The following are his conclusions concerning its medicinal properties : 1. Kava-Kava is a sialagogue. 2. Its action on the stomach is that of a bitter tonic; it improves the appetite without producing either diarrhoea or constipation, and perhaps acts... Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal - Page 2611881Full view - About this book
| George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - Medicine - 1879 - 646 pages
...essential therapeutic principle. The following are his conclusions concerningits medicinal properties : 1. Kava-Kava is a sialagogue. 2. Its action on the stomach...essentially from alcoholic intoxication, and is called by Dr. Dupuy, kavaic stimulation. 4. It is not a sudorific. 5. It increases very markedly the excretion... | |
| Botany, Economic - 1878 - 500 pages
...conclusions concerning its medicinal properties: — It is a sialogogue, acting on the stomach like a bitter tonic ; it improves the appetite without...affections of the upper part of the digestive canal, and it has the advantage over similar remedies, of having an agreeable taste. It exerts a special stimulating... | |
| Child development - 1889 - 598 pages
...Properties'" He concludes as follows as to its essential therapeutic properties: 1. Kava-kava is a sialogogue. 2. Its action on the stomach is that of a bitter tonic...exerts a special stimulating effect on the central * Edward Fornias, MD, Philadelphia, Exotic Drugs for Provings, Perm. Hom. Med. Society. nervous system... | |
| Medicine - 1879 - 524 pages
...essential therapeutic principle. The following are his conclusions concerning its medicinal properties : 1. Kava-Kava is a sialagogue. 2. Its action on the stomach...essentially from alcoholic intoxication, and is called by Dr. Dupuy, kavaic stimulation. 4. It is not a sudorific. 5. It increases very markedly the excretion... | |
| 1889 - 606 pages
...He concludes as follows as to its essential therapeutic properties : 1. Kava-kava is a sialogogue. 2. Its action on the stomach is that of a bitter tonic...exerts a special stimulating effect on the central * Edward Fornias, MD, Philadelphia, Exotic Drugs for Provings, Penn. Horn. Med. Society. nervous system... | |
| 1913 - 590 pages
...meets this indication perfectly. An added advantage is that it is taken up readily from the stomach. Its action on the stomach is that of a bitter tonic. It has no tendency to cause nausea or other unpleasant symptoms. The Blood Pressure Is Diminished There... | |
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