Laxative

Your grandfather is looking for his laxative.

When drinking a laxative, it's best to stay home.

Figs provide laxative effects.

This climbing vine from South America is used to a make a general anesthetic applied during open-heart surgery. Aloe, originally grown in Africa, has many applications, from a sunburn remedy to a laxative.

BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets.

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the US is having a love affair with laxatives; Americans of all ages are ingesting so much of the stuff that there are now shortages nationwide.