The Paducah sun., 1906-03-24

When we look back TO childhood and
think of what mother advised, we feel
pretty certain that she advised what was
right from her own experience. She
Inherited later in her instinct of mother
hood q knowledge of childish ailments and
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 ails young girl on the threshold
OF young ~omanhood and what she
needs. For nearly forty years many
mothers have recommended 10 ailing
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
ical troubles and Affections which visit
womanklnd at one time or another.
Prof. +. Ellingwood, 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 orgaps : relieves
pain, restlessness and NERVOUSNESS Prof.
Jno. NJ. Scudder, NJ. d., says OF the same
nervous excitability or irritability.n OF
Golden Seal root. Edwin NJ. Hale. NJ. D..
Professor of udterid Medicd at Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, says /:
Vim its general effects on the system
there is no medicine in use about which
there Is such general unanimity Of opin-
Ion. 1t Is tntUersdLJV regarded as q
tonic useful in all debilitated states
Prof. f. Ellingood, NJ. D., author Of "A
Treatise on Mdterid Medicd and Thera-
peutics, says OF Golden Seal root: ut Is
an important remedy In disorders Of the
,coab." OF Black Cohosh root, Prof.
Jno. NJ. King. NJ. d., author of Women
nd Ifr nfp..a ass..um 1s.x fI. NJ
productive organs it exerts specific
Influence, promoting regularity. In dys-
menorrh9a painful periods). IL is sur
passed by no other drug, being OF the
greatest utHity In irritative and conges-
tive conditions, for dragging pains re-
sembling the pains. Of rheumatism and
Tor side ache.s OF Unicorn root the
AMERICAN DIsPENsAToRY says: at is
one of our most valuable agents, acting
as uterine tonic, and gradually remov-
ing abnormal conditions, while at the
same time IL imparts tone and vigor 10
the reproductive organs, hence IL Is much
used IN leucorrhpa, amenorrhGa tsup-
periods. etc"
Dr; John Fyfe, Editor Of the Eclectic
Medical Review says OF Unicorn root
uhelonlas DiOica), one Of the chief ingre-
dlents OF DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription:
itHtuy Wnlcn lnNarldDly acts as
uterine invigorator and always fayors
condition which makes for normal
activity OF the entire reproductive sys-
TEN, cannot fail TO be OF great useful
ness and OF the utmost Importance To the
general practitioner Of medicine. In
Heionias We have a medlcament which
more fully answers the above purposes
Than d,sD other drug trith 1Chtch am
dcptntnted. in the treatment OF diseases
peculiar to women il Is seldom that a
case Is seen which does not present some
Indication for this remedial agent.p
He continues; "HelOnias Unicorn root
through its tonic and Alternative infiu-
ence = acts equally well in amenorrhea
Suppressed menstruation) and I'm menor-
rhagia tnooding or profuse menstruation).
Ii Is especially called for In cases OF
amenorrhpa which are accompanied by
general debility and an atomic (weak
condition Of the digestive organs, as ii
increases the appetite and promotes di-
Restion and assimilation. When there
is atony (weakness) Of the generatiye
organs aud a tendency TO miscarriage its
tonic influence upon the sexual system