ENPages That Mention Mentha Pulegium
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Benjamin Barton Smith notebook on materia medica circa 1796-1798. B MS b52.1, Countway Library of Medicine.
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Materia Medica
Emmenagogues
it is supposed to exert a specific action, from which I think it may be usefull in Amenorrhea. It composed the basis of the celebrated Pulvis Parturiens of that state; It produces its effects almost instantly as from 5 to 15 minutes. If obstruction arises from rigidity of the Uterus, V.S. should preceed its exhibition, the following is the formula
Rx Ergot Ʒfs [½ dram] Aq. Font ℥iv [4 ounces]
M. give 1 table spoonsfull every 10 or 15 minutes. When blood is drawn it should be from a large orafice and drawn to the extent of XX ℥ [20 ounces], otherwise it may do harm, with these precautions it has been previously delivered. From its great power of constricting the Uterus it has been used with great success in Uterine Hemorrhage attended with a predisposition to flooding with a relaxed state of the parts, where the hemorrhage arises from excessive action it is not influenced by the medicine as the Uterus is in its greatest state of constriction, however all agree that it has a specific action on the Uterus tho some deny its emmenagogue properties.
Mentha Pulegium. Or Penny Royal. This is a warm Pungent Aromatic plant, it increases the secretion of the skin, and is esteemed an antyhysteric and emmenagogue, the