Pilulae Polygoni Compositae.—Compound Pills of Water-Pepper.
Botanical name:
Related entry: Polygonum.—Water Pepper
Preparation.—Take of dried sulphate of iron, and resin of cimicifuga, each, 1 drachm; oleoresin of iris, 15 grains; extract of water-pepper, a sufficient quantity. Mix well together, and divide into 60 pills.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—These pills are emmenagogue, and exert an especial influence on the female organs of generation. They have been used with advantage in chlorosis, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, uterine leucorrhoea, etc. The dose is 1 pill every 2 or 3 hours (J. King).
