Has anyone heard of these medications, Lydia Pinkham herbal liquid and Proviluso!
Question:
Has anyone heard of these medications, Lydia Pinkham herbal liquid and Proviluson?
what are these medications for and used to treat what?
Answers:
Hi proud hispanic american, I look from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, that Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819 - 1883) was a patent medicine manufacturer and businesswoman.
That the original formula for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was:
* Unicorn root (Aletris farinosa L.) 8 oz.
* Life root (Senecio aureus L.) 6 oz.
* Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.) 6 oz.
* Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa L.) 6 oz.
* Fenugreek seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) 12 oz.
* Alcohol (18%) to make 100 U.S. pints
That as of 2004, Numark Laboratories of Edison, New Jersey markets a similar product named "Lydia Pinkham's Herbal Liquid Supplement." The product is carried by the Walgreens drugstore chain. Ingredients listed in this product are:
* Motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca)
* Gentian (Gentiana lutea)
* Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erthrina)
* Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa)
* Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
* Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
* Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
Pleurisy root in the traditional formula is diaphoretic, anti-spasmodic, carminative, and anti-inflammatory. Life root is a traditional uterine tonic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, and emmenagogue used for amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea. Fenugreek is vulnerary, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, tonic, emmenagogue, galactogogue, and hypotensive. Aletris farinosa was used by several Native American tribes for dysmenorrhea, uterine prolapse, pelvic congestion and to improve ovarian function. Black cohosh is an emmenagogue, anti-spasmodic, alterative, nervine, and hypotensive and is used traditionally for menopausal symptoms. Please look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lydia_pinkh...
Jason Homan