(1) The traditional use of stem bark as a febrifuge in relapsing fevers was confirmed as an extract of stem bark reduced pyrexia in comparative biological tests.(2) Today garlic is still used as a febrifuge to assist fevers.(3) she employed a risky febrifuge and the fever finally broke(4) It is diaphoretic, febrifuge (gets rid of fevers), emetic (in large doses), and laxative.(5) The leaves of bael are astringent, a laxative, a febrifuge and an expectorant and are useful in ophthalmia, deafness, inflammations, catarrh, diabetes and asthmatic complaints.(6) The bark is thought to be febrifugal and is used by West Indians to alleviate rheumatism.
