Archive for February 26th, 2008

26 Feb

The following plants are not recommended during pregnancy:
Hot pepper (Capsicum) contains essential oils, stimulating uterine contractions;
Origanum (Mentha pulegium) contains essential oils, stimulating uterine contractions, emmenagogue;

26 Feb

The following plants may be used by pregnant women, prudently:
Angel (Angelica aschangelica) roots;
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) seeds;
Bur (Arctium lappa) roots;

26 Feb

PREGNANCY
Young girls when they reach puberty, have many egg-cells in their ovaries. Monthly the ovaries eliminate one egg-cell, moving from the uterine trunk to the uterus, the place of growth of the fetus, after the fertilization of the egg-cell by the seaman of […]

26 Feb

MASTISIS
Mastisis is characterized by the apparition of nodules and painful lumps on one or both breasts. Usually the breast nodules appear during ovulation and are often encountered with young women.

26 Feb

GALACTOGOGUE
It is the decreased mother milk secretion.