alterative vs healthful

alterative

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

  • Causing alteration. 

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

healthful

adj
  • Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary. 

  • Beneficial to bodily health. 

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