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MENORRHAGIACategory: Diseases of Women Too much bleeding at the monthly periods. If it occurs between the monthly periods it is called Metrorrhagia, womb-bleeding at any time, especially between the periods. Causes. These may be constitutional or local, the latter being the most important. Local Causes. These are inflammation of the womb, displacements of the womb, malignant disease of the womb, fibroid tumors and disease of the ovaries. Symptoms. Sudden or gradual increase in the amount of blood lost at the monthly periods. Then secondary anemia, weakness and run-down feeling. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT. 1. Profuse Menstruation, an Easily Prepared Herb Remedy for. "Cranesbill Root 1 ounce White Poplar Bark 2 ounces Bistort Root 1 ounce Golden Seal 1 ounce Geranium 1/2 ounce Cloves 1/2 ounce Ginger 1/2 ounce Ground Sugar 1/2 pound Mix. This compound is excellent for complaints of weak females, such as leucorrhea, bearing-down, or profuse menstruation, etc. Dose: One teaspoonful of the powder, in a half cup of boiling water three times a day. Drink the clear liquid only." Any woman suffering with, female trouble will find the above combination very beneficial. 2. In young girls and women who are not married, thirty drops of the fluid extract of Ergot three times a day. This medicine will cause the womb to contract. Hot douches can be given to married women. If the bleeding is severe it may be necessary to pack the vagina with sterile gauze. Ergotin ten to twenty drops, may be needed, given hypodermically. If it is due to constitutional causes, like anemia, a played-out feeling, paleness. weakness, etc., a tonic treatment is needed. 3. Blaud's pills will do well. This is the formula: Dried sulphate of iron 2 drams Carbonate of potash 2 drams Syrup enough to make a mass Mix and make forty-eight pills. Take one to three, three times a day after meals. 4. If the appetite is poor, bitter tonics such as gentian, quassia, cinchona, or nux vomica are needed. Compound Tincture Cinchona 2 ounces Compound Tincture Gentian 2 ounces Mix. Take one teaspoonful before meals, in a little water. 5. Tincture of nux vomica in doses of two to three drops after meals is a good stomach and bowel tonic. 6. Golden seal root made into a tea is good in some cases, especially if the tongue is much coated. 7. Oil of Erigeron or flea-bane is good for oozing bleeding. Dose: Three to five drops in a capsule every four hours. 8. Oil of cinnamon in one dose of one-half dram is good where flea-bane oil cannot be used or obtained; usual dose, one to five drops. An infusion can be made of the cinnamon bark and drank freely. 9. Cranesbill (Geranium maculata). The fluid extract is splendid when diluted three or four times with boiled water, used locally for bleeding from the womb, or as an injection for the same; or an infusion can be made of the plant and injected into the vagina. The local cause mentioned should be treated. The displacement should be corrected. Next: DYSMENORRHEA or Difficult Menstruation Previous: AMENORRHEA
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