Lydia Pinkham - The Original Product and Its Modern Descendants

The Original Product and Its Modern Descendants

The original formula for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was:

  • Unicorn root (Aletris farinosa L.) 8 oz.
  • Life root (Senecio aureus L.) 6 oz.
  • Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.) 6 oz.
  • Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa L.) 6 oz.
  • Fenugreek seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) 12 oz.
  • Alcohol (18%) to make 100 U.S. pints

As of 2004, Numark Laboratories of Edison, New Jersey markets a similar product named "Lydia Pinkham Herbal Compound". The product is carried by the Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid. drugstore chains. Ingredients listed in this product are:

  • Motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca)
  • Gentian (Gentiana lutea)
  • Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erthrina)
  • Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa)
  • Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
  • Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

Time of Your Life Nutraceuticals of St. Petersburg, Florida produces a product named Lydia's Secret for Lydiapinkham.org. Said to be "based on" the original formula, it has these listed ingredients

  • Black cohosh root (Cimicifuga racemosa)
  • Dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale)
  • Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa)
  • Chastetree berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
  • False unicorn root (Chamaelirium luteum)
  • Jamaica dogwood bark (Piscidia erthrina)
  • Gentian root (Gentiana lutea)
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin B6
  • Magnesium
  • Zinc.

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