paregoric in English
noun
1
a medicine consisting of opium flavored with camphor, aniseed, and benzoic acid, formerly used to treat diarrhea and coughing in children.
Medications used in this approach include paregoric , tincture of opium, phenobarbital, benzodiazepines, and chlorpromazine.
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1. [Greek] παρηγορία (parēgoria), [Latin] Consolationem, [Latin] solacium: comfort, exhortation, mitigation, consolation, assistance, help, relief; Col.4:11 An old bottle of Paregoric, circa 1940’s
2. Besides carbon dioxide, the fresh carbonic acid snow contains 9,6 + 5% pCi radon 222 per liters and 1,5 + 15% pCi radium 226 per liters, which act as a paregoric and intensifying factor in case of carbon dioxide.