These symptoms belong to a syndrome. Where this state exists, there is toxin absorption from decomposition in the bowels. The lymphatic glands are more or less affected in the pelvis, causing hyperemia of the ovaries, a tendency for painful menstruation, or an excessive flow; perhaps a catarrhal condition of the uterus and hyperemia of the mammary glands. The thyroid gland and the mammary glands in connection with the ovaries develop this hyperemic state at the menstrual period. The catarrh in such cases as this is a transient affair. The rule is that it never remains. There is a possibility that this state of the thyroid gland may emerge into a catarrh proper.

Treatment

The treatment should be obvious. Correct the digestion. Stop the improper eating. The eating of candy and other foods between meals must be given up entirely, and meals must be on time three times a day. During the hyperemic state of these glands, one or two days should be spent on fruit entirely: three fruit meals a day--morning, noon, and night. Then one fruit meal may be dropped, and a regulation dinner of meat, salad, and cooked, non-starchy vegetables taken every other day; and the alternate days a starchy dinner, using some kind of decidedly starchy food in place of the meat.