† diaprunen.
Obsolete.
‘An electuary made of damask prunes and divers other simples, good to cool the body in hot burning feavers’ ( Physical Dict. 1657).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > plant-derived
ague tree1597
diaprune1625
fever bark1658
Peruvian bark1663
quinquina1681
quinaquina1708
Angostura bark1789
Angostura1794
cinchona1800
cinchona-bark1811
quinia1823
quinine1824
cinchonine1825
quina1825
quinina1825
cinchonia1831
fever grass1875
quinetum1875
parsley camphor1879
parthenin1885
parthenicine1888
artemisinin1979
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived
scammonyc1000
lign-aloesc1374
hiera picra1379
rhubarbc1390
aloea1398
cassia fistulaa1398
coloquintidaa1398
senec1400
turpethc1400
coloquintc1420
diagrydium1436
lignum aloes1525
rhabarbarum1533
xylaloes1540
manna1541
scilla1548
hyera?1550
emblic1555
diasenna1562
colocynth1565
tragonce1575
pinyon1577
mechoacan1587
lignum aquilae1600
gamboge1615
dragon-root1621
helleborism1621
diaprune1625
alhandal1630
makinboy1652
luskard1653
diagrydiate1657
physic nut1657
aloetic1661
scammoniate1665
jalap1675
aloedary1683
coloquinto1683
Briançon manna1688
liquorice powder1712
coloquintid1732
castor oil1746
senna-tea1752
higry pigry1773
Turkey rhubarb1789
argel1803
hickery-pickery1816
cathartin1823
aloin1828
croton oil1829
jalapin1832
syrmaea1833
bryonin1836
gambogic acid1837
Podophyllum1844
podophyllin1851
geropiga1852
hicra picra1857
Montpellier turpeth1860
picra1860
tallicoona oil1866
scammonin1868
pharbitisin1873
cascara sagrada1879
senna-draught1879
tambor-oil1890
syrup of figs1897
pharbitin1899
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. i. 55 They had purged him..with Diaprunum.
1639 I. W. tr. P. Guybert Charitable Physitian 23 Mixe with it two drammes of diaprunes.
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