Definition of alterative:
		
		
		(adj) :
		
		causing 
alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one  of health. --Burton
		
 
			
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		a medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and  restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations
		
	 
 
 
	
		
		
		Definition of alterative:
		
		
		(adj) :
		
		causing 
alteration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one  of health. --Burton
		
 
			
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		a medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and  restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations