alterative vs antidote

alterative

noun
  • A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. 

adj
  • Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one. 

  • Causing alteration. 

antidote

noun
  • Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. 

  • A remedy to counteract the effects of poison. 

verb
  • To counteract as an antidote. 

How often have the words alterative and antidote occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )