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Definition of Cholagogue

Cholagogue
Cholagogue Chol"a*gogue, a. [Gr. ?; ? bile + ? leading, ? to lead: cf. F. cholagogue.] (Med.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n. An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.

Meaning of Cholagogue from wikipedia

- A cholagogue is a substance that is purported by humoral practitioners to encourage the discharge of bile from the system, purging it downward. Deployment...
- India Cholagogue was a 19th-century medicine "Cure for Bilious Illnesses" created and marketed by Charles Osgood within the United States. It was thought...
- of cholic acid with taurine. In medical use, it is administered as a cholagogue and choleretic. Hydrolysis of taurocholic acid yields taurine. For commercial...
- with fatty foods, enzyme preparations, antispasmodics, and sometimes cholagogue.[citation needed] If the pain is caused by biliary microlithiasis, oral...
- (one gl**** a day) is still consumed for antihelminthic, diap****tic, and cholagogue purposes. Also, the leaves from B. sempervirens were used as an auburn...
- pharmacopoeia, boldo is an officially listed phytotherapeutic plant, as a cholagogue and choleretic used for treatment of mild dyspepsia. Boldo is in the family...
- yam are thought to be an anticoagulant, antisclerotic, antispasmodic, cholagogue, depurative, diap****tic, diuretic and a vasodilator. There is little...
- sialagogue, hepatic, cholagogue, anthelmintic, and emmenagogue. Dandelion is a pot****ium-sparing diuretic, hepatic, cholagogue, anti-rheumatic, laxative...
- legume, the seeds green at first but becoming shiny black. The leaves are cholagogue and purgative. All parts of this plant are poisonous if consumed in large...
- To humans, the fruit are bitter, astringent, laxative, diuretic and a cholagogue. They have vitamin C, so they prevent scurvy, but the parasorbic acid...