nervine

[ nur-veen, -vahyn ]

/ ˈnɜr vin, -vaɪn /

of or relating to the nerves.

acting on or relieving disorders of the nerves; soothing the nerves.

a nervine medicine.

Origin of nervine

1655–65; < New Latin nervīnus, equivalent to Latin nerv(us) nerve + -īnus -ine¹

Ale or beer flavoured or medicated by infusing the leaves of ground ivy in it; pectoral, stomachic, and nervine.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
Dose: Nervine and alterative, 1/6—1/3 grn.; emetic, 2—5 grn.

Merck's 1899 Manual |Merck & Co.
The medicinal qualities are known to be a mild tonic, stimulant, nervine and stomachic.

Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants |A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
This is the nervine balsam and nervine ointment of the shops in the Peninsula, and in some other parts of Southern Europe.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

It has a nervine property, by which it excites the nervous system inordinately, and exhilarates the brain.

Fifteen Years in Hell |Luther Benson

nervine

/ (ˈnɜːviːn) /

having a soothing or calming effect upon the nerves

obsolete a nervine drug or agent

C17: from New Latin nervīnus, from Latin nervus nerve