| It was included, because of its astringent qualities, in skin tonics, and became a principal ingredient in shampoos and hair rinses. |
| Asian, American and Siberian ginsengs are the most renowned herbal tonics in Chinese medicine. |
| Nineteenth-century medicine vendors often peddled tonics as a cure-all for symptoms as varied as a mild cough or severe rash. |
| In small doses it serves as a stimulant for the entire digestive tract, associating it with bitter tonics, or other restoratives. |
| Hawthorn berry and flower, for example, are considered excellent cardiac tonics, diuretics and astringents. |
| Herbal medicines and tonics called jamu are both home blended and mass produced. |
