One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition.

一种是退烧药，一种是止药，还有一种是抗酸药。

Surviving papyri tell us that ancient Egyptian physicians wrote healing recipes for their patients, and recognised the purgative qualities of plant materials such as senna and castor oil.

现存纸草文献告诉我们， 古埃及医生为患者写下治疗配方，并认识叶和蓖麻油等植物料药特性。

There was an aspect of it which he sometimes enjoyed, an excitement, a purgative effect upon sluggish emotions, but he was far from fond of risking his life.

他有时会喜欢其中一个方面，一种兴奋，一种对迟钝情绪药，但他绝不喜欢冒生命危险。

Another thing worth knowing about ayahuasca is that in addition to being an extremely intense psychedelic, it's also a purgative.

另一个关于亚马逊河水重要信息是，它不仅是一种极其强烈致幻剂，还是一种药。

Aristotle, as every one knows, saw in pity a sickly and dangerous state of mind, the remedy for which was an occasional purgative: he regarded tragedy as that purgative.

众所周知，亚里士多德在怜悯中看了一种病态和危险精神状态， 偶尔药是一种补救措施：他认为悲剧作为药。