Glossary of Terms Essential Oil Effects
Abortifacient: Capable of inducing abortion
Amenorrhoea: The absence of menstruation
Analgesic: Relieving or deadening pain
Anaphrodisiac: Lessening sexual desire
Anthelmintic : A vermifuge, destroying/expelling intestinal worms
Anti-arthritic: An agent which helps to combat arthritis
Anti-allergenic: Reduces symptoms of allergies
Antibacterial: Fights bacterial growth
Anti-convulsant: Helps control convulsions
Anti-depressant: Helps with depression and lifts the mood
Anti-dontalgic: Relieves toothache
Anti-emetic: Reduces the severity or incidence of vomiting
Anti-fungal: Prevents the growth of fungi
Anti-galactagogue: Impedes/lessens the flow of milk
Anti-hemorrhagic: A substance preventing or combating bleeding
Antihistamine: Counteracts allergic reaction
Anti-infectious: Prevents against infection
Anti-microbial: A substance reducing or resisting microbes
Anti-parasitic: Acts against parasites
Anti-phlogistic: Counteracts inflammation
Anti-pruritic: Relieves or prevents sensation of itching
Anti-pyretic: Reduces fever
Anti-rheumatic: An agent which helps to combat rheumatism
Anti-sclerotic: Helps to prevent hardening of arteries
Anti-seborrheic: Helps control the oily secretion from sweat glands
Antiseptic: A substance helping to control infection
Anti-spasmodic: A substance to help prevent/ease spasms and relieve cramps
Anti-sudorific: A substance to help lessen sweating
Anti-tussive: Relieves coughing
Aperient: Mild laxative
Aphrodisiac: Increases sexual desire and sexual functioning
Apoplexy: Sudden loss of consciousness, a stroke or sudden hemorrhage
Bactericidal: An agent destroying bacteria
Calmative: A sedative
Cholagogue: Stimulating the secretion of bile into the duodenum
Decongestant: A substance which helps to relieve congestion
Demulcent: An agent protecting mucus membranes and helps stop irritation
Depurative: Helps to detoxify and combat impurities in the blood and body
Detoxifier: Helps detoxify and combat impurities in the blood and body
Diaphoretic: A substance which helps to promote perspiration
Dysmenorrhoea: Painful menstruation
Emetic: Inducing vomiting
Emmenagogue: Inducing or assisting menstruation
Expectorant: A substance that helps to expel mucus from the lungs
Febrifuge: Helps to combat fever
Fungicide: A substance which destroys fungal infections
Galactagogue: Helps to increase milk secretion
Gemicidal: An agent that destroys micro-organisms
Hemostatic: Helps to stop bleeding
Hepatic: Pertaining to the liver
Hepatoxic: An agent having a toxic or harmful effect on the liver
Menorrhagia: Excessive blood loss during menstruation
Metrorrhagia: Uterine bleeding outside the normal menstrual cycle
Nervine: Strengthens and tones the nerves and nervous system
Neurotoxin: A toxic or harmful effect on the nervous system
Parturient: Assisting and helping childbirth
Pathogenic: An agent causing or producing disease
Soporific: Substance which helps to induce sleep
Stomachic: A substance which helps with the digestion and helps to improve appetite
Styptic: An agent that stops external bleeding
Sudorific: An agent causing sweating
Vasoconstrictor: Agent causing the contraction of blood vessel walls
Vasodilator: Agent causing the dilation of blood vessel walls
Vermifuge: An agent expelling intestinal worms
Vulnerary: An agent applied externally which helps to heal wounds and sores and helps to prevent tissue degeneration
