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Pennyroyal was such a popular herb that the Royal Society published an article on its use against rattlesnakes in the first volume of its Philosophical Transactions in 1665. [21] 17th-century apothecary and physician Nicholas Culpeper mentions pennyroyal in his medical text The English Physitian, published in 1652. [22]
The name pulegioides is derived from the Latin pulegium, and means "like pennyroyal", in reference to European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). [8] The name pulegium was given to European pennyroyal by Pliny the Elder in the first century CE, for its use in repelling fleas (pulex, plural pulices) when it was spread on floors.
An abortifacient ("that which will cause a miscarriage" from Latin: abortus "miscarriage" and faciens "making") is a substance that induces abortion. This is a nonspecific term which may refer to any number of substances or medications, ranging from herbs [1] to prescription medications. [2]
Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal or European pennyroyal), a European herb; Hedeoma pulegioides (American pennyroyal or false pennyroyal), an American herb; Monardella odoratissima (mountain pennyroyal), mint family plant found in the southwestern United States
Mentha cervina, commonly known as hart's pennyroyal, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Mentha (mint) genus. It is native to the western Mediterranean Sea region, growing naturally from southwestern France to the Iberian Peninsula , and south to Azores , Morocco and Algeria . [ 2 ]
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Hedeoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.It is native to North and South America.They are commonly known as false pennyroyals. [2] [3] [4]The genus name is derived from the Greek words ἡδύς (hedys), meaning "sweet," and ὀσμή (osme), meaning "odour".
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