emmenagogue
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of emmenagogue
1695–1705; < Greek émmēn ( a ) menses ( see emmenia) + -agogue
Example Sentences
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Hence in cold leucophelgmatic habits it proves a powerful expectorant, diuretic, and emmenagogue; and, if the patient is kept warm, sudorific.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
It is, therefore, an emmenagogue and its prolonged use causes hemorrhoids, especially in man.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Uses.—The bark of the trunk is well known as a febrifuge and emmenagogue in India.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
It is also used there as an emmenagogue and diuretic, in intermittent fevers, dropsy and suppression of the lochia in women recently confined.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
In North India this drug is used as emmenagogue and anti-arthritic, and in Banda for intermittent fevers and intestinal disorders.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
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