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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