🌸 Medicinal Plants for Women's Health / Menstruation
Around menstruation and the menopause, herbal lore has its own classics: antispasmodic plants for the days themselves, tannins for excessive bleeding, plus lady’s mantle and yarrow from folk tradition. For the menopause, black cohosh is the best studied. Unusually heavy, very painful or irregular bleeding needs medical assessment.
26 plants from our database are traditionally associated with Women's Health / Menstruation – each with a profile, active compounds, safety notes and sources. Poisonous and legally controlled species are deliberately left out of this list; they remain reachable through the search and the plant index.
These plants are traditionally used for the listed conditions. Not medical advice — consult a doctor or pharmacist for persistent symptoms.
Traditional women's herb since Hildegard von Bingen (12th c.): for menstrual pain, cycle irregularities, PMS and menopausal complaints.
For mild dysmenorrhoea (menstrual pain), the use of silverweed herb is recognised by the German Commission E.
Folk emmenagogue tea from vervain to support menstrual flow and ease mild menstrual cramps — strictly contraindicated in pregnancy.
Used in traditional European herbalism as a mild emmenagogue for dysmenorrhoea (menstrual pain) and amenorrhoea (absent menstruation).
Classic for excessively heavy, prolonged or too frequent menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia) as well as symptomatic post-bleeding and ca…
Purple loosestrife tea was traditionally used for excessive menstrual bleeding.
Evening primrose oil traditionally used for premenstrual syndrome (PMS), breast pain (mastalgia), and rheumatoid arthritis.
Traditional Mexican infusion of dried florets — reported for stomach cramps, flatulence and menstrual complaints.
Main use: relief of menopausal complaints such as hot flushes, increased sweating, sleep disorders and nervous irritability.
Traditionally used as an emmenagogue for irregular, absent, or painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea).
Great burnet root tincture to support heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia) and hemorrhoids.
Rhizome tea was used in folk medicine for excessive menstrual bleeding.
Folk use for menstrual complaints and dysmenorrhoea.
In Ayurvedic tradition and Iranian folk medicine, cumin seeds are used for dysmenorrhoea (painful menstruation).
Parsley leaf tea is used in folk medicine for digestive complaints (flatulence, cramps) and to stimulate menstrual flow.
Standardised extract for premenstrual syndrome (well-established use) — only after consulting a doctor.
Relieves mild abdominal cramps during menstruation.
In folk medicine, cornflower tea was used as an emmenagogue for irregular or absent menstruation.
Folk berry decoction for menopausal complaints, mild restlessness and sleep issues — WHO lists Fructus Crataegi as a traditional cardiovascular rem…
Traditionally a women's remedy for excessive menstruation and increased vaginal discharge; the astringent action of the tannins underlies this folk…
Folk infusion for fever and headache and to promote menstruation — historically widespread, today scientifically supported only for migraine prophy…
Folk use of lovage root for dysmenorrhoea — emmenagogue action recorded in tradition; absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy.
Spearmint tea (2×/day) showed a significant anti-androgenic effect in clinical trials in women with mild hirsutism and PCOS-associated androgen exc…
Aromatherapy use of rose geranium essential oil (geranium Bourbon oil) for relaxation, stress, irritability and nervous tension.
EMA HMPC: well-established traditional use as antihidrotic for excessive perspiration, particularly hyperhidrosis and menopausal symptoms (hot flus…
Wild oregano grows on dry, lime-rich Mediterranean slopes and only fully develops its pungent, spicy aroma once the flowering herb, gathered in Jul…
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