Aspirin, sold as Bayer or Bufferin, is absorbed into the bloodstream and essentially looks for areas where we feel pain. Aspirin is used to treat headaches of all sizes, to suppress minor body aches and pains, and to reduce inflammation when we're sore.
Medical Definition of diaphoretic. 1  1: having the power to increase sweating. 2  2: perspiring profusely : covered with sweat : sweaty.
A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, that is, the increased production of urine. This includes forced diuresis. There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from bodies, although each class does so in a distinct way. Alternatively, an antidiuretic such as vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone), is an agent or drug which reduces the excretion of water in urine.