What does the word diuretic mean?
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Producing an increased flow of urine. D. species, D. tea( Species diureticae, G. P.), a mixture of equal parts of lovage-root, ononis-root, licorice, and juniper-berries.
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An agent that promotes the secretion of urine. Mechanical d’s are agents which, like water, increase the secretion or urine by washing out the urinary tubules. In much the same way act the Saline d’s( salts of sodium, potassium, and lithium in small doses), which as they are absorbed carry water into the blood. The Indirect ds act by relieving renal congestion or compression and so facilitating the working of the kidney. They include the application of cups and fomentations over the Kidney, the removal of ascitic fluid pressing upon the kidney, etc. Other d’s, including digitalis, belladonna, and squill, act by increasing the blood-pressure, and so forcing liquid through the tubules; and the Stimulant d’s( cantharides, colchicum, juniper, turpentine) irritate the secreting elements of the kidney. The mechanical and indirect d’s are used in acute nephritis with diminished urine; the saline d’s for the removal of dropsy( for which purpose digitalis and squill are also employed), and for the dilution of the concentrated and acid urine in febrile diseases and gonorrhoea; the stimulating ds are sometimes used in chronic renal and cystic diseases.
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1. Promoting the excretion of urine. 2. An agent which increases the amount of urine.
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