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An enema, also known as a clyster, is an injection of fluid into the lower bowel by way of the rectum. The word enema can also refer to the liquid injected...

reflex. Two suppositories can be inserted at once if a very strong, purgative, enema-like result is needed. A few hours after the initial evacuation, there...

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation. Laxatives...

are used in folk medicine as anthelmintic, antimalarial, laxative/purgative, enema, expectorant, worm expeller and fertility inducer in subfertile women...

This is dangerous, due to the chemical's toxicity. Turpentine enemas, a very harsh purgative, had formerly been used for stubborn constipation or impaction...

young leaves are taken for stomachache and the root is considered a purgative. The Edo of Nigeria drink leaf sap for intestinal disorders. The Igbo...

vermifuge, a purgative, an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory. A decoction prepared from the leaves is used against malaria and as a purgative; the bark...

Lesotho use a decoction of the corm of Dierama pendulum as an enema with strongly purgative properties. Dierama: The Hairbells of Africa - Olive Mary Hilliard...

manner, actively promoting vegetarianism, nutrition, the use of yogurt enemas to clear "intestinal flora", exercise, sun-bathing, and hydrotherapy, as...

to prepare herbal teas, poultices, ointments, eye drops, suppositories, enemas, laxatives, etc. Aloe vera was used in the 2nd millennium BCE. In Greece...

a blood-strengthening tonic. The root is used orally or as an enema and as a purgative for cattle. The wood is hard, light brown with a reddish tint,...

scene and establish a practice that did not so readily resort to drugs, purgatives, and harshly invasive therapeutics to treat a person suffering from ailment...

selected diseases. Book V – Medicines, including opiates, diuretics, purgatives and laxatives. Book VI – Ulcers, skin lesions and diseases. Book VII –...

broth. His subsequent pain was diagnosed as indigestion; he was given purgatives and most doctors left after their evening consultation. In the early morning...

as well as for an analgesic. Euonymus atropurpureus Wahoo Plant is a purgative and might affect the heart. Euphorbia hirta Asthma-plant Used traditionally...

Jīvaka, but as they were eating, Jīvaka secretly served him a strong purgative. By the time they manage to get back to the palace, King Pradyota was...

The oldest written text mentioning enemas is the Ebers Papyrus and many medications were administered using enemas. One of the many types of medical specialists...

Soranus, a 2nd-century Greek physician, prescribed diuretics, emmenagogues, enemas, fasting, and bloodletting as safe abortion methods, although he advised...

ingestion of prescribed quantities of ghee over several days, followed by a purgative. The actual panchakarma then begins with "abhyanga", a herbalized full-body...

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