demulcent

It is used in medicine for its demulcent properties.

A number of herbs have demulcent properties.

The leaves are demulcent, which can be used as a soothing agent to relieve minor pain and membrane inflammation.

It is demulcent and astringent.

Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.

It does have demulcent properties, and mild laxative properties, acting as a stool softener.

A more complete list of plants with demulcent properties is available from Plants for a Future (use database keyword search).

The root is still used today by the Arabs for bronchitis and also as a pectorial, demulcent, tonic, and anti-diabetic.

Rather than the clenching in the pit of the stomach that usually accompanies the endorphins released at the prospect of entertaining, your pulse will be slowed by this demulcent menu.

It will do you no harm to keep close, drink nothing but demulcent barley-water and eat gruel, thin gruel - no beef or mutton, no wine or spirits.

Ulmus provides important timber trees mostly for furniture, and U. rubra, the Slippery elm is a medicinal plant known for the demulcent property of its inner bark.

Traditionally marshmallows were made from the extract of the mucilaginous root of the marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis); due to the demulcent nature of the extract, it served as a cough suppressant.