1. a substance or agent that promotes or induces menstruation
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; some historical emmenagogues are now considered unsafe or ineffective

1. promoting or tending to promote menstruation
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term

Examples

• Certain herbs have been used historically as emmenagogues, though their safety and efficacy are debated.
• The doctor explained that some medications have emmenagogue properties.
• Medieval physicians prescribed various emmenagogue remedies to treat irregular menstruation.
• Modern medicine has largely replaced traditional emmenagogue treatments with more reliable hormonal therapies.
• The study examined which plant compounds exhibited emmenagogue effects in laboratory tests.