emmenagogue

American  

[uh-men-uh-gawg, -gog, uh-mee-nuh-] / əˈmɛn əˌgɔg, -ˌgɒg, əˈmi nə- /

noun

1. a medicine or procedure that promotes menstrual discharge.

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adjective

1. Also emmenagogic stimulating the menstrual flow.

emmenagogue British  

/ ɪˈmɛnəˌɡɒɡ, -ˈmiː- /

noun

1. a drug or agent that increases menstrual flow

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adjective

1. inducing or increasing menstrual flow

Etymology

Origin of emmenagogue

1695–1705; < Greek émmēn ( a ) menses ( see emmenia) + -agogue

Example Sentences

V. trifolia is regarded in India as the most powerful species and Bontius has extolled it highly, calling attention to the anodyne, diuretic and emmenagogue properties of the leaves.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

According to Dioscorides, it is emmenagogue and abortive, anti-h�morrhagic, and a remedy for sciatica.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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

A medicine may be an emmenagogue without being an ecbolic.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

Uses.—The root bark is antiasthmatic, emmenagogue, and according to Daruty4 is a substitute for ergot in uterine hemorrhage.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers