Witch Hazel.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Hemorrhage from piles, the uterus, stomach, lungs or nose, and from purpura, due to changes in the vessel walls. Varicosity in any part due to changes in the vessel walls. Phlegmasia alba dolens. Continued oozing after labor.
DOSE.
Extractum hamamelidis fluidum, 1 m.-2dr.
The smaller doses appear to be as effective as the larger.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Bleeding from small vessels where their walls are at fault.
Slow inflammatory changes in the walls of veins.
Varicose veins of the legs. (Internally and externally).
Varicosities in the throat and on the tongue causing dysphagia, coughing and raising of blood. (Three drops every two hours).
Purpura depending upon fault in the vessel walls.
Bleeding hemorrhoids.
Phlegmasia alba dolens.
Epistaxis.
Hematemesis.
Continued oozing after labor.