soothing+medicine
21unguent — SYN: ointment. [L. unguentum] * * * un·guent əŋ gwəntalso ən jənt n a soothing or healing salve: OINTMENT * * * un·guent (ungґgwənt) [L. unguentum] ointment …
22witch hazel — SYN: hamamelis. * * * witch ha·zel wich .hā zəl n 1) any small tree or shrub of the genus Hamamelis esp one (Hamamelis virginiana) of eastern No. America that blooms in the fall 2) an alcoholic solution of a distillate of the bark of a witch… …
23cold cream — n a soothing and cleansing cosmetic basically consisting of a perfumed emulsion of a bland vegetable oil or heavy mineral oil * * * a preparation of cetyl esters wax, white wax, mineral oil, sodium borate, and purified water, similar to rose… …
24footbath — foot·bath fu̇t .bath, .bȧth n a bath for cleansing, warming, soothing, or disinfecting the feet …
25rubbing alcohol — rub·bing alcohol rəb iŋ . n a cooling and soothing liquid for external application that contains approximately 70 percent denatured ethanol or isopropyl alcohol * * * [USP] a preparation of acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 68.5 to 71.5 per… …
26anal fissure — a break in the skin lining the anal canal, usually causing pain during bowel movements and sometimes bleeding. Anal fissures occur as a consequence of constipation or sometimes of diarrhoea. Treatment is by soothing ointments, but if the… …
27colloid bath — a bath containing gelatin, oatmeal, starch, or similar substances, used for its soothing or antipruritic effects …
28oatmeal bath — a colloid bath containing oatmeal, used for its soothing or antipruritic effects in some dermatoses …
29bland — (bland) [L. blandus] mild or soothing …
30paregoric — /par i gawr ik, gor /, n. Pharm. 1. a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children. 2. any soothing medicine; anodyne. adj. 3. Archaic. assuaging pain; soothing. [1675 85; < LL …
