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

退烧药，止泻药，还有抗酸药。

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

另个关于亚马逊河水的重要信息，它不仅极其强烈的致幻剂，还泻药。

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.

现存的草文献告诉我们， 古埃及医生为患者写下治疗配方，到番泻叶和蓖麻油等植物材料的泻药特性。

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.

他有时会喜欢其中的个方面，兴奋，对迟钝情绪的泻药，但他绝不喜欢冒生命危险。

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到了病态和危险的精神状态， 偶尔的泻药补救措施：他为悲剧作为泻药。