12/4/2023 0 Comments Pills and potions quotes![]() ![]() In English-language medical books in particular, pennyroyal was praised as a royal medicine and called ‘pulegium regium’. In Cyprus and the Atlas Mountains, pennyroyal is still used in traditional medicine. More information (in German) can be found under: It has also been used to ease abdominal pain. ![]() ![]() When prepared to be consumed as a drink, this plant was employed to promote menstruation and expulsion of the placenta and foetus. It has also been known since antiquity as a powerful abortifacient. Pennyroyal has always been associated with women’s bodies and sexuality: it was used in love potions, served as an obscene metaphor for female pubic hair, and was employed as a symbol of illicit sexuality.
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