Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Restorative has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
"After weeks of illness, the doctor prescribed a restorative tonic to help rebuild my strength and energy."
a device for treating injury or disease
"The doctor prescribed a restorative brace to help heal his fractured ankle after the accident."
Something with restoring properties.
"After hiking all day, I treated my sore muscles to a warm bath filled with restorative salts that left me feeling completely renewed."
tending to impart new life and vigor to
"the renewing warmth of the sunshine"
promoting recuperation
"recuperative powers"
"strongly recuperative remedies"
"restorative effects of exercise"
Serving to restore.
"The restorative power of a good night's sleep helped him recover from his exhausting shift at work."