vermifuge

IPA: vɝmˈɪfjudʒ

(medicine, dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.

(medicine, dated) Acting as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.

Examples of "vermifuge" in Sentences

Honey mixed with water and vinegar was also used as a vermifuge.
The concentrated extract of the husk is also used as a vermifuge.
The bark is used as a barbasco, narcotic, purgative, and vermifuge.
The farmers can't afford the price of vaccination or vermifuge and their animals get sick and die.
In perfumery, however, any Fougère composition will have very little power for vermifuge purposes.
This has tonic and astringent properties, but is mainly prescribed as a vermifuge, which is one of the names given to it.
Mexican natural healers tout papaya seeds as remedies for menstrual, liver and spleen ailments, as well as being used as a vermifuge.
Taking a look at Carvacrol alone it is a compound that has been cited for over 28 effects, ranging from Anthelmintic vermifuge or a compound that removes parasitic worms, to an Antiseptic.
Grieve says it "is a good remedy for enfeebled digestion and debility," that it "will relieve melancholia and help to dispel the yellow hue of jaundice from the skin," that it acts as a diuretic, that it's a good vermifuge duh, and that it's a good "mental restorative."