Definition of Discutient:
These alter or change morbid conditions, by furthering metabolism, and modify nutritive processes: Alteratives also are called Resolvents and Discutients [dispersants] from the fact that they promote absorption of inflammatory deposits, either by stimulating the lymphatic glands, or promoting the imbibition of medicinal or nutritive material in the system. E.g.: iodine, iodides, arsenic, antimony, mercury, sulfur, sulfides, sulfites, phosphorus, sarsaparilla, guaiacum, mezereum, stillingia, colchicum, xanthoxylum, hydrastis, phytolacca, sassafras, cod-liver oil [Culbreth1927, pg 39].