Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-06

Mothers Medicine Chest.

When we look back to childho,.' and
think OF what mother advised, we feel
pretty certain that she advised what was
right from her own experience. She
inherit ted later in her instinct OF mother.
hood knowledge OF childish ailments and
a certain class of remedies that she knew
well and their effects. Experience after
all is the best teacher. Most mothers
know as well as doctors, and often better,
what ais young girl on the threshold
OF young womanh0od and what she
needs. For nearly forty years many
mothers have recommended 10 alling
girls prescription made from we'll
known native, medicinal plants, Lady's
Slipper root, Golden Seal root, Black Co
hosh root Unicorn root, Blue Cohosh root
and chemically pure glycerine make one
OF the best prescriptions for the period
lea troubles and Affections which visit
w0mankind at one time or another.
Prof. +. Ellngwood, NJ. d., OF Bennett
Medical College, says Of Lady's Slipper
root: sit exercises special influence upon
nervous conditions, depending upon dis
orders OF the feminine organs relieves
pain, restlessness and nervousness Prof,
Jno. NJ. Scudder, NJ. D., says Of the same
root 1t is valuable in all cases OF
nervous eXcitabllity or lrritability.p OF
Golden Seal root, Edwin NJ Hale, NJ. d.,
Professor Of Muterid Medicd at Hahne.
mann Medical College, Chicago, says;
rln its general effects on the system
there Is no medicine in use about which
there Is such general unanimity Of opin-
ion. 1t is UniuerSdilv regarded as a
tonic useful in all debllitated states"
Prof. +, Ellingood, NJ. D., author Of "A
Treatise on Ndterid Medicd and Thera-
pentics,' says OF Golden Seal root: "H is
~ m mn III lf he
pOmb.' OF Black Cohosh root, Prof.
Jno. NJ. King, NJ. d., author OF Women
and Her Diseases" says: upon the re-
productive organs IL exerts specific
influence, promoting regularity. In dys-
menorrhpa painful periods, II Is sur
passed by no other drug, being Of the
greatest utility In Initiative and conges-
tive conditions, for dragging pains re-
sembling the pains OF rheumatism and
for side ache" OF Unicorn root the
AMERICAN DTsPESsAToRY says: at Is
one OF our most valuable agents, acting
as a uterine tonic, and gradually remoy-
ing abnormal conditions, while at the
same time II imparts tone and ylgor 70
the reproductive organs, hence ID Is much
used In leucorrhpa, amenorrhpa sup.
pressed periods, dysmenorrhGa painful
perlods), etc"
DR.. John Fyfe, Editor OF the Eclectic
Medical Review" says Of Unicorn root
Qielonias Dioical one OF the chief ingTe-
dents Of DR., Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scripton:
"A remedy which invariably acts as
q uterine invigorator and always favors
q condition which makes for normal
activity Of the entire reproductive sys-
TEN, cannot fail % be OF great useful
ness and OF the utmost Importance 10 the
general practitioner OF medicine, In
Helonias we have medicament which
more fully answers the above purposes
than any other drug uCih Which / am
acquainted. In the Treatment OF diseases
peculiar to women II is seldom that q
case Is seen which does not present some
indication for this remedial agent"
He continues. "Helonas Unicorn root
through It's tonic and Alternative innu'
ence - acts equally well In amenorrhga
suppressed menstruatlon) and In menor-
rhagla flooding or profuse mensruation),
IL is especially called for in cases Of
amenorrh9a which are accompanied by
general debility and an atomic lweakl
condition OF the digestive organs as 10
Increases the appetite and promotes d.
geston and assimilation, When there
Is atony tweakness) Of the generatlve
organs and tendency 10 miscarriage its
tonic Influence upon the -'.Il system