"Wrongs of the menstrual functions if caused by debility, are frequently righted by the use of this medicament. Atony is the key to its specific action."—Dr. Howes—Lloyd's.
American Valerian or Lady Slipper
Cypripedium Pubescens "CypripedoMtn is adapted to atonic cases, in which it im-
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proves both the circulation and the nutrition of the nerve centers. As a remedy for nervous excitability or irritability not dependent upon organic lesions, it allays the irritation, and with it, pain, if present, and produces a calm and tranquil condition of both body and mind. It is of special value in reflex functional disorders, or chorea, hysteria, nervous headache, insomnia [with Passiflara] of low fevers, nervous unrest, hypochondria, and nervous depression accompanying stomach disorders [with Chamomile]. It is indicated in sleeplessness, neuralgia, and delirium, all due to atony; in menstrual irregularities, with despondency; mental depression from sexual overindulgence; and in tendency to dementia at the climacteric." —Dr. Thomas—Lloyd's.
In insomnia:
Tinct. Cypripedium 1 oz.
Tinct. Passiflora Incarnata 1 oz.
Dose .10 to 40 drops. Repeat as necessary.
In despondency and a feeling of depression due to stomach disorders:
Tinct. Cypripedium 1 oz.
Tinct. Anthemis l/2 oz.
Dose: 10 to 30 drops every hour or two.
Echinacea Angustifolia
Brauneria pallida—Rudbeckia pattida
Irrespective of all that has been said, written and printed anent Echinacea, the true Physio-Medicalist has found it to be the one supreme and dependable remedy to combat morbidity in the blood. Neither toxins nor serums have the potency in this direction that Echinacea has, and it leaves neither weakening nor deteriorating influence in the blood-stream.
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