emmenagogue
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of emmenagogue
1695–1705; < Greek émmēn ( a ) menses ( see emmenia) + -agogue
Example Sentences
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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
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
Uses.—The root possesses stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic and emmenagogue properties.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The natives of Cochin China, reasoning in an opposite manner, prescribe it as emmenagogue.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
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 Thomas, Jerome Beers
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