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Date: | Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:38:51 EST |
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Talk about checking back on references already read!
A while back there was a post about St. John's Wort ( Hypericum perforatum)
apparently causing over-supply and/or strong letdown. Has anyone else seen
anything unusual in the use of this plant with lactation?
An interesting entry in Bingel and Farnsworth's article ( 1994 ) listing over
400 plants with ethnobotanical citations of galactogogue use:
Hypericum perforatum : "Fluid extract of inflorescences (flowers) in lard
employed externally as an ointment for caked breasts"- Lilly's Hand Book of
Pharmacy and Therapeutics (Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, USA ) 1898.
Also in same article: Three species of Astragalus listed as used for
galactagogue effect - from the Mediterranean ( A.glaux ), decoction used by
women, fed to cows in Ukraine ( A. glycyphyllos), and from India ( A.
hamosus).
No mention of Ginkgo biloba use in this article or in anything else on hand (
I think! ).
Regards,
Sheila Humphrey BSc(Botany) RN IBCLC
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