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  Pennyroyal
Pennyroyal is a well-known abortificant which causes the uterine muscles to contract, it is said to be very effective and is sometimes combined with Blue Cohosh, or mugwort.
Either the fresh or dried herb can be used, some think a tea made from the fresh herb may be more effective, but at this time there is not enough information available to make a determination of which is better, if you purchase herbs of good quality it may not make any difference.
After drinking pennyroyal tea for any length of time, or any other abortificients, it is advisable to soothe the after effects by consuming a nourishing teas and eat a healthy well balanced diet.
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  Pennyroyal Tea
Pennyroyal tea is a tea made from the pennyroyal herb.
Pennyroyal tea should not be consumed by those with kidney disease or a past history of kidney stones.
Pennyroyal tea should not be drunk for longer than a week, as it may cause damage to the central nervous system, kidney and liver.
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 pennyroyal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geographical characteristics of the Pennyroyal vary from plateau to gently rolling plain, an unusual sinkhole landscape, cave formations and the lake region flat lands" (Kytales par.
Pennyroyal, or Mentha Pulegium, is a member of the mint family, "sometimes known to the country-people as 'Run by the Ground' and 'Lurk in the ditch,' from its manner of growth" (Botanical par.
Pennyroyal tea won't do any good after a woman is that far gone" (par.
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 Pennyroyal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pennyroyal tea is used for stomach complaints and to bring on delayed menstruation.
Pennyroyal may lower blood sugar levels, however, it should not be used for an extended period of time and is therefore not useful for this purpose for those who need to regulate their blood sugar levels.
Pennyroyal seems to have been a staple herb for the ancient physicians from ancient Greece to Northern Europe for a varity of complaints.
www.sacredhearth.com /Garden/Herblore/Pennyroyal.html   (750 words)

  
 Epigee Pregnancy Resources: Herbal Abortion
Pennyroyal, Black or Blue Cohosh and other similar herbs are toxic in excess and can easily overtax the liver and kidneys, causing headaches, extreme nausea, bleeding, or even death.
The tea has too little of the active ingredient to be likely to induce abortion, although there is a strong caution concerning liver damage or effects on pregnancy and fetal development even with the tea.
While pennyroyal tea may safely stimulate mild increase in menstrual flow, the effects of the oil are very different.
www.epigee.org /pregnancy/herbal.html   (583 words)

  
 Sloan-Kettering - Pennyroyal
Pennyroyal is a flowering plant that was used in folk medicine to treat various minor ailments, including colic and bronchitis, but is better known for its abortion-inducing effects.
The extensive toxicity of pennyroyal is due to a substance called pugelone, which is metabolized in the liver to highly toxic molecules that cause tissue damage in the internal organs.
Pennyroyal's abortifacient properties are thought due to irritation of the uterus, causing contractions, but lethal doses are necessary for this to occur and the effect is inconsistent.
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 Pennyroyal Tea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pennyroyal is a herb sometimes used as an abortifacient, and is often used to induce abortion.
Pennyroyal tea could also be a metaphor for Kurt's reasons for using heroin.
"Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me" could refer to pennyroyal's use as an abortifacient, which is used as a metaphor for killing the problems that he was dealing with at the time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pennyroyal_Tea   (498 words)

  
 Pennyroyal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The herb Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium, family Lamiaceae), is a member of the mint genus; an essential oil extracted from it is used in aromatherapy.
Pennyroyal tea has been traditionally employed as an emmenagogue to promote menstrual flow, and as an abortifacient to initiate self-abortion.
Pennyroyal tea may safely stimulate mild increase in menstrual flow, but the oil is very different and can be used to induce abortion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pennyroyal   (333 words)

  
 Pennyroyal - Herbal Index - herbindex.net
Pennyroyal is often found in cottage gardens, as an infusion of the leaves, known as Pennyroyal Tea, is an old fashioned remedy for colds and menstrual derangements.
Harvesting Pennyroyal is mostly sold in the dry state for making tea, the stems being cut when the plant is just about to flower and dried in the usual manner.
Pennyroyal Water was distilled from the leaves and given as an antidote to spasmodic, nervous and hysterical affections.
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 Herbal Descriptions - Pennyroyal - Mentha pulegium
A mildly spicy tea brewed from the leaves of the Pennyroyal plant is often recommended as a diaphoretic to inducing sweating to aid in eliminating toxins from the body.
Pennyroyal, when brewed together with yarrow and elder flowers, results in a tea that is recommended by herbal healers as a treatment for relief of symptoms during the early stages of colds and flu.
Pennyroyal tea has also been traditionally employed as an emmenagogue to promote menstrual flow, and as an abortifacient to initiate self-abortion.
www.viable-herbal.com /herbdesc3/1pennyro.htm   (278 words)

