A cholagogue is a medicinal agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system, purging it downward.

In Patrick O'Brian's book The Post Captain which is set in the Napoleonic era, Stephen Maturin, one of the book's main characters and who is also a physician, naturalist and spy, sits in the snug of the Rose and Crown in Deal and drinks a "good" tea described as an "unrivalled cholagogue".

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[edit] References

• This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition.
• Patrick O'Brian's The Post Captain, 2002 paperback edition, page 315..

[edit] External links

• MeSH Cholagogues+and+Choleretics