Theses medicae de suppressione mensium

XXXI.
Regarding treatment, since there are diverse species of suppressed menses which possess equally diverse causes, and since each cause requires a specific contrary diet and contrary medicines to be removed, the treatment of this condition generally demands two intentions: the one labors to remove the cause, the other to provoke the menses.

XXXII.
If, therefore, the cause is an intense heat that consumes and dries the menses, then it is not permitted to provoke them: for it is enough that such heat consumes the superfluities.

XXXIII.
But if the cause is long-standing illnesses, accompanied by a preceding weakness of strength, they are likewise not to be provoked: for the body requires restoration rather than evacuation.

XXXIV.
But if the cause is a phlegmatic humor, then it is necessary to prepare such humor, and once prepared, to evacuate it.

XXXV.
If obesity has provided the occasion, the cure consists of fasting, exercise, waking, thinning foods, and dissolving medicines.

XXXVI.
If there is an ulcer, or a callous scar, or a scirrhus hardened tumor, one should use a thin diet and more frequent bloodletting, and in this way it may be dispersed and evacuated.

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