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A tonic is a substance that exerts a gentle strengthening effect on the body, designed to restore enfeebled function and to promote vigor and a sense of well-being. Tonics help to restore and strengthen individual organs and the entire system.
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Plants having 'Tonic' activity
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| Origanum vulgare | Stimulant (essential oil); antimicrobial, expectorant, antiseptic, antiinflammatory, diaphoretic, aids in digestion and carminative (plant); antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic and mildly tonic (leaves and flowering stem) | | Paederia foetida | Roots are considered to be emetic, emollient and carminative, useful in colic, spasm, rheumatism and gout. Leaves and roots are considered to be a tonic. Stimulates the central nervous system. alleviates spasms and anticancer (leaf); immunosuppressive and antiinflammatory (plant). | | Paeonia lactiflora | Alterative, analgesic, anodyne, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hypotensive, nervine and tonic (root) | | Paeonia officinalis | Antispasmodic, diuretic, sedative and tonic (root) | | Paeonia suffruticosa | Analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, sedative, styptic and tonic (root and root bark); antibacterial (plant) | | Paeonia veitchii | Alterative, analgesic, anodyne, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hypotensive, nervine and tonic (root) | | Panax ginseng | Adaptogen, alterative, carminative, demulcent, emetic, expectorant, stimulant and tonic (root); emetic and expectorant (leaves) | | Panax pseudoginseng | Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, cardiotonic, diuretic, expectorant, haemostatic, hypoglycaemic and stimulant (roots and flowers) | | Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng | Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, astringent, cardiotonic, discutient, diuretic, haemostatic, hypoglycaemic, styptic, tonic and vulnerary (roots); antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, cardiotonic, diuretic, haemostatic and hypoglycaemic (roots and flowers) | | Parthenium hysterophorus | Analgesic (for neuralgia); caused damage to the leukocyte chromosome of humans (in vitro) and caused "micronuclei formation in polychromatic erythrocyte" in mice, a tonic, febrifuge, emmenagogue (plant) | | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Aperient, alterative, emetic, expectorant and tonic (bark and fresh young shoots); aperient, astringent and diuretic (tea made from the leaves); astringent, diaphoretic and diuretic (shoot extract) | | Peltophorum pterocarpum | Tonic or an astringent (bark) | | Perilla frutescens | Sedative, antibacterial, antidote, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitussive, aromatic, carminative, diaphoretic, emollient, expectorant, pectoral, stomachic, tonic, hypothermic, alleviates spasms, antiasthmatic, abortifacient and stimulates the central nervous system (plant); stimulating the intestinal tract (essential oil); carminative, antiinflammatory and diaphoretic (seed, stem and leaf); antiasthmatic, antitussive, emollient and expectorant (seed) | | Petasites hybridus | Analgesic, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, diaphoretic and diuretic (root and leaves) | | Petchia madagascariensis | Tonic, diuretic and vermifuge (leaf decoction) | | Petroselinum crispum | Diuretic, carminative, ecbolic, emmenagogue, antidandruff, antispasmodic, aperient, digestive, expectorant, galactofuge, kidney, stomachic, tonic and antipyretic (herb); antiscorbutic (leaves) | | Peucedanum grande | Carminative, diuretic, stimulant and tonic (fruit); diuretic (seed oil and fruit) | | Peumus boldus | Analgesic, antiseptic (urinary), bitter, cholagogue, diuretic, stimulant and tonic (leaves). | | Pfaffia paniculata | Muscle tonic, hypocholesterolemic, cellular oxygenation, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antitumorous, anticancerous, antileukemic, aphrodisiac, immunomodulator (selectively modulates overactive immune cells), steroidal. | | Phaseolus mungo | Demulcent, cooling, aphrodisiac, lactagogue and nervine tonic | | |