Combine 1 part Golden seal, ¼ part Myrrh gum for a strong decoction which is very valuable in gleet, chronic gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, incipient stricture, spermatorrhoea, and inflammation and ulceration of the internal coat of the bladder. The latter may be treated by Golden seal alone. It must be injected into the bladder and held there as long as the patient can conveniently retain it. To be repeated three or four times a day immediately after emptying the bladder. Should be injected by experienced persons.
It is a specific in passive haemorrhages from the pelvic tissue. For this 2 parts Golden seal to 1 part Geranium or Cranesbill, simmer covered for 20 min. Golden seal combined with Scullcap and Hops is a very fine tonic for spinal nerves, including spinal meningitis. As a mouth medication for pyorrhoea or sore gums, make a solution and gently brush or massage teeth and gums. Golden seal can be given alone in weak proportions, but is most effective combined with other suitable medications.
GOLDEN SEAL Hydrastis canadensis, L.( U. S. Agricultural Department, Appalachia, 1971)
Dose: Of the powder, from 10 – 30 grains; of the tincture, 1 – 2 fl. drams. Roots: place 1 teaspoonful of the powdered root into 1 pint of boiling water, let stand until cold, drink 1 – 2 tablespoonfuls three to six times a day. Externally: Externally it is used as a lotion in treatment of skin eruptions and eye affections, and as a general cleansing application. Tired, irritated eyes will be relieved by saturating cotton with a weak solution and applying to closed eyes. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh root— Alcoholism, Asthma, Cancer, Catarrh, Chancroids, Constipation, Corus, Dyspepsia, Eczema impetiginoids, Ears( affections of), Faintness, Fistula, Gastric catarrh, Gonorrhoea, Haemorrhoids, Jaundice, Leucorrhoea, Lip( cancer of), Liver( affections of), Lumbago, Lupus, Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia, Mouth( sore), Nails( affections of), Nipples( sore), Noises in the head, Nursing women( sore mouth of), Ozaena, Placenta( adherent), Postnasal catarrh, Rectum( affections of), Sciatica, Seborrhoea, Stomach( affections of), Syphilis, Taste( disordered), Throat deafness, Throat( sore), Tongue( affections of), Typhus, Ulcers, Uterus( affections of). Russian Experience: Golden seal does not grow in Russia or any other known place except North America. However, the value of this wonder plant is known to them medicinally. They use the Latin name with Russian dialect— Hydrastis Kanadsky. Their studies and experiments are seriously in favour of the possible cultivation in Russia. Clinically: Not a home medicine in Russia. Only the extract is used, prescribed clinically in hospitals. At the present time it is limited to female conditions of excess bleeding, disturbance and pain of monthly periods, etc.( Atlas, Moscow, 1965).