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emmenagogue

NOUN
  1. any agent that promotes menstrual discharge

How To Use emmenagogue In A Sentence

  • In the Philippines, it is used as an emmenagogue (an agent to induce menstruation).
  • Macrotys is unique in combining emmenagogue (blood moving) and antispasmodic properties.
  • Emmenagogues are remedies which have the property of exciting the catamenial flow; ecbolics, or abortives, are drugs which excite contraction of the uterus, and are supposed to have the power of expelling its contents. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
  • A medicine may be an emmenagogue without being an ecbolic. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
  • The essential oil is regarded as emmenagogue and antihysteric. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
  • The Chinese variety has emmenagogue and diuretic properties and is used for delayed menstruation and urinary problems.
  • -- The root bark is antiasthmatic, emmenagogue, and according to Daruty [4] is a substitute for ergot in uterine hemorrhage. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
  • Both herbs are emmenagogues - they bring down the menstrual flow.
  • This powerful emmenagogue was a kind of unguent composed of several drugs, such as saffron, myrrh, etc., compounded with virgin honey. The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • One of its prime uses was as an abortifacient and emmenagogue.
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