Erodium cicutarium. Hemlock Stork’s Bill. *N. O. Geraniaceae. Decoction (half ounce of the herb to six ounces of water). Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Haemorrhages. Uterine polypus.
Characteristics
*Erodium is a popular hemostatic 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 day’s use of the decoction the polypus was found lying free in the vagina. Compare *Geran.m.