5714. Treatment of Excessive Menstruation

5714.    Treatment of Excessive Menstruation. Those who are liable to this form of irregular menstruation should be careful in their diet, choosing a plain and nutritious one. They should attend to the function of the bowels, and maintain a horizontal posture from the time when the discharge commences till its cessation. In addition, if the discharge, besides being copious, is continuous, recurring over and over again, it is necessary to have recourse to powerful remedies. "When the discharge is so profuse as rapidly to reduce the patient's strength, still more, if by it, as has happened sometimes, life be brought into peril, local means of arresting bleeding must also be adopted; foremost among these is the application of cold - cold cloths placed over the lower part of the body, and to tho groins. Injections of cold water may further be employed if the nurse or relatives are skilled in the use of the injecting instrument, but not otherwise.

5715. Difficult or Painful Menstruation

5715.    Difficult or Painful Menstruation. The most common form of this complaint is ranged under the head of neuralgia, for the violent pain with which it is accompanied bears a close resemblance to neuralgic pains experienced in other parts of the body. In such, if the affection is of long standing, the nervous system generally has probably sympathized, and headache, with hysteria and many other distressing symptoms, accompany the menstrual disorder. Many cases of this nature are connected with marked constitutional derangement, more particularly with gout and rheumatism. For the relief to the extreme pain which accompanies the complaint, soothing remedies are rendered indispensable, and the most suitable medical ones will be prescribed by the medical attendant. In his absence, or conjoined to the medicines, the warm hipbath may be tried, followed by the application of mustard poultices, or flannel wrung out of hot water and sprinkled with turpentine, over the lower part of the back. In the general treatment, the greatest attention must be paid to diet and regimen.

5716. Remedy for Suppressed Menstruation

5716.    Remedy for Suppressed Menstruation. Make into 12 pills, 12 grains sulphate of iron, 6 grains powdered aloes, and 12 grains white turpentine. Dose, 1 at bedtime. (See No. 5441 (Dewees' Tincture of Guaiacum).)

5717. Ashwell's Injection for Obstructed Menstruation

5717. Ashwell's Injection for Obstructed Menstruation. Mix 1 to 2 fluid drachms liquor of ammonia with 1 pint of milk; use thrice daily, commencing with the least quantity of ammonia.

5718. Injection for Obstructed Menstruation

5718. Injection for Obstructed Menstruation. Take 1 fluid drachm liquor of ammonia, 1 ounce mucilage, a::d 9 fluid ounces water; use in the same way as the last receipt.

5719. Pills for Suppressed Menstruation

5719.    Pills for Suppressed Menstruation. Take dried sulphate of iron, 1 scruple ; powdered aloes, 2 scruples; powdered cloves, 5 grains ; Venice turpentine, sufficient to make a mass, and divide into 20 pills. One pill 3 times a day.