tonic
ਟੌਿਨਕ
definition
noun
Nineteenth-century medicine vendors often peddled tonics as a cure-all for symptoms as varied as a mild cough or severe rash.
a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigor or well-being.
Britten's score breaks off at bar 30, just at the moment of the return to the tonic .
the first note in a scale that, in conventional harmony, provides the keynote of a piece of music.
adjective
The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal tonic formulas.
giving a feeling of vigor or well-being; invigorating.
At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.
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Black haw, which has been described as having a uterine 'tonic' effect, has been used to prepare women for labor.
Milk thistle extract - long used as a liver 'tonic' in European folk medicine - may be a far better nutritional supplement than its acclaimed herbal cousins.
Practitioners of Chinese medicine use it as a 'tonic' and restorative to promote health and longevity.
Adults still dutifully head home to mother for 'tonic' soups when a hectic all-work-and-no-play lifestyle leaves them feeling under the weather.
Jatamansi is an effective sedative and brain 'tonic' , enhancing concentration and memory.
This clinic uses a special 'tonic' that is meant to stall the growth of the cancer cells.
This sea change in music distribution is already upon us, and could provide the 'tonic' for the revival of those beleaguered music companies.
He's been a good friend and his inveterate optimism has been a welcome 'tonic' to my usual cynicism.
To a borderline workaholic like me, his attitude is a complete 'tonic' .
Back in 1981, when this triple bill was new and the Met a more conservative place than it is today, such an original evening of opera was a positive 'tonic' .
This excellent 'tonic' herb is high in mineral content, with a preference for supporting the liver.
Spontaneous carbonation or bubbles that sprung from natural mineral springs were believed to relieve common ailments with their 'tonic' properties.
The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal 'tonic' formulas.
Unphosphorylated, attached cross-bridges in 'tonic' mammalian smooth muscle have a very slow rate of release of ADP.
For a person like me, who sees too much speed in all areas of modern life, his introspective takes on American music were the perfect 'tonic' .
Digestive 'tonic' properties and early experimental findings that its long-term use promotes the heart and vascular system are other feathers in the cap for this herb.
Somehow this alchemical process turns it from a cooling herb to a 'tonic' herb.
This illustrates the essential place of the closure of the pylorus by 'tonic' contraction in the prevention of such reflux.
Very, very expensive - the last time I went, I paid £7 for a gin and 'tonic' .
Their usual intonation pattern is a rising tone on and after the 'tonic' syllable, but, when rhetorical or emphatic, they are said with a falling tone.
Britten's score breaks off at bar 30, just at the moment of the return to the 'tonic' .
So the mere presence of a fixed percentage of ginsenosides does not guarantee the 'tonic' properties of a well-aged root.
After an unusually long and chromatic development the recapitulation begins in the 'tonic' minor.
I can't believe it - it was the perfect 'tonic' after my heart operation.
Ashwagandha is unique as a 'tonic' herb in that it is exceptionally easy to cultivate and is ready for harvest after only one year of growth.
The range features a cleansing gel, 'tonic' lotion, facial mask, day lotion and concentrate and a night gel as well as a blemish control stick and cream.
Indeed, the 'tonic' D, which has held sway over much of the movement's main tonal and harmonic thrust, is thrown into some degree of crisis.
I like gin based drinks: Gin and 'tonic' is usually a safe bet in any bar.
But it is neither a variation on one of the old iron supplements nor is it a food, although its adherents say it has 'tonic' properties and you do apply it to the body.
It fights cholesterol, and is used as a 'tonic' and a laxative.
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