Erodium
Plant · Geraniaceae
Clarke
Key symptoms
- Metrorrhagia and menorrhagia unresponsive to Ergot and Hydrastis
- Uterine polypus with haemorrhage
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Erodium cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's Bill. N. O. Geraniaceæ. Decoction (half ounce of the herb to six ounces of water). Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Hæmorrhages. Uterine polypus.
Characteristics
Erodium is a popular hæmostatic remedy in Russia, and is especially used for metrorrhagia and menorrhagia. Komorowitch cured with it numbers of cases in which Ergot and Hydrastis had failed. One was a case of cervical polypus. After three days' use of the decoction the polypus was found lying free in the vagina. Compare Geran. m.
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