To Promote Birth
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Western Tradition Simples
The following can be taken 2–4 weeks before the due date to prepare for Birth: 1. Raspberry leaf tea can be taken daily in the last month, adding a teaspoon of Honey. 2. Cinnamon and Licorice powder taken daily for 2 weeks before the due date prepares for Birth. 3. Frankincense (1 part) Bitter Orange (Zhi Ke) (2 parts). Powder and make small Honey pills the size of a parasol seed. Take 30 pills with wine before a meal in the last month of Pregnancy. These pills were called Shen Qi Wan. (TCM: Fu Ren Da Quan Liang Fang) To Promote Birth 1. Betony decocted in water with Honey, or else the powder taken in water quickens delivery and eases pain. 2. Date kernel powder with Wine relieves pain of labor 3. Powder of Date stones with Betony. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655) 4. Date stone with half a Nutmeg in powder, taken with wine. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655) 5. Vervain juice taken in red wine for easy delivery. 6. Maidenhair taken in wine causes speedy delivery. 7. One dram of Myrrh drunk with Warm wine causes quick delivery. (Culpeper) 8. Leek juice taken with warm wine is powerful, or a decoction of Leek. 9. Juniper leaves taken with water and Honey. 10. Mugwort decocted in water and applied as a plaster to the Navel and thighs 11. Polypody beaten and applied to the feet of a woman lin labor “causes the Birth of the Child instantly” (Culpeper) 12. The Milk of another woman causes speedy delivery. 13. Dried Bull Bile: ‘It is a Secret, worth ten times its weight in Gold. If ½–1 dram be given in a glass of Wine, it hastens not only the Birth, but facilitates the Labor to admiration’. (Salmon, Seplasium, 1693) 14. Cut a Rabbit liver into pieces, dry in an oven, then add 1 oz. each of powdered Ginger, Clove and Sugar. Mix well and give half ounce as a dose. (Albertus) 16. Parsley juice Leek juice Mix with a little Oil and take. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615) 17. Fresh Marjoram Fresh Hyssop. 3 handfuls ea. Express the juice, strain and give 3 ounces warm, fasting afterwrds “and she shall be delivered” .(The Secrets of Alexis, 1615) 18. Hyssop Vervain Betony equal parts Decoct and take to promote quick and easy delivery. 19. Calamint Sage Rosemary of each a handful white wine 6 pounds Boil gently until one-quarter has wasted. Use to wash the legs once daily when the time is near. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615) Weakness during or after Labor: Take Letificans, Manus Christ or Cooling Pearl Powder in broth. A Remedy only used in Urgent Cases, or when the Fetus is Dead: Savin juice 2 oz. Borax 1 dram White Wine 1 oz. A small amount can be taken regularly until the desired result is achieved. Note if modern (purified) Borax was used, a maximum of 2 grams should be used. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615) Partum facilitant–Facilitate Birth Potion for Difficult Labor Decoction of Marshmallow Decoction for Difficult Childbