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galactagogue

British

/ ɡəˈlæktəˌɡɒɡ /

adjective

inducing milk secretion

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noun

a galactagogue agent

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Etymology

Origin of galactagogue

C19: from Greek gala, galaktos, milk + _-agogue

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The seeds are used in North America in dysentery and as a galactagogue, and the juice of the leaves as an emollient in diarrhœa and mild dysentery.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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