Nervines

All of these herbs are classified as nervines, which are soothing to the nervous system. ❋ Andrea Candee (2000)

And it was from the sale of these "nervines," forbidden medicines, and poisonous agents that the runaway Vienna criminal drew his increasing revenue. ❋ Richard Savage (1874)

For amphetamine or stimulant type of poisoning, give a warm bath and strong sedative nervines such as valerian and skullcap tea or tincture. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Herbs to help relax the muscles and nourish the nervous system—actions that make nervines helpful for sleep problems. ❋ Andrea Candee (2000)

Generally, nail biting is a nervous response, so the first herbs to look to are the nervines, discussed above. ❋ Andrea Candee (2000)

After all was gone through with, the patient was allowed to rest, excepting, however, the administration of a few mild sedatives or soothing nervines, to induce sleep. ❋ Kline, John (1900)

"The extensive and often habitual use of alkalies for acidity, of purgatives for constipation, nervines and opiates for sleeplessness, and after-dinner pills to goad into action the lagging stomach, has been a potent factor in the production of a large class of most inveterate dyspepsias." ❋ Martha Meir Allen (1890)

In that case we could accommodate ourselves, and talk as long as the evening lasted of magnesia, of quinine, and of nervines; lament, not the rising and sinking of the heart, but of the barometer; talk, not of the theater and all the rest, but whether it is better to crawl out into the sun like lizards, or stay at home behind battened windows. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

Antispasmodics are a class of remedies which relieve cramps, convulsions, and spasms, and are closely allied to nervines. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

When these means fail, anodynes, or nervines, should be employed. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

Above the rows of bottled "bitters," the fiery drink of the temperance frauds, high over the three score jars of "nervines" and pick-me-up preparations, towered a life-size marble statue of Hygeia, glowing in a voluptuous Parian nakedness. ❋ Richard Savage (1874)

Ella says when Clem first pranced off Charles having just recovered from an attack of fever was terribly nervous & Miss Emma & herself had to administer nervines to him and sustain his sinking spirits & on one occasion when Miss Emma left the room he said he thought it was a pity he had not addressed Miss Emma. ❋ Unknown (1866)

To perfect the nitrous oxide, making it universally safe and pleasant, Dr.U. K. Mayo, of Boston, has combined it with certain harmless vegetable nervines, which appear to control the fatal tendency which belongs to all anæsthetics when carried too far. ❋ Unknown (1856)

One of the best nervines in Botanical Materia Medica is the root of the moccasin flower in doses of a tea-spoonful in warm water, repeated at discretion. ❋ Richard Foreman (1849)