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An antiperiodic agent is a substance preventing regular recurrence of the symptoms of a disease, such as in malarial fever.
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Plants having 'Antiperiodic' activity
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| Clerodendrum viscosum | Eliminates intestinal worms, antiperiodic, laxative and cholagogue (leaf). | | Cornus florida | Antiperiodic, astringent, diaphoretic, mildly stimulant and tonic (dried root bark). | | Corydalis ambigua | Alterative, antiperiodic, astringent, deobstruent, diuretic, emmenagogue, sedative, tonic; analgesic, antispasmodic and sedative (root) | | Entada pursaetha | The seeds are used as a tonic, emetic, antiperiodic, and anthelmintic; stimulates the central nervous and cardiovascular systems (aerial part); alleviates spasms. (seed) | | Erythroxylum coca | Local anaesthetic, general stimulant, aphrodisiac, emmenagogue, antiperiodic | | Eucalyptus globulus | The leaves, and the essential oil they contain, are antiseptic, antispasmodic, expectorant, febrifuge and stimulant. Its antiseptic properties confer some antimalarial action; carminative, alleviates spasms, antiperiodic, antiseptic, aromatic, deodorant, expectorant, febrifuge, hypoglycaemic, stimulant and fungitoxic (leaf); antibacterial and stimulates the cardiovascular system (aerial part); antiseptic (mainly in skin diseases and for upper respiratory infections), stimulant and expectorant (essential oil); antipyretic (bark and leaf). | | Euphorbia helioscopia | Antiperiodic, cathartic and anticancerous (whole plant); febrifuge and vermifuge (leaves and stems); anthelmintic (root); purgative (oil from the seeds) | | Ferula asafoetida | Alterative, antiperiodic, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, carminative, deobstruent, deodorant, expectorant, laxative, parasiticide, sedative, stimulant, tonic. | | Fraxinus excelsior | Bitter tonic, astringent, antiperiodic (bark); astringent, cathartic, diaphoretic, mildly diuretic, laxative and purgative (leaves); carminative (seed) | | Garrya elliptica | Antiperiodic and febrifuge (leaves); abortifacient (infusion of leaves) | | Holarrhena antidysenterica | Acrid, antidysenteric, anthelmintic, astringent, reduces fever, tonic and increases the secretion of gastric juices (bark); slows down the growth of certain bacteria related to tuberculosis (conessine in bark) antiperiodic, aphrodisiac, bitter, carminative, expectorant, febrifuge. | | Hydrastis canadensis | Promote production of saliva, bile and other digestive enzymes, alterative, antidiarrheal, antiperiodic, antiseptic, aperient, apertif, astringent (mucous membranes in gut), blood cleanser, cancer treatment, carminative, cicatrizant, detergent and diuretic. | | Magnolia acuminata | Antiperiodic, aromatic, mildly diaphoretic, laxative, stimulant, tonic (tea made from the bark) | | Magnolia virginiana | Antiperiodic, aromatic, diaphoretic, laxative, stimulant and tonic (bark); hallucinogen (leaves or bark) | | Mollugo pentaphylla | Antiseptic and induces immobility of sperm; bitter, stomachic, antiperiodic and aperient (leaves); emmenagogue (plant infusion). | | Oenanthe aquatica | Antiperiodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and pectoral (fruit) | | Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora | Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiperiodic, cathartic (in large doses), cholagogue, laxative, stomachic and bitter tonic (rhizome) | | Plumbago zeylanica | Antiperiodic, stimulant, sudorific, stomachic, carminative, astringent, anthelmintic, laxative, expectorant, tonic, alterative, abortifacient, and alexipharmic. | | Polygonatum odoratum | Antiperiodic, antitussive, cardiotonic, demulcent, diuretic, energizer, hypoglycaemic, ophthalmic, resolvent, sedative and tonic (root); diuretic and stimulant (infusion of roots) | | Ptelea trifoliata | Anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiperiodic, stomachic and tonic (root bark) | | |