The sassafras, Sassafras albidum, parts of which (esp. the root and bark) were formerly used in the treatment of fevers.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > plant-derived (22) ague tree1597 The sassafras, Sassafras albidum, parts of which (esp. the root and bark) were formerly used in the treatment of fevers. diaprune1625 ‘An electuary made of damask prunes and divers other simples, good to cool the body in hot burning feavers’ (Physical Dict. 1657). fever bark1658 (originally) cinchona bark (also called Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark); (in later use also) any of several other kinds of bark used for the… Peruvian bark1663 cinchona bark. quinquina1681 Cinchona bark. Also more fully quinquina bark. Now chiefly historical. quinaquina1708 = quinquina, n. 1. Now rare. Angostura bark1789 (a) the dried bark of the South American plant Angostura trifoliata (family Rutaceae), used originally for the treatment of fevers and as a tonic… Angostura1794 Angostura bark; = sense 1. Obsolete. cinchona1800 The medicinal bark of species of Cinchona, Peruvian bark; also the drug prepared from it. cinchona-bark1811 the bark of several species of cinchona, of great medicinal value as a tonic and febrifuge; called also Jesuit's Bark, Peruvian Bark, Quinquina. quinia1823 = quinine, n. quinine1824 A bitter alkaloid found in cinchona bark; a drug containing this or any of several of its derivatives, employed in the treatment of malaria and… cinchonine1825 An organic alkaloid, C20H24N2O, with febrifuge qualities, commonly associated with quinine, in various cinchona barks. quina1825 Chemistry. = quinine, n. Obsolete. quinina1825 = quinine, n. cinchonia1831 = cinchonine, n. fever grass1875 lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus. quinetum1875 A mixture of alkaloids obtained from cinchona bark, used, esp. in India, as a substitute for quinine in the treatment of malaria. parsley camphor1879 = apiol, n. parthenin1885 A compound isolated from the plant Parthenium hysterophorus, originally thought to be an alkaloid and used in the treatment of neuralgia and fevers… parthenicine1888 = parthenin, n. artemisinin1979 A sesquiterpene lactone with an internal peroxide linkage isolated from the plant Artemisia annua and used in the treatment of malaria; = qinghaosu… |
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