The decoction forms a tonic and aromatic drink devoid of any excitant properties, but the infusion is highly excitant and should not be taken in such large amounts as the decoction, for its action may be powerful enough to cause headache, nausea, trembling of the extremities and disorders of vision and hearing.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
It is very likely, as Sir Hubert says, that most modern composers have used the pianoforte a good deal-not so much to help them to find out their ideas, as to test the details and intensify their musical sensibility by the excitant sounds, the actual sensual impression of which is, of course, an essential element in all music.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden
There is something excitant in the wine; doubly so in the sparkling wine, which the moment it touches the lips sends an electric telegram of comfort to every remote nerve.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly