Tea of Garden Tanzy for Painful Menses

[ Tea of Garden Tanzy for Painful Menses ]

Date: Late 18th century; exact date unknown.

Publication Format
Manuscript

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045

Description

Recommending garden tansy tea as next only to opiates in alleviating menstrual pain, p. 100.


Transcription

                                                     -- In the painful
Menses are Opiates, & next to that I know [I kn]a nothing
better than the Tea of Garden Tanzy -- made strong
and drank warm {bi endie} -- . it seems to have
a kind of power to cure the patient and alleviates
the pain --.