449 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
Besides the stoppage, the symptoms are, pain in the back and 
joins, lowness of spirits, headache, fits of heat and cold, 
weakness. Where there is a full habit of body, the face is 
flushed, the pulse is usually hard and bounding. Of course 
these symptoms are not always present, nor in the same degree. 
We might just hint at the natural cause of suppression, which 
ought not to be forgotten, as we have met with cases where 
this was ignored, and, so to speak, bucketfuls of medicine 
taken to no purpose. Presuming, then, that the courses had 
begun and stopped, we begin at once to remove the 
obstruction. ‘Treatment: A hot foot-bath of pennyroyal, with 
a strongtea of the same. (See page 94.) Carry out instructions, 
and in all likelihood the trouble will soon be removed. This 
wHl also answer when there are symptoms indicating with the 
age of the girl that the time has come for the menses to 
commence. If the patient is pale, it will be well to take the 
female corrective pills or Blaud’s, which are now largely 
prescribed by the faculty in dealing with these cases. If the 
cause can be traced to any disease, means must be adopted to 
cure it, as it is not likely the effect will cease before. It 
sometimes requires patience to get the obstruction removed— 
3, 6, and even 12 months—so do not give up trying. 
PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. 
The causes of this trouble are, nervous irritability, cold, 
constipation, mental emotions, excesses, &c. Where the pain 
is regular, it may be inferred that there is a flexion of the 
womb ora partial stricture. 
TREATMENT.—We have found by treatment that sitting 
over the steam ofa bitter herb infusion gives the quickest 
telief. Take— 
Wormwood e®eesoeeveeeeeteoeeesesvpevesveeersve eve One ounce, 
Southernwood! 9. 4.2 somtbalens fhe bh: . One ounce. 
‘Tansy , 2 .¢ @ BS 2B se eeseesteeeesseee € ¢ F 2 Bet Ss € One ounce. 
ATO! | op os karan 02M ae te ee One ounce. 
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