Metformin, the first choice in the treatment of type 2 diabetes originated from the plant Galega offcinalis (French lilac or goats rue) and was once considered a CAM [ 6].
And with products like Nummies brand nursing bras, goat's rue herbal supplements (to increase breast milk production) and Earth Mama nipple butter, it can be hard to tell which is which.
Their vertical form is difficult to soften against a gap in the border, but eventually the galega (goat's rue) which was also slow to recover its normal vigour fluffed out with the help of a liquid Maxicrop feed: its glaucous leaves blurred the vertical lines of the veronicastrums.
The extracts derived from a perennial herb (Galega officinalis) known variously as goat's rue, French lilac, Spanish sainfoin and false indigo.
The biguanide class of antidiabetic drugs, which also includes the withdrawn agents phenformin and buformin, originates from the French lilac or goat's rue (Galega officinalis), a plant used in folk medicine for several centuries.
Other herbal galactagogues included goat's rue, nettle, blackthorn berry and shatavari.
French lilac or Goat's Rue, galaga officinalis, was used as an herbal remedy in medieval Europe.
Interestingly, one of the common English names of Galega officinalis (from which galegine is derived) is goat's rue, signifying that the plant is poisonous to herbivores.
Other commonly reported herbal galactagogues included blessed thistle (Cnicusbenedictus), fennel (F oeniculumvulgare), goat's rue (Galegaofficinalis), nettle (Urticadioica), blackthorn berry (Prunus spinosa), and shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) [ 5].
The herb Galega officinalis (French lilac, Goat's rue) was used among other for symptoms of diabetes mellitus in humans or to increase milk production in farmed animals.
One of the most commonly used conventional medicines for T2DM is metformin, which was originally derived from Galega officinalis (French lilac or goat's rue), once considered a complementary medicine (CAM) used to treat diabetes [ 2].