  
 Pennyroyal Herb Profile
Pennyroyal tea is often used to treat digestive complaints, but its most well-known folk medicine use is as an abortifacient.
Pennyroyal is widely used in both Europe and North America, where Native Americans used it as a ïhousehold remedyÍ for digestion, colds, fever, painful menstruation and childbirth.
In addition, pennyroyal products have been implicated in at least two deaths due to liver malfunctions, which leads some authorities to strongly suggest that pennyroyal oil should not ever be taken internally.
www.mountainroseherbs.com /learn/pennyroyal.php   (337 words)

  
 Metroactive | Pennyroyal Tea
Pennyroyal is a thin, gangly plant that reaches from six to 18 inches high and produces clusters of lavender flowers.
Author Susun Weed cautions, however, that the pennyroyal extract Kris consumed should not be confused with highly concentrated pennyroyal oil, which caused the death of a Colorado woman in 1978.
Unlike pennyroyal oil, the extract manufactured by Gaia Herbs is made from fresh, undried pennyroyal leaves and 48 percent to 56 percent pure grain alcohol.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/12.14.95/pennyroyal-9550.html   (7060 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Pennyroyal - Herb Profile and Information
Pennyroyal was in high repute among the Ancients.
Pennyroyal is often found in cottage gardens, as an infusion of the leaves, known as Pennyroyal Tea, is an old-fashioned remedy for colds and menstrual derangements.
Pennyroyal Water was distilled from the leaves and given as an antidote to spasmodic, nervous and hysterical affections.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/p/pennyr23.html   (1512 words)

  
 Pennyroyal - Herbs & Supplements - Drug Library - DrugDigest
Pennyroyal tea and other oral dosage forms may contain very little pulegone, but they are still not recommended for use.
The dried leaves and stems of American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) and the related species European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) have both been used to relieve stomach conditions such as cramps and gas.
Conversely, pennyroyal's volatile oils and other chemicals in it may cause slight stomach irritation, which may in turn relieve gas.
www.drugdigest.org /DD/DVH/HerbsWho/0,3923,4117|Pennyroyal,00.html   (333 words)

  
 Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana Songfacts
Also, anemia is a side effect of high doses of pennyroyal tea, which explains why he calls them "anemic royalty." To me, "Pennyoryal Tea" is about a woman who doesn't care about anything but herself, and will do anything to make sure her selfish needs are fulfilled.
Cobain said that he knew girls who had thought that they were pregnant and drank pennyroyal tea to abort the baby, and that this was the inspiration for the song.
Pennyroyal tea is a herbal remedy to releive stomach pains.
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 Pennyroyal Tea, Nirvana
C5 D5 Bb5 Sit and drink pennyroyal tea C5 D5 Bb5 Distill the life that's inside of me C5 D5 Bb5 Sit and drink pennyroyal tea C5 D5 Bb5 I'm anemic royalty
Sit and drink pennyroyal tea Distill the life that's inside of me I'm anem-pennyroyal tea (lyric screw-up; should have been "Sit and drink...") I'm anemic royalty Play outro
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 Pennyroyal Tea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tea made from pennyroyal, a very strong species of mint, can be used as an abortive if taken in large enough portions.
There are three popular versions of this song: the version recorded with Steve Albini (included on the original pressings of In Utero), the version mixed by Scott Litt (found on the censored 1994 "Waif Me" versions of In Utero), and the Unplugged performance.
On Unplugged, Kurt performs Pennyroyal Tea solo, doing both vocals and guitar.
www.angelfire.com /band2/bleachicide/songs/pennyroyaltea.htm   (104 words)

