It is a splendid local and constitutional styptic for hemorrhages from the nose, lungs, stomach, bowels or uterus, and for this purpose is best combined with Bayberry.
In typhoid fever where there is excessive discharge, whether faecal or canious, this agent is one of the most valuable. In these conditions it should be combined with Echinacea.
Diluted with water, or combined with Syrup of Rhubarb
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(rhei), this agent is valuable in the treatment of severe cases of cholera infantum.
There are few agents which possess a wider range of usefulness than Geranium Maculatum, and which are so devoid of harmful properties. In all forms of hemorrhage, whether internal or external, hemoptysis usually can be arrested promptly by drachm doses of the tincture, given hourly until the attack subsides. Relapse may be prevented by continuing the same dose at longer intervals for three or four days. In hemorrhage from the kidneys and the intestinal canal, better results will be obtained by the administration of smaller doses, twenty drops four times a day, for an extended period. This is the only practical way of using it in chronic cases. Epistaxis may be checked speedily by plugging the nostrils with cotton dipped in a solution composed of one part each of the tincture of Geranium and Bayberry, and two parts of water, or by syringing the nasal passage with the same solution. Hemorrhage resulting from the extraction of a tooth invariably can be arrested promptly by filling the socket with a piece of cotton saturated with the undiluted tinctures and applying firm pressure for a few minutes. Menorrhagia can be most effectually abated by the internal administration of Geranium and Bayberry combined with vaginal injections of the same combination.
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