DIURETICS (Lat. ditiretieus, from Ilk. 8.ot diouri1iio.e, promoting urine, from e‘our(iv, diourein, to urinate, front ilia, t. rough + oipOv, our, ire, to urinate, from orpov, 6 Nledicine• having the property of reasing the secretion of urine. They are of several lasses: ( 1 ) VaNctilur or cur-dig(' lit,. which inereasim• arterial tension or the blood supply of the kidneys. These include all cardiac stimulant-. important representatives hying dig •I a I is. caffeine, theohromine. ditiret in, eoural 1,ria. -eopariu., •parteine, apoeynin: -quill. and .t roplianthus. ( 2) I:, rant diun tics include salts of sodium and potassium, particularly e acetate. citrate. and bita•t•ate of potassium. (:)) sri,,iabini tics. or blenorrhetics, are tin -.• which have a direct stimulating action upon g•niin urinary tract : such as juniper. tur . 1 I it e, i•opa oil of ••;11111:11 \\M.].
• 4•1111. cantharides. Some of these ore it-4111,1y irritating. 31141 11111-1 be very eau
1-1v. I 11 r is it most important dinnet• amount of fluid in the blood.
Diuret les are used in conditions in the i.1 lit ily of 111•1110 aid the :Ill .- rpt ion e I thlid in dropsy or Of 111641 I/1 the 111111Y Iodic., V. bet her the result 14 in l'aitunation1 suet' as pleurisy. or of imperfect .•.
Lion of thi heart. kidneys. etc.: to aid in the alien of II4 i-on-: and to dilute the urine
to make it irritating in inflammations .f e
urinary tract. s r to rrcvent the formation