  
 SongMeanings | lyrics | Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
It was also said to have been written by Courtney, but she probably said that since she never have written a good song in her life and preformed an anal rapeage of his songs.
This is a direct quote from Kurt, "It's a cleansing theme where I'm trying to get all my bad evil spirits outof me and drinking Pennyroyal tea would clense that away." You have to drink gallons of the stuff to give you a abortion.
It was supposedly used as a means of cleansing the soul in preparation to join the group, reinforcing the image of the person in the story feeling impure or evil, most likely in relation to an unexpected pregnancy.
www.songmeanings.net /lyric.php?lid=377   (914 words)

  
 Leo's Lyrics Database - Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea lyrics
Pennyroyal is an actual European flower that although it's reliability is shakey at best, it has been shown to induce contractions in the uterus (an abortitive).
Kurt thought this combination was interesting, so he wrote a song about a man trying to purge himself of all of his problems by methods such as pennyroyal tea and laxatives regardless of the effects it has on him (death).
Pennyroyal Tea is an old remedy from a short story by Mildred Haun.
www.leoslyrics.com /listlyrics.php?id=65685   (570 words)

  
 [NFC: The Internet Nirvana Fan Club]
The other vinyl is with two tracks, "Pennyroyal Tea" and "I hate myself and want to die".
I also looked at the 'Sonopress' version and saw (as you already know) that the "Pennyroyal Tea" text on the front sleeve is more yellow and not so orange and saturated as it is on the '++++' version.
I was looking at your pennyroyal tea page, and I noticed that you said it could have the IFPI numer 0793 on the disc.
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 PENNYROYAL TEA
a lot of additional info about this release may be found on this site: Pennyroyal 3
pennyroyal tea (scott litt mix) / where did you sleep last night (unplugged)
pennyroyal tea (scott litt mix) / i hate myself and want to die / where did you sleep last night (unplugged)
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 Pennyroyal 3 - Pennyroyal Tea GED 21907
Welcome to a document trying to be the most complete on this subject, the Pennyroyal Tea single.
This remix of Pennyroyal Tea is also available on the "clean" American In Utero CD (DGCD-24705) and cassette (DGCC-24705), which also lists "Rape Me" as "Waif Me", and was sold at Wal-Mart and K-mart.
A Pennyroyal Tea owners' list could be helpful, but Pennyroyal Tea singles are hard to track, because they are not numbered like Love Buzz.
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 YouTube - Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
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Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea - Opera House, Toronto, Canada
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (Unplugged In New York)
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 Pennyroyal Tea
Pennyroyal Tea can be used as an abortive substance when taken in large quantities.
There is a second mix by Scott Litt that can be found on the "Waif Me" Wal-Mart In Utero release and the Pennyroyal Tea single.
The Scott Litt remix removed the coughing at the beginning of the song, made the backing vocals a bit louder, and the song sounds a little cleaner.
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 Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana guitar tab @ XGuitar.com
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# #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Pennyroyal Tea By Nirvana Lyrics and Tab written by Curt Cobain Transcribed (Kelly Kristek) All Comments and Corrections are welcome so please mail me if i am wrong!!!
My mailing adress is This is the main acoustic strumming part just repeat this riff.
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 Magickal Pregnancy Tea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Peppermmint/Spearmint (wonderful for upset stomach of any kind, stimulates release of stomach acids, use large amounts for fevers and flus, generally soothing).
However, the Chamomlie, Raspberry Leaf, and Meadowsweet are the most important and I must strongly encourage the use of a mint.
But it is nice to experiment in the beginning and invent a tea to best suit your individual needs and tastes.
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 Amazon.com: Pennyroyal Tea - Withdrawn: Nirvana: Music
NIRVANA Pennyroyal Tea (Rare original 1994 WITHDRAWN German 3-track CD single featuring Remix Version I Hate Myself And I Want To Die & Where Did You Sleep Last Night MTV Unplugged Version unique 'cup of tea' picture sleeve - a highly sought after rarity.
The single was retracted when Kurt Cobain died the month this was due to be released.
Pennyroyal Tea is one of the highlights of the In Utero album.
www.amazon.com /Pennyroyal-Tea-Withdrawn-Nirvana/dp/B000E4OCYW   (391 words)

  
 Pennyroyal Tea on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Pagnolle -- it is tea indeed, from a plant called erva cidreira (I think it's called fragrant spikesedge in English).
My mom grows this and makes the tea at home.
The leaves are taken out before drinking, but I thought it would look better this way...
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