Mitchella repens - Partridgeberry, Squaw Vine
"CONSTITUENTS: Saponin-like, resin, wax, dextrine, mucilage.
PREPARATIONS: Specific Mitchella. Dose: from five to sixty minims. Syrupus Mitchellae Compositus, Compound Syrup of Mitchella. Dose: from one to two drams. Specific Mitchella. Dose: from five to sixty minims. Syrupus Mitchellae Compositus, Compound Syrup of Mitchella. Dose: from one to two drams.
Therapy: In uterine disorders at other times this agent is a most effectual remedy. It overcomes painful menstruation, regulates the function, relieves congestion in the pelvic organs and soothes general irritation of the nervous system from uterine or ovarian causes...."
(Finley Ellingwood: The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915)