Historical QOD 2/25/2009: From a toxicological perspective, what do pennyroyal, tansy, black cohosh root, blue cohosh root, cotton root bark, angelica root, rue, motherwort, and mandrake have in common?
They have all enjoyed popularity throughout history as abortifacients
Netland KE, Martinez J. Abortifacients: toxidromes, ancient to modern–a case series and review of the literature. Acad Emerg Med. 2000 Jul;7(7):824-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02280.x. PMID: 10917335.
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