induce vomiting; taste, motion, smell, sight, and physical inducement, as well as emotional upsets, will do the same. It is known that the Romans used emetics in times of feasting to clear the stomach and make room for more food, but at present the use of emetics is confined to persons who suffer from bilious attacks, dysentery, jaundice, and similar digestive disturbances.
Emmenagogues
- medicines which promote the menstrual discharge.
One writer suggests that women living in isolated colonies were the first white people to take advantage of the herbal lore of the Indians. The list of aids for the promotion of the menstrual discharge is long.
Emollients
- somewhat the same as demulcents, but emollients are materials which soothe the skin rather than the internal membranes.
Emulsifying Agents
- materials which encourage the union of oily or resinous substarces with aqueous (watery) materials.
Escape
- a cultivated garden plant, run wild.
Expectorants
- remedies which assist in enabling the patient to bring up and spit out excessive secretions of phlegm which accumulate in lungs and windpipe. Many plant drugs are valuable for this purpose.