Subject: Re: penny royal/blue chohosh information sought

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:49:44 UNDEFINED

>I'm looking or information on penny royal =?= blue chohosh

>This is the name of a herb, the tea (oral) of which a girl friend of mine is 
>using as a contraceptive. As i know nothing of this plant i'm a bit skeptical, 
>and this makes me uncomfortable with it's effectiveness. It's originally 
>supposed to be used by american indians (don't know if that's south or north a.).

>A medline search on above names returned nothing useful.

Oooooo.  Be careful.  Pennyroyal may be effective as a "contraceptive" because 
it can have abortifacient properties.  (It's one of the herbs strongly 
contraindicated for pregnant women.)  If you are trying to *prevent* 
conception, I would suggest something else.

M.D.R.

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From: [email-masked] (Dirk Teunis)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:39:42 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for - any information on this plant
                - the scientific name of this plant
                - articles published on the use of this plant as a contraceptive
                  in de medical or ethnobotanical literature.

e_mail preferred but not absolutely necessary

deGroeten
Dirk [*]

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:49:44 UNDEFINED

M.D.R.