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Since the plant is usually prepared as teas or infusates from the leaves and it is likely that quite high local concentrations of the essential oil will be present in the gut following medication, which would exert a calmant action on gastrointestinal motility.
Selon les conceptions de l'epoque qui attribuent une origine nerveuse a cette maladie, il est traite par des calmants, des "nervins," terme designant a la fois des tranquillisants et des toniques du systeme nerveux; il sejourne a la montagne en compagnie de sa mere et au bord de la mer, a Cabourg, et non plus a Illiers ou il souffre d'asthme et du rhume des foins.
The drug is a mild amphetamine which works as a calmant on the central nervous system but critics claim it turns kids into zombies.
 
 
 
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