the tampon has a fibrous body portion the fibrous portion includes a medicinal liquid such as a hemostatic agent solution during manufacture of the tampon the medicinal liquid may be intermixed with the fluff i e the fiber in order to impregnate the fiber with the medicinal liquid optionally superabsorbent polymer particles may also be admixed with the fluff and the medicinal liquid however it is preferred not to have present such superabsorbent polymer particles because since they are excellent for absorbing catamenial discharge during mensus they also will tend to retain the medicinal liquid and interfere with its being released from the tampon into the vaginal canal in an alternative embodiment already made tampons which may be standard prior art tampons which of course do not include any medicinal liquid can be employed for making the inventive tampon containing a medicinal liquid in this embodiment a dispenser having a combination barrel and hollow needle such as a hypodermic syringe depicted as tampon irrigation syringe 11 having in combination a piston portion or a barrel portion 15 and a hollow needle portion 19 which is illustrated in fig1 may be employed for impregnating a tampon body portion of an already existing tampon 21 see fig5 with a medicinal liquid ml employed for impregnating the tampon body may be any known in the art hypodermic syringe depicted here as tampon irrigation syringe 11 having a small piston or barrel portion 15 and having a detachable hollow needle 19 with standard opening at the end thereof which is generally used for injecting solutions subcutaneously as can be seen from fig3 and 4 barrel portion 15 is filled with a selected amount of medicinal liquid ml and attached to needle portion.