虫むし薬ぐすり

noun

children's medicine for nervousness; traditional remedy for fretfulness in children

A traditional Japanese herbal or folk medicine given to calm irritable, restless, or colicky children. The term is somewhat old-fashioned and may be encountered in historical or cultural contexts.

• 昔むかしは、夜よ泣なきする子こに虫むし薬ぐすりを飲のませたものだ。

  In the old days, they used to give children's calming medicine to babies who cried at night.

• 祖そ母ぼは「虫むしの虫むし薬ぐすり」という言こと葉ばをよく使つかっていた。

  My grandmother often used the phrase 'mushi no mushigusuri' (medicine for the 'worm' that causes fretfulness).