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Purgative |
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A purgative is a drastic laxative causing a cleansing or watery evacuation of the bowels, usually with a griping pain.
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Plants having 'Purgative' activity
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| Operculina turpethum | Laxative (resin and root) and antiinflammatory (root); purgative (root-bark) | | Phoenix dactylifera | Aphrodisiac, contraceptive, demulcent, diuretic, emollient, estrogenic, expectorant, laxative, pectoral, purgative, refrigerant | | Phyllanthus acidus | Emetic and purgative (latex); laxative and are taken as a liver tonic to enrich the blood (fruit). | | Phytolacca americana | Anti-inflammatory and antiviral (plant); alterative, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, cathartic, expectorant, hypnotic, narcotic and purgative (root); anodyne and anti-inflammatory (dried root); cathartic, emetic and expectorant (leaves). | | Plantago lanceolata | Astringent, demulcent, mildly expectorant, haemostatic, ophthalmic and antibiotic (leaf); Diuretic, hypothermic and antibacterial (plant); vulnerary, alterative, astringent and antiinflammatory (root and leaf); ; diuretic, purgative and haemostatic (seeds) | | Polygonum aviculare | The leaves are anthelmintic, diuretic and emollient. The whole plant is anthelmintic, antiphlogistic and diuretic. The juice of the plant is weakly diuretic, expectorant and vasoconstrictor. The seeds are emetic and purgative. | | Polypodium vulgare | Alterative, anthelmintic, cholagogue, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, pectoral, purgative, tonic (root) | | Rhamnus cathartica | Cathartic, depurative, diuretic, laxative and violently purgative (berries) | | Rheum emodi | Pungent and bitter, increases secretion and discharge of urine, purgative, astringent. | | Rheum officinale | Anticholesterolemic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitumor, aperient, astringent, cholagogue, demulcent, diuretic, laxative, purgative, stomachic and tonic (root) | | Rheum palmatum | Anticholesterolemic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitumor, aperient, astringent, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, antitumour, cholagogue, demulcent, diuretic, laxative, purgative, stomachic and tonic (root). | | Rheum tanguticum | Cathartic, diuretic, emmenagogue, laxative, purgative and stomachic (root) | | Rhus glabra | Alterative, antiseptic, astringent, galactogogue, haemostatic, rubefacient and tonic (bark or root bark); appetizer, astringent, diuretic and emetic (tea made from the roots); diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, purgative and refrigerant (berries) | | Salvadora persica | Antiviral (root); as a tonic and stimulant in low fevers and as an emmenagogue (bark); ascarifuge (stem bark); antiscorbutic and astringent (leaves); deobstruent, carminative, diuretic, lithontriptic, and stomachic (fruits); purgative, diuretic and tonic (seed) | | Sambucus ebulus | Antiphlogistic, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and laxative (leaves); diaphoretic, mildly diuretic and a drastic purgative (root). | | Sambucus pubens | Diuretic and purgative (barks and leaves); diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, laxative (plant) | | Sambucus wightiana | Antiinflammatory (especially of the bronchial tubes), expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative (leaf); diuretic and hypotensive (leaf extract). | | Saponaria officinalis | Alterative, antiscrophulatic, cholagogue, depurative, diaphoretic, mildly diuretic, expectorant, galactogogue, purgative, sternutatory and tonic (Whole plant and root); | | Securinega virosa | Counteracts hyperactivity due to amphetamines and alleviates spasms (aerial part); laxative (leaf); astringent and purgative (root) | | Senecio vulgaris | Dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea and also as a diaphoretic, tonic, anthelmintic, antiscorbutic, diuretic, emmenagogue and purgative (plant) | | |