Uterine disorders Menstruation

Traditional Medicine. Used in treating amenorrhea, postpartum and labor pains, uterine disorders, support for natural uterine contractions during labor, cough, dropsy, fever, nervous disorders, smallpox, yellow fever, lumbago, pain of acute rheumatism, headache, hysteria, nervous system disorders, influenza, and itch. Used by American Indian tribes as a galactogogue, diuretic, to stimulate menstruation, and in the treatment of colds, rheumatic pains, constipation, coughs, and kidney problems (moerman). 

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder mostly occurring in reproductive-age women characterized by a growth of the endometrium outside the uterine cavity (Oral et al. 1997 Child et al. 2001). Explanations of how the tissue stains this abnormal placement are controversial, although the predominant theory is that retrograde menstruation is the cause (Oral et al. 1997 Child et al. 2001). Additional factors that maybe pivotal in the disease s pathogenesis include immunologic abnormalities, endometrial disorders, and peritoneal dysfunction (Oral et al. 1997 Child et al. 2001). 

Indications Liver depression, blood vacuity. Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, abnormal vaginal discharge, breast distention, premenstrual tension, climacteric disorders, chronic hepatitis, pleurisy, chronic... 

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