In Bentley's Manual of Botany in 1870, Petiveria is again listed as a remedy for toothache and an
emmenagogue (625).
(25,26,27,28,29,30) King's American Dispensatory includes DC, stating that it may possess
emmenagogue properties.
It also acts as an
emmenagogue, hemostatic and ocitocic and has anti-inflammatory activity (Oliveira et al., 2006).
One of the great Renaissance herbalists, Gerard, recommended it for inflammation of the uterus and as an
emmenagogue (Hobbs 1990).
It has been used as an
emmenagogue, to treat nervousness, coughs, insect bites, and migraine headaches.
The infusion is used as a tonic, as a remedy for coughs, headaches, fevers, colic, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal ailments, body ache, and to speed birth (
emmenagogue) (Browner 1985, Bye 1986).
Achillea millefolium, or yarrow, is an herb commonly thought of as an astringent to staunch mild bleeding, but Youngken's Textbook of Pharmacognosy (1921) lists it an an "aromatic bitter, diaphoretic and
emmenagogue." An
emmenagogue is a medicine that induces or hastens the menstrual flow, in other words, an abortifacient.
Shatavari: nutritive tonic, demulcent,
emmenagogue, rejuvenative, build milk PV-K+
It was considered an effective stimulant, depressant, expectorant,
emmenagogue (inducing or increasing menstrual discharge), and antispasmodic.
It was mostly used by Indian women as a powerful
emmenagogue. It is a herb that should only be used by professionals but it is a delightful addition to a woodland garden.
The latter are rosemary, still annotated in the Merck Index as ~Leaves formerly as
emmenagogue', and the seeds of violets(4) (hence presumably one implication of ~withered').
The health benefits of sage essential oil can be attributed to its properties as an antifungal, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antibacterial, cholagogues and choleretic, cicatrizant, depurative, digestive, disinfectant,
emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative and stimulating substance.