nervine
/ˈnəːvʌɪn
/ /ˈnəːviːn/adjective
(Of a medicine) used to calm the nerves.One particular ingredient in the Living Multi vegetable blend, oat grass, is a potent nervine tonic.
noun
A nervine medicine.How are these different from the pharmaceutical classification of substances as diaphoretics, laxatives, alteratives, stimulants, sedatives, nervines, emmenagogues, carminatives, etc.?...
- Medicines and herbs that are demulcent, emollient, warmly diaphoretic, nervines, antispasmodic, warming and carminative are appropriate for treating Air imbalances.
- If there was a problem with a hypersympathetic nervous system, Western herbalists have tended use sedatives, nervines and perhaps anti-inflammatories.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin nervinus 'of the nerves or sinews', or suggested by French nervin.