Triticum Repeus
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. II, p. 1456
Triticum repens. Couch-grass. Cooch-grass. Cutch-grass. Quitchgrass. Twitch. N. O. Gramineae. Tincture of fresh plant OUaieal* — Bladder, irritation of. Dysuria. Urine, incontinence of.
Characteristics
Burnett (Organ, Diseases of Women 115) tellshow he learned of a herbalist the use of Tril r., the herbalist having cured with it a patient of Burnett's, a man suffering from dysuria. Burnett has found it no less valuable for women than for men. " Frequently in dysuria from an inflamed state of the urethra, I found Tril r. f , ten drops in a little water, frequently repeated, of prompt effect, often giving complete relief in a few hours, and if the ailment is primarily in Ike urethra the relief is an abiding cure ; if from a tugging of the heavy womb, it is only relief." He gives this case : A widow, suffering from complete procidentia uteri and very bad haemorrhoidal bleeding, wrote that she was driven almost mad with painful micturition ; the burning and straining were truly awful. Trit, r. f, as above, was ordered, and brought a most grateful letter from the patient. She keeps a supply always at hand.