V Thus all these facts agree that the stomach, uterus, and bladders possess certain inborn faculties which are retentive of their own proper qualities and eliminative of those that are foreign.
But in this latter case, again, whilst the eliminative faculty is evident, the attractive faculty is not so obvious to most people.
For in no other way could she be constructive, preservative of the animal, and eliminative of its diseases,[120] unless it be allowed that she conserves what is appropriate and discharges what is foreign.
Thus the tendency of the eliminative faculty is step by step upwards, until the superfluities reach the mouth.
In this way originates chronic disease, which means that the cells have become incapable of arousing themselves to acute eliminative effort in the form of inflammatory febrile reactions.
The small, homeopathic dose, on the other hand, goes right to the spot where it is needed, and by mild and harmless stimulation of the affected parts, assists and supports the cells in their acute eliminative efforts.
They should never fast except in acute diseases and during eliminative healing crises, when Nature calls for the fast as a means of cure.
They also have become unable to help themselves and need assistance until they can once more arouse themselves to self-help by means of an acute eliminative effort.
The eliminative processes of the healing crises are often accompanied by great mental depression and a feeling of strong revulsion to the natural regimen and everything connected with it.
They are: air, fasting or eliminative diets, water, and the right mental attitude.
Suppression During the First Two Stages of Inflammation It may be suggested that suppression during the stages of Incubation and Aggravation need not have fatal consequences if followed by natural living and eliminative treatment.
There is no better means for stimulating the general circulation and for increasing the eliminative activities of the system than this cold morning rub at the beginning of the day after the night's rest.
Cathartics should be administered, and eliminativemeasures instituted such as the hot-blanket pack.
The wise way to deal with the body's eliminative efforts is to accept that disease is an opportunity to pay the piper for past indiscretions.
The action of the liver becoming deranged, its eliminative office is imperfectly discharged, and thus sallowness of the face and a bilious-tinged conjunctiva are produced.
Does Nature have her way, or do neglect and bad habits rule the assimilative and eliminative functions of the bowels?
Eliminative medicines, the Hom[oe]opathic theory is founded on a misapprehension of facts.
In both cases they exalt nervous force; but in the latter case their action is of a particular nature, and will be treated of when they are considered under the title of Eliminative medicines.
It should however be observed, that they are the most powerful and the most useful of all Eliminative medicines.
The active principle of Digitalis is secreted from the system in the urine, and probably acts as a true Eliminative Diuretic.
All medicines which by a mere external action augment the secretion of the bowels, or promote its evacuation, must be regarded as indirect Cathartics, for they do not operate on the eliminative principle.
Any material which is naturally eliminated would act as an eliminative medicine.
Thus is concluded a brief outline of the actions and uses of the six orders of Eliminative medicines.
Of its true eliminative action we have better proof than has yet been obtained in the case of Antimony; for Mercury has been found to pass into the alvine excretions, by M.
There are doubtless many cases in which no inquiry of the kind has been yet made; but it will be seen when we consider separately the Eliminative orders, that all that is known on the subject is in favour of the above statement.
These then are the six orders of Eliminative medicines.
Another hygienic regulation of great value in the treatment of gouty dyscrasia is the promotion by bathing and friction of the eliminative function of the skin.
Owing to this uncertainty in their action, purgative remedies should be administered with caution, not from any theory as to their eliminative powers, but because of the ascertained existence of fecal accumulation.
Williams suggests that the vitamines have "a general, non-specific, antitoxic or eliminative action" on toxic substances resulting from the metabolic decomposition of food.
Eliminative treatment was tried without avail; Dover's powder and warmth to promote perspiration; caffeine to promote diuresis; and 2 tablespoonfuls of liquid petrolatum three times a day to increase elimination from the bowels.
To interfere with the eliminative function of the skin by absolutely clogging the pores for a period of several hours means death.
During a fast all of the eliminative functions of the body are exceedingly active.
It is not alone in stimulating the eliminative function of the skin that exercise has a blood-purifying effect; it accelerates all the functions of the body, it stimulates greater activity of the lungs and of the kidneys.
Air baths are likewise valuable as a means of promoting activity in the eliminative function of the skin.
Where but little attention is given it, where one bathes at infrequent intervals and to a large extent smothers the skin with a surplus amount of clothing, the activity of the eliminative function of the skin is greatly reduced.
Here Spencer recognised the eliminative and selective effect of struggle in mankind.
Moreover, although the selective process is primarily eliminative or destructive, like thinning turnips or pruning fruit-trees, we cannot separate its positive and negative aspects.
Whatever general tonic or eliminative treatment the patient, requires should be given.
Consequently, eliminative treatment and a temporary rigid diet, and various treatments to prevent intestinal indigestion, are of great value in angina pectoris.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eliminative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
