Materials and methods: A review was conducted for all plant use mentioned specifically for female
healthcare, such as medicine to increase fertility, induce menstruation or abortion, ease pregnancy and
parturition, reduce menstrual bleeding and postpartum hemorrhage, alleviate menstrual, parturition and
postpartum pain, increase or inhibit lactation, and treat mastitis and uterine prolapse, in 200 studies
focusing on medicinal plant use, either general studies or studies focusing specifically on women's
healthcare.