7.  Leucorrhea, Common Vinegar for.—­“Two tablespoonfuls vinegar in two quarts of water (warm or hot), used as a douche at bedtime, until cured,” This will cure some mild cases and has an astringent action.

8.  Leucorrhea, an Easily Prepared Remedy for.—­“Red oak bark tea used with syringe; follow with hot water.”  Steep the red oak bark and make a tea of it, using about two or three teaspoonfuls of the bark to a pint of hot water.  This acts as an astringent and the red oak bark contains a good deal of tannin which is very beneficial in cases of this kind.

9.  Leucorrhea, Home-Made Suppositories for.—­“Take a small piece of medicated cotton, and saturate in pure glycerin and insert in the vagina at night, after a warm salt injection has been taken to thoroughly cleanse the parts.”  So many women of today are careless about taking injections, at least once or twice a week.  Many of these diseases could be avoided in the beginning by women being more cleanly.  This saturated cotton acts as a suppository absorbing the mattery secretion and in that way relieves the congestion.

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10.  Leucorrhea, a Good Home Remedy for.—­“Cleanse the parts affected with warm water with a little castile or ivory soap in it, by means of an injection.  Then inject a full syringe of the mixture, made by dropping a tablespoonful of extract of witch-hazel (Pond’s is best) into warm water; repeat each night until cured.”  The injection of soap and water is one of the essential things to do for leucorrhea, as it cleanses the parts thoroughly and the witch-hazel is very soothing and healing.

11.  Leucorrhea, a New York Doctor’s Remedy for.—­“Fluid extract of Oregon grape root (sometimes called mild grape) mixed with a simple syrup and given in teaspoonful doses, three times a day, is recommended by Dr. W. W. Myers, as a curative for leucorrhea.”

Physicians’ treatment.—­First is to do away, if possible, with local disease, like inflammations, tear of the cervix, etc.  The general system should be built up with tonics.  The same treatment as for anemia and chlorosis will be usual for this trouble.  Refer to those diseases.

Local.—­The vagina should be kept as clean as possible with the hot water injections.  To the hot water many simple remedies can be added with much benefit.

1.  One ounce of white oak bark in a pint of boiling water makes a good injection for this trouble.  Before any medicine is used the vagina should always be washed out by an injection of warm water.  Then follow with the indicated injection and retain it as long as possible.

2.  Tannic acid and glycerin, equal parts, one ounce to two quarts of warm water, is a good injection.

3.  Lloyd’s Golden Seal is splendid, used in the proportion of four teaspoonsful to a pint of warm water.

4.  This combination gives good service:—­