See also:

• SALEP (Arab. sahleb, Gr. 6pxts)

SALEP (Arab. sahleb, Gr. 6pxts)  , a See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug extensively used in See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental countries as a nervine restorative and fattener, and also much prescribed in paralytic affections . It probably owed its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original popularity to the belief in the " See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of signatures." It is not used in See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine . It consists of the tuberous roots of various See also:

• SPECIES

species of Orchis and Eulophia, which are decorticated, washed, heated until horny in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, and then dried . Its most important constituent is a mucilaginous substance which it yields with See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water to the extent of 48% .