To expel or relieve gas from the digestive system; to have carminative properties.
From Latin carminare, meaning 'to card wool' or 'to comb out,' which became metaphorically applied to removing impurities; later applied to digestive action.
The metaphor is brilliant: just as combing removes tangles from wool, carminative herbs 'comb out' gas from your intestines—medieval herbalists thought in these vivid, physical comparisons.
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