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Parturient |
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A parturient is an agent that stimulates uterine contractions, which induce and assist labor, promotes and hastens childbirth and also facilitates proper delivery of the placenta.
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Plants having 'Parturient' activity
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| Actaea alba | Alterative, emmenagogue, parturient, narcotic, purgative, and nerve stimulant (plant) | | Jasminum officinale | Analgesic, febrifuge (leaves); aphrodisiac, antiseptic, antispasmodic, galactogogue and tonic (flowers); anti-depressant, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, anti-spasmodic, cicatrisant, expectorant, galactagogue, parturient, sedative and uterine (oil). | | Mitchella repens | Astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypnotic, parturient and tonic (plant); sedative (tea made from berries) | | Tabernaemontana pandacaqui | Emmenagogue and parturient (poultice of leaves); antidiarrhoeal (roots). | | |