Hi, Alexs.

>>    Quoth KATHRYN:
>>
>>    o  Raspberry leaf tea...  I ... use it ea. month and know that many
>>    dog breeders use it for their bitches to ensure as painfree a whelp as
>>    possible.
>
>Bitches' estrus cycles are not especially like human females' menstrual
cycles.
>And humans aren't apes,

No argument here.  Raspberry leaf tea seems paleo to me and it works.

>>    o  Cinnamon bark invigorates the blood, helps regulate the menstrual
cycle
>>    and checks flooding.  Chew a stick.
>>
>Do you have studies describing what "tonify" means? OFTM invigorate,
regulate
>flood or sedate? These sound like vague, nonspecific terms in herbalist
jargon.

No, I don't.  Just quoting a book.  IMHO tonify means to tighten up.
Several yrs. ago my mother had a prolapsed uterus and three very qualified
OBGYNs told her surgery was required.  While waiting for the surgery date,
she took raspberry leaf tea (at my urging) and by the surgery date was back
to normal and did not require the hysterectomy, was completely pain and
symptom free.  Every once and a while she begins to feel symptoms, drinks
tea for a few weeks, and is fine.  Just anectodal evidence, but very close
to me.  A simple, paleo solution to a huge problem.
>
>>    o  Avoid large doses of aspirin and Vit. C.
>
>A neverending point of contention is what constitutes "large."

True, but the point, I think, is just to watch it.  Know that cutting down
on blood thinners may help excess, or unexpected, bleeding.

Sorry if this is off-topic.

K.