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Used as an infusion and extract.

Rue has been traditionally used to bring on suppressed menses. The oil of Rue is a powerful abortifacient, therefore the plant is best avoided during pregnancy.

Small doses have also been used to relax the muscles of the digestive system, where it will ease griping and bowel tension. The easing of spasm gives it a role in the stopping of spasmodic coughs. It also increases peripheral circulation and lowers elevated blood pressure.

Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal':

Strongly stimulating and antispasmodic - often employed, in form of a warm infusion, as an emmenagogue. In excessive doses, it is an acro-narcotic poison, and on account of its emetic tendencies should not be administered immediately after eating.

It forms a useful medicine in hysterical affections, in coughs, croupy affections, colic and flatulence, being a mild stomachic. The oil may be given on sugar, or in hot water.

Externally, Rue is an active irritant, being employed as a rubefacient. If bruised and applied, the leaves will ease the severe pain of sciatica. The expressed juice, in small quantities, was a noted remedy for nervous nightmare, and the fresh leaves applied to the temples are said to relieve headache. Compresses saturated with a strong decoction of the plant, when applied to the chest, have been used beneficially for chronic bronchitis.

If a leaf or two be chewed, a refreshing aromatic flavour will pervade the mouth and any nervous headache, giddiness, hysterical spasm, or palpitation will be quickly relieved.

Preparations and Dosages: Powdered herb, 15 to 30 grains. Fluid extract, 1/2 to 1 drachm.

King's American Dispensatory, 1898:

Rue is emmenagogue, ecbolic, anthelmintic, and antispasmodic. In large doses it seems to be a narcotico-acrid poison. It is asserted to cause abortion, and such effect is accompanied with inflammation of the stomach and bowels, with cerebral disturbance.

Owing to its affinity for the nervous system, it relieves irritation and pain when administered in small amounts. It deserves study; and from 1 to 10 drops of the strong tincture (fresh herb, viii to alcohol, 98 per cent, Oj) may be given, well diluted with water, at a single dose. Dose of the leaves, from 10 to 20 grains; of the decoction, from 1 to 4 fluid ounces, of the oil, from 2 to 6 drops.

Eclectic Materia Medica, 1922 (Felter):

Rue is a gastro-intestinal irritant and a poison to the nervous system, capable, in large doses, of causing death.

It is emmenagogue and anthelmintic. Acting strongly upon the uterus, it may be given in amenorrhea due to atony, but the dose must be small lest an inflammatory action be induced.

It is a good vermifuge, though its disagreeable taste is a decided obstacle to its use. It has been suggested as a remedy for irritability of the urinary tract when due to atony, and in nervous disorders of a spasmodic type. On account of its ecbolic qualities it should not be administered during pregnancy.

British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911:

The properties of rue are virtually those of the volatile oil; it is occasionally given on sugar as a carminative and antispasmodic in hysteria, and flatulence; huge doses may cause violent gastro-enteritis. The herb is sometimes employed in the form of infusion as an emmenagogue.