DISEASES GF WOMEN. 443 
Put into a chamber or suitable vessel, and sit over for 15 to 
20 minutes - have two or three stones to put one in occasionally 
to raise the steam. In bed use hot fomentations or the same 
over the lower part of the abdomen. [If after lying on the 
back for some time the pain continues, turn over on the knees 
and chest. If the womb is flexed backwards, this may remove 
the obstruction. Drink freely of the pennyroyal tea, and take 
this mixture :— 
Black-haw Bark..4<-5+++040+ 2506 One ounce 
Dicer Kot 6 cas asec iveans sia GIE-OUNCE: 
Ground Pine cases $f icp surests One ounce. 
SBE behead Pace yt Ve BAN p tent Quarter ounce. 
NET oS ahd a abo ulbng tee ee custeenies , One ounce. 
Bruise the roots, and simmer in three pints of water one 
quarter of an hour, put in the herbs; simmer five minutes 
longer; cool, strain, and sweeten, and give a wineglassful 
every two hours till the pain subsides. Here is another 
mixture we have found sood— 
Tincture Cannabis Indicus.......... One ounce. 
WWAROE stew acces ramet eey tees eter hho OL OT CS: 
Dose: A teaspoonful three to six times a day. A teaspoonful 
of the aromatic spirits of ammonia every hour or two till 
relieved is recommended by a good authority in America. 
Warm water injections three or four times a day have been 
found beneficial. Attend to the skin, stomach, bowels, and 
general health, and, unless it be caused by an obstinate flexion 
of the womb, you will not likely be troubled with it if you Carry 
out our instructions. 
EXCESSIVE MENSTRUATION. 
This trouble is very common and very weakening, as the 
loss of blood must always be. There are two ways in which 
it occurs: First, excessive flow during the usual times, and 
second, a moderate amount continued for three or four times, 
too long and returning too often. The causes of this loss are 
given as plethoric or full habit of the body, want of exercise, 
confinement in closé heated rooms, sloppy food, constant 
