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What is a cholagogue?

What is a cholagogue? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
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The extracted juice of leaves acts as a cholagogue, laxative, and mild bitter tonic.
Known properties: Digestive, stomatal, cholagogue, laxative.
He did not suspect that the quinine went into the fire, and the cholagogue down the drain-pipe from the washstand.
On the other hand, if you give him a cholagogue, you will produce an abundant evacuation and not injure him at all.
Quinine, cholagogue, and whiskey were prescribed in large quantities, and Peter wondered why they failed to cure.
The postoperative management, including antibiotic therapy, steroid therapy, and cholagogue therapy, was similar in all of the patients in this study.

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