sialogogue

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Also a powerful sialogogue and valuable in diseases where mouth and throat get dry, and for sore throat; will relieve difficult breathing and produce moisture if given in very small doses of the powder.

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  1. Also sialagogue, the less common but etymologically more correct form; from Greek σίαλον, Ionic σίελον, spittle, saliva, + ἀγωγός, leading, drawing forth, from ἄγειν, lead.
 

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