Medical Condition Legally Unspecified Abortion Without Mention Of Complication

Source:

2009 icd-9-cm diagnosis 637.9 - legally unspecified abortion without mention of complication

Active Ingredients used for Legally Unspecified Abortion Without Mention Of Complication:

American Pennyroyal European Pennyroyal

Active Ingredient	Uses based on scientific evidence	Grade*
american pennyroyal (hedeoma pulegioides l.), european pennyroyal (mentha pulegium l.)	folkloric use and several human case reports describe the use of the essential oil of pennyroyal to cause abortion. however, it may do so at deadly or toxic doses, making this an unpredictable and dangerous use.	c

*Key to grades
A: Strong scientific evidence for this use;
B: Good scientific evidence for this use;
C: Unclear scientific evidence for this use;
D: Fair scientific evidence against this use;
F: Strong scientific evidence against this use.