Tincture of rhatany

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Source: The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with the latest discoveries in medicine by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831. nr 93032726 (1812), narrative-offset-821135.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• rhatany: of mild laxatives (as castor oil and lenitive electuary); the external and internal use of astringents, to constringe the vessels of the womb, as the application of cloths sprinkled with vinegar over the region of the womb, and three table- spoonfuls of the following mixture taken every four hours Take of red rose leaves, dried, half an onnee

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: Treatment. — When a copious menstruation has come on, it should be moderated as much as possible, . by abstaining from all exercise either at the coming on or during the continuance of the menstruation ; by avoiding an erect posture and external heat, as warm chambers and soft beds ; by using a light and cool diet (such as former habits will allow); by obviating costiveness, by the use of mild laxatives (as castor oil and lenitive electuary); the external and internal use of astringents, to constringe the vessels of the womb, as the application of cloths sprinkled with vinegar over the region of the womb, and three table- spoonfuls of the following mixture taken every four hours Take of red rose leaves, dried, half an onnee ; infuse in a pint of boiling water, till cold ; then strain, and add diluted vitriolic acid, sixty drops ; tincture of rhatany root, one ounce. If the discharge, notwithstanding the use of these re- medies, should continue immoderate, the following lotion should be thrown up the vagina by means of the female syringe : — • Take of pomegranate rind, bruised, three drachms; boil in a pint and quarter of water to a pint, then strain, and add alum, a drachm and half.

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