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HISTORY OF PHYTOTHERAPY IN GYNECOLOGY – SHORT ANNOTATION

DUBRAVKO HABEK orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-9279 ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Croatian Catholic University, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Numerous pieces of evidence from today's scientifi c medicine have indicated that there are already known medicinal effects of various herbs, especially the phytohormonal effect on gynecologic functional disorders (e.g., climacteric, premenstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea). Medicinal plants that have been used in gynecology for centuries down to the present, now based on scientifi c evidence are cinnamon, wild wormwood, thyme, yarrow, angelica, primrose, basil, vitex (chaste tree), fl ax, Cimicifuga racemosa, rosemary, chamomile, melissa, mint, sage and red clover.

Keywords

phytotherapy; gynecology; history

Hrčak ID:

237923

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/237923

Publication date:

24.4.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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