These pains come on after delivery and are more and more severe after each successive labor, seldom occurring with first children. They are occasioned by the efforts of nature to expel the clots of blood which may remain in the womb, and where they are not very violent nor of long duration, no treatment is necessary. Should, however, they be very severe and long-continued, one of the following remedies will produce relief.

Arnica should be first given, followed after three or four doses, if necessary, by Pulsatilla. If relief is not soon obtained, and the pains are severe, accompanied with great restlessness, Nux-v. and Chamomilla may be taken in alternation, Secale and Cuprum may be alternated, where the pains are very violent, especially in those who have borne many children.

Dose

Two drops, in a tumbler of water, a tablespoonful once in one or two hours; or six globules on the tongue in the same intervals.