| Abortifacient | Can cause abortion |
| Alterative | Can produce healthful change without perceptible evacuation |
| Analgesic | Relieves pain. Anodyne |
| Anodyne | Relieves pain |
| Anthelmintic | An agent which expels worms |
| Anthilitic | Prevents the formation of calculi in the urinary organs |
| Antibilious | Acts on the bile, relieving biliousness |
| Antibiotic | Kills germs and microorganisms and cures infections |
| Antiemetic | Stops vomiting |
| Antiperiodic | Arrests morbid periodical movements |
| Antipileptic | Relieves fits |
| Antirheumatic | Relieves or cures rheumatism |
| Antiscorbutic | Cures or prevents scurvy |
| Antiseptic | Opposed to putrefaction. Disinfectant |
| Antispasmodic | Relieves or prevents spasms |
| Antisyphilitic | Having effect on or curing venereal diseases |
| Aperient | Gently laxative, without purging |
| Aromatic | Having a strong pleasant odor |
| Astringent | Causes contraction and arrests discharges |
| Carminative | Expels wind from the bowels |
| Cephalic | Used in diseases of the head |
| Cholagogue | Increases the flow of bile |
| Condiment | Improves flavor of food |
| Demulcent | Soothing relieves inflammation |
| Deodorant | Can repel bad odor |
| Deosbtruent | Removes obstructions |
| Depurative | Purifies the blood |
| Detergent | Cleansing to bowels, ulcers and wounds |
| Diaphoretic | produces perspiration |
| Digestive | Pertaining to digestion; digestive |
| Discutient | Dissolves and removes tumors |
| Diuretic | Increases the secretion and flow of urine |
| Emetic | Produces vomiting |
| Emmenagogue | Promotes menstruation |
| Emollient | Softening and soothing to inflamed parts |
| Esculent | Eatable as food |
| Exanthematous | Remedy for skin eruptions and diseases |
| Expectorant | Facilities expectoration |
| Febrifuge | Abates and reduces fevers |
| Hemostatic | An agent that arrests the flow of blood |
| Hepatic | Remedy for diseases of the liver |
| Insecticide | Any substance poisonous to insects |
| Insectifuge | A preparation which repels insects |
| Laxative | Promotes bowel action |
| Lithotryptic | Dissolves calculi in the urinary organs |
| Maturating | Ripens or brings boils, tumors, and ulcers to a head |
| Mucilaginous | Soothing to inflamed parts |
| Nauseant | Produces vomiting |
| Nervine | Acts specifically on the nervous system, allaying nervous excitement |
| Opthalmicum | A remedy for disease of the eye |
| Parturient | Induces and promotes labor at childbirth |
| Pectoral | Remedy to relieve chest affections |
| Pungent | Sharp or biting: somewhat acrid |
| Refrigerant | Cooling |
| Resolvent | Dissolves and removes tumors |
| Revulsive | Effecting revulsion (drawing of blood from one part to another parts, as in counter irritation |
| Rubefacient | Increases circulation, produces red skin |
| Sedative | Tonic on nerves, also quieting |
| Sialagogue | Increases the secretion of saliva |
| Stomachic | Strengthens and gives tone to the stomach |
| Styptic | Arrests hemorrhage and bleeding |
| Sudorific | Produces profuse perspiration |
| Tonic | Remedy which is invigorating and strengthening |
| Velnerary | Agent which heals wounds |
| Vermicide | An anthelmic drug or medicine destructive to intestinal animal parasites |
| Vermifuge | Expels worms |
