As soon as the discharge has ceased, a warm hip bath will generally bring it on. If there is much inflammation of the uterus give the following:
| Tincture aconite leaves, | Two drams; |
| Sweet spirits of nitre, | One ounce; |
| Simple syrup, | Three ounces. |
Dose: One teaspoonful every two or three hours.
If the discharge cannot be brought on, wait until the next period. A few days before the term the bowels should be freely opened and kept open until the period for the discharge has arrived. A pill of aloes and iron is one of the best that can be given. Give from one to three pills daily. If there is no evident reason for the discharge not appearing, such as pregnancy, inflammation of the neck of the womb, and the woman is suffering from the suppression, use the following:
| Caulophyllin, | One dram; |
| Extract aconite, | Eight grains; |
| Aloes, | Ten grains; |
| Sulphate of iron, | Ten grains. |
Make into forty pills. Dose: Two or three pills, taken night and morning.
The remedies should always be taken a few days before the period arrives for the menses. If the chronic suppression is the result of any acute disease, the health must first be re-established, otherwise it would be wrong to force the menses. When this has been done, immediately before the return of the period a warm hip bath should be taken every night for six nights, and one of the following pills taken three times a day:
| Fresh powdered ergot of rye, | Fifty grains; |
| Barbadoes aloes, | Twelve grains; |
| Essential oil of juniper, | Twelve drops. |
Make into twelve pills with syrup or mucilage, washing down each pill with a cupful of pennyroyal tea.