单词 | nervine |
释义 | nervineadj.n. A. adj. ΚΠ 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 423 [Rickets are cured by] balsam of Tolu, the nervine ointment, aregon, and martiat. 2. Having an effect on the nerves. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [adjective] > for the nerves neurotic1659 nervine1718 nervous1718 neuritic1725 nervose1880 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 93 This..enters almost into all the nervine compositions of the Shops. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 587 The warm nervine irritants as musk, camphor, valerian. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 883 One of those nervine agents which all people civilized or uncivilized..discover to soothe the nervous system. 1912 W. Tibbles Foods xxi. 560 The entire plant and seeds possess stimulant, carminative, nervine, and diuretic properties. 1951 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 38 387 Allport lists its [sc. Valeriana's] uses as a nervine stimulant to the digestive organs. 1994 Nat. Health Nov. 70/1 Rosemary..recommends giving the child a relaxing nervine tea such as lemon balm and chamomile. B. n. 1. a. A medicinal substance that affects the nerves. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the nerves neurotic1661 neuritic1728 nervine1731 neurotonic1882 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > stimulant > of nerves nervine1731 neurotonic1882 scutellarin1883 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 361 Other Medicines taken from the common Class of Nervines. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 85 [Valeriana officinalis] Great wild Valerian. Anglis. The roots are esteem'd an excellent nervine. 1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 113 I know not if stories..would not prove excellent nervines and anodynes. 1874 J. Gardner Longevity 129 Nervines and antispasmodics in a marked manner calm down palpitations, flutterings, etc., when temporary. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 329 Lesser Skullcap, like S. galericulata, has been used as a nervine. 1994 Healthy Solutions Fall 2/2 St. John's Wort has been known for centuries as a herbal sedative and nervine. This is due to its almost magical calming effect. b. = nerve root n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 145 C[ypripedium] spectabile, Red and White Ladies' Slipper, Female Nervine, &c. 1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 435/2 I saw that she had been searching for nervine and sassafras. 1934 L. L. Haskin Wild Flowers Pacific Coast 61 Other names by which they are locally known are..frome the medicinal properties of the root, ‘nervine,’ and ‘nerve-root’. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > preparation used in massage nervine1887 1887 D. Maguire Art of Massage (ed. 4) ii. 35 A masseur can use..balsam of opodeldoc, nervine, and fieraventi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1661 |
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