emmenagogue
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of emmenagogue
1695–1705; < Greek émmēn ( a ) menses ( see emmenia) + -agogue
Example Sentences
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They also attribute to it diuretic, emmenagogue and anthelmintic properties.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Uses.—The leaves are emmenagogue, purgative like those of senna, and excitant.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
He also recommends its use before breakfast as an anthelmintic in lumbricoids, and finally attributes to it virtues as an emmenagogue.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
In the Philippines it is used extensively as a diaphoretic and emmenagogue and in icterus, intestinal colic and dysmenorrhœa; externally for skin diseases, contusions and atonic ulcers.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
A medicine may be an emmenagogue without being an ecbolic.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
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