errhine

American  

[er-ahyn, er-in] / ˈɛr aɪn, ˈɛr ɪn /

adjective

1. designed to be snuffed into the nose.

2. occasioning discharges from the nose.

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noun

1. a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.

errhine British  

/ ˈɛrɪn, ˈɛraɪn /

adjective

1. causing nasal secretion

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noun

1. an errhine drug or agent

Etymology

Origin of errhine

1595–1605; < New Latin errhinum < Greek érrīnon

Example Sentences

Euphorbium or cayan pepper mixed with sugar, and used with caution as an errhine.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Those of the wild plant are very bitter: dried, they are said to prove a gentle errhine; as also are the flowers.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The powder of the leaves proves an agreeable errhine.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The dry leaves are powdered and used as an errhine, for the cure of headache.

From The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 by Hoffman, Walter James