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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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| Daphne genkwa | Anticoagulant, antiseptic, antitussive, antiviral, diuretic, purgative and stomachic (buds); abortifacient, anticoagulant, diuretic, purgative and vesicant (root) | | Daphne papyracea | Bitter, febrifuge and purgative (plant) | | Dichroa febrifuga | Purgative (leaves); emetic, expectorant, febrifuge and purgative (root) | | Dichrostachys cinerea | Astringent (root); antihelminthic, purgative, laxative and diuretic (bark). | | Erysimum cheiri | Antirheumatic, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, emmenagogue, nervine, purgative and resolvent (flowers and stems); aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant, stomachic and tonic (seeds); analgesic, antibacterial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitumor, cardiotonic, cardiotoxic, deobstruent, depurative, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, myotonic, peristaltic, stimulant, stomachic and tonic (tea made from flowers). | | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Stimulant, febrifuge and laxative; antispasmodic, cholagogue, diaphoretic, emetic, febrifuge, laxative, purgative, stimulant, vasodilator (leaves and flowering stems) | | Euphorbia antiquorum | Stimulates the cardiovascular system (aerial part), emetic, irritant, purgative, stomachic. | | Euphorbia corollata | An excellent purgative and diuretic (dried root) | | Euphorbia helioscopia | Antiperiodic, cathartic and anticancerous (whole plant); febrifuge and vermifuge (leaves and stems); anthelmintic (root); purgative (oil from the seeds) | | Euphorbia kansui | Drastic purgative and diuretic | | Euphorbia lathyris | Anticancer, antiseptic, cathartic, emetic and purgative (plant); violent purgative and rubefacient (leaves); depilatory (latex in the stems); diuretic, parasiticide, antitumor and purgative (seed) | | Euphorbia nerifolia | The plant is bitter, pungent, laxative, carminative and alexipharmic. The milky juice of its stem is used as purgative, rubefacient and expectorant, laxative, expectorant and diuretic (latex); dilates bronchial tubes (latex and stem). | | Euphorbia thomsoniana | As a purgative (crushed rootstocks); | | Excoecaria agallocha | Purgative (bark); abortifacient (roots); anthelmintic (resin); anticolic (leaves). | | Excoecaria indica | Externally applied as a febrifuge (leaves); purgative and emetic (decoction of root bark). | | Ficus hispida | Tonic, lactagogue and emetic (fruits); as purgative and emetic (fruits, seeds and bark). | | Ficus septica | Chewed as an antidote (roots); purgative (latex of leaves and fruits); emetic (fruits); sudorific to headaches (leaves); diuretic (decoction of roots). | | Fraxinus excelsior | Bitter tonic, astringent, antiperiodic (bark); astringent, cathartic, diaphoretic, mildly diuretic, laxative and purgative (leaves); carminative (seed) | | Fritillaria thunbergii | Antidote, antitussive, astringent, expectorant, galactogogue and purgative (bulb) | | Galium verum | Alterative, aperient, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, astringent, diuretic, hemostat, pectoral, purgative, sudorific and tonic (plant). | | |