Experiment 1256267

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismMentha pulegium (LAMIACEAE)
CitationCOLLINS,M:. (1880). PENNYROYAL ACTING AS AN ECBOLIC.. 1880()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseA THREE MONTH PREGNANT WOMAN TOOK 10 DROPS OF PENNROYAL OIL,MORNING AND EVENING(ONE DAY).DURING THE NIGHT SHE FELT DEATHLY SICK AND "SATURATED WITH THE MEDICINE". NEXT DAY,PAIN AND HEMMORHAGE SET IN:SHE ABORTED THAT EVENING. THE FETUS WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS.THE WOMAN HAD AN UNEVENTFUL RECOVERY. NINE TO 10 YEARS PREVIOUSLY,SHE ABORTED AS THE RESULT OF A SEVERE SHOCK.SHE HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO SEVERAL HEALTHY CHILDREN SINCE,AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO ACCOUNT FOR HER PRESENT ABORTION EXCEPT THE OLEUM PULEGII. THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED IN THE YEAR 1880.
Dose amount0.8 ML
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN(PREGNANT)
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractESSENTIAL OIL