CAR′MINATIVES

Medicines that allay flatulency and spasmodic pains. Among the principal carminatives are ANISEED , CARAWAY SEED , CARDAMOMS , CASSIA , CINNAMON , GINGER , PEPPERMINT , and the PEPPERS . To these may be added ARDENT SPIRITS , and most of the AROMATIC ESSENCES and TINCTURES . See Mixtures , Patent Medicines , .