Plant V Glossary
Vermifuges
- see anthelmintics.
Vesicants
- agents which produce blisters or sores; poison ivy, for instance.
Vulneraries
- medicines useful in healing wounds. This word is not in common usage but is found in old herbals. In the days of hand-tohand combat, the need for medicine of any origin which might heal wounds was of first importance, and plant drugs which were used for this purpose were called vulneraries.
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