De natura muliebri
Hippocrates
Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 7. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1851
71. Ἢν τὰ ἐπιμήνια μὴ γίνηται, ὄστρακον παχὺ κατακαύσας, καὶ λεῖον τρίψας, καὶ ὀρίγανον ἑψήσας, ἐν χηνὸς ἐλαίῳ λεῖον ποιήσας, καὶ ξυμμίξας τῷ ὀστράκῳ, ἐν ὀθονίῳ χλιερὸν προστιθέσθω.