"Constringe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and citric acids when ripe. They also furnish sorbin, and parasorbic acid. The unripe fruit and the bark are extremely astringent, being useful in decoction, or infusion, to check diarrhoea; and externally in poultices or lotions, to constringe such relaxed parts as ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie |
