In medicine, their dried form has been used as an astringent. Some metal salts and acids have also been used as astringents. ... People with acne are often advised to use astringents if they have oily skin. Mild astringents relieve such minor skin ... cashew fruits and acorns are astringent. Citrus fruits, like lemons, are somewhat astringent. Tannins, being a kind of ... An astringent (sometimes called adstringent) is a chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues. The word derives from the ...

Styptic pencils contain astringents. A common delivery system for this is a styptic or hemostatic pencil (not to be confused ... "astringent" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary "Styptic Pencil what is it, how to use at Executive Shaving". Executive-shaving.co. ... The high ionic strength promotes flocculation of the blood, and the astringent chemical causes local vasoconstriction. Before ...

Flesh astringent while green, sweet and luscious when ripe. The tree is very common in the South Atlantic and Gulf states, and ... Astringent and bitter. Wood: Very dark; sapwood yellowish white; heavy, hard, strong and very close grained. Specific gravity, ... The fruit is high in vitamin C, and extremely astringent when unripe. It is eaten by birds, raccoons, skunks, white-tailed deer ... and with a sweetish astringent pulp. It is surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx-lobes, which increase in size as the ...

Treatment may include corticoids, astringents, and keratolytics. Dermatoses tend to be recurrent unless the use or contact can ...

An infusion of leaves is used as astringent for ophthalmia. The bark is applied as a poultice to bruises. Root and heartwood ... Satya, S; Vijayarani, KR; Srividhya, R; Gangatharan, N; Xavier, MF; Arunprasad, S; Kody, AP (2003). "Astringent activity of ...

... and as an astringent. An alum block can be used directly as a perfume-free deodorant (antiperspirant), and unprocessed mineral ... 766 They are astringent and acidic. Alums crystallize in one of three different crystal structures. These classes are called α ... noticeably astringent crystals with a somewhat sweet aftertaste, which in all circumstances are mainly nothing other than a ... both have sweetish and astringent taste, and they had overlapping uses. Therefore, through the Middle Ages, alchemists and ...

Taste: astringent and strong. Smell: Mushroomy. Leucocoprinus brebissonii also occurs in plant pots and can appear quite ...

Experiments and observations on astringents and bitters IV. On the uses and operation of blisters. V. On the resemblance ...

It is applied topically as an astringent after dilution with 10-40 parts of water. This is used in many types of dermatologic ... Examples are deodorant, antiperspirants, astringents, and hemostatic agents. Some solids melt when they reach body temperature ...

It tastes bitter and astringent. It is used where there is "hematochezia, hemorrhoidal swelling and pain". The binding agent is ...

The flesh has a varietal, neutral flavour which is slightly meaty and sweet-acidulous-astringent. Each grape has two or three ... astringent. In food and wine pairing, it can go with furred and feathered game, red meat, grilled meats and well-matured ...

It is an astringent compound. It is also found in wine, red or white, aged in oak barrels. It is a castalagin glycoside by ... "Protein Binding and Astringent Taste of a Polymeric Procyanidin, 1,2,3,4,6-Penta-O-galloyl-β-d-glucopyranose, Castalagin, and ... Astringent flavors, Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, All stub articles, Aromatic compound stubs). ...

General: adrenergic neurone blocker, astringent. Diagnostic: topical anesthetics, sympathomimetics, parasympatholytics, ...

These non-astringent varieties are, however, considered to have a less complex flavor. In the United States most diospyros kaki ... PVNA type: Pollination variant non astringent. This type of fruit has to become soft before it is edible except if it is seeded ... PVA type: Pollination variant astringent. This type of kaki is similar to the previous type but in this case only the flesh ... In astringent cultivars (cultivated varieties), the fruit has a high proanthocyanidin-type tannin content which makes the ...

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Super-abundant high spirits alternate with pained, almost expressionistic lyricism; simplicity and directness with astringent ...

... sourness tends to be astringent (涩; 澀) in nature; bitterness "drains heat, purges the bowels, and eliminates dampness". These ...

The fruits are bitter and astringent. It hybridizes easily with Pyrus communis and Pyrus pyraster. Growth form Thorns Leaves ...

Valentová, H.; Skrovánková, S.; Panovská, Z.; Pokorný, J. (2002). "Time-intensity studies of astringent taste". Food Chemistry ...

The fruits can be eaten raw, or cooked when bitter; they tend to be somewhat astringent. Fruits of O. cerasiformis An Indian ...

Astringent: An overly tannic white wine. Autolytic: Aroma of "yeasty" or acacia-like floweriness commonly associated with wines ...

However, they are astringent when unripe. They were traditionally used by Native Americans to make a black dye for animal hides ...

It is clear, astringent, unsentimental, abrupt." Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described Vivre sa vie as "empty and ...

A change took place in Tubin's style at the end of the 1940s; the music became harmonically more astringent. The finale of the ...

It tastes sweet, bitter and astringent. It is used where there is "deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney marked by ...

The fruits are astringent but edible. They contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide; any fruit tasting bitter (which indicates ...

It tastes astringent and slightly bitter. It is used where there is "morbid leukorrhea and menstrual disorders with aching in ...

They are odorless and moderately astringent. Although approved as food and beverage colorant in the European Union, ...

Robertson also wrote astringent film criticism. Reviewing the young Bette Davis in Dangerous for the Picture Post in 1935, she ...

It tastes sweet and slightly astringent. It is used when there are symptoms of "hyperplastic spondylitis, cervical syndrome, or ...