emmenagogue
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of emmenagogue
Example Sentences
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Smith.—Skunk cabbage is not only a good anti-spasmodic in all cases where such are indicated, but it is also a powerful emmenagogue, anthelmintic, and a valuable remedy in dropsy, in spasms, rheumatism, palpitations, etc.
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Hooper's Female Pills had been from the beginning a cathartic and emmenagogue.
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Uses.—The bark of the trunk is well known as a febrifuge and emmenagogue in India.
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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.
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The root is emmenagogue and the seeds are used in the treatment of anal fissure.
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