Menstrual disorders
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Menstrual disorders
- Sichuan lovage rhizome / chuanxiong (川芎)Ligusticum chuanxiongClinicalCaution
- Safflower / gur gum (hong hua, false saffron)Carthamus tinctoriusClinicalCaution
- SaffronCrocus sativusClinicalDanger
- PomegranatePunica granatumClinicalDanger
- Dan Shen (Red Sage)Salvia miltiorrhizaClinicalDanger
- SageSalvia officinalisClinicalDanger
- FeverfewTanacetum partheniumClinicalDanger
- Chaste TreeVitex agnus-castusClinicalCaution
- Tree-peony root bark / mu dan pi (牡丹皮)Paeonia suffruticosaPreclinicalCaution
- YarrowAchillea millefoliumPreclinicalCaution
- Dong QuaiAngelica sinensisPreclinicalCaution
- MotherwortLeonurus cardiacaPreclinicalDanger
- OreganoOriganum vulgarePreclinicalCaution
- MugwortArtemisia vulgarisTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Wild mint / pennyroyalMentha pulegiumTraditional (systematized)Danger
- ParsleyPetroselinum crispumTraditional (systematized)Danger
- ThujaThuja occidentalisTraditional (systematized)Danger
- TansyTanacetum vulgareFolkDanger
- Galbanum / ferulaFerula galbanifluaHistoricalDanger