Experiment 1066360
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cyperus corymbosus (CYPERACEAE) |
| Citation | HERN,WM:. (1976). KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF HERBAL CONTRACEPTIVES IN A PERUVIAN AMAZON VILLAGE.. 35() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | USED TO PRODUCE PERMANENT STERILITY IN FEMALES. THE ROOT IS POUNDED IN A BALL OF COTTON AND THE JUICE SQUEEZED OUT OF THE COTTON INTO A CUP OF HOT WATER. THIS MIXTURE IS TAKEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF MENSTRUATION ONLY FOR EACH OF TWO SUCCESSIVE MENSTRUAL PERIODS. IT IS CLAIMED THAT FOLLOWING THIS TREATMENT,A WOMAN WOULD HAVE NO MORE MENSTRUAL PERIODS AND WOULD NEVER CONCEIVE AGAIN.THERE ARE CLAIMED TO BE NO SIDE EFFECTS.THE TREATMENT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF SEXUAL ABSTINENCE AND STRICT DIETING A COUNTERPART OF THIS DRUG IS "TOOTIWASTE",A PLANT GROWING IN THE SHADY SOIL OF THE BANANA "CHACRA". THE ROOT IS POUNDED IN COTTON AND THE JUICE MIXED WITH HOT WATER,TO COUNTER THE"STERILIZING" EFECT OF "TOTIMAWASTE". |
| Number | 1 |
| Pharmacological activity | 175 |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Extract | JUICE |
| Gender | FEMALE |