Assertion: purgative | /r/HasProperty | substance
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text: Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.
text: Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.
text: Cathartics, or laxatives, are substances that accelerate the bowel evacuation process in the presence of constipation.
text: A purgative is a medication that encourages bowel movements.
text: Therefore, purgatives (any substance that would make a patient expel whatever was in his digestive system, usually through diarrhea) were a huge part of pre-19th century medicine—even if your sickness had nothing to do with your digestive system.