pick-me-up vs recuperative

pick-me-up

noun
  • A drink, especially an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer. 

  • Something that improves one's mood. 

recuperative

noun
  • Any remedy that aids recuperation. 

adj
  • In the way of recuperation. 

How often have the words pick-me-up and recuperative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )