An agent that prevents or relieves flatulence (gas in the
gastrointestinal tract) and, in infants, may help in the treatment of colic. The
origin of the word "carminative" is particularly curious. It was borrowed from the
French carminatif (masc.), carminative (fem.). Virtually all English-language dictionaries
state that the French took the word from the Latin carminare, to card wool. However,
a respected French dictionary Le Petit Robert indicates that carminare meant nettoyer,
to cleanse. The confusion appears to stem from the fact that to card wool was to
cleanse it. Thus, a carminative cleanses the bowels.
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