Emmenagogue (n)
uh-men-uh-gawg
A medicine or procedure that promotes menstrual discharge.
I have no idea why or when this would ever be wanted let alone wanted often enough to warrant its own word.
Example sentences
“I cannot imagine a world where there’s a woman who would want an emmenagogue”
And because I really couldn’t think of another sentence.
“Ammonio-chloride of iron is tonic, emmenagogue, and aperient.”
From Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
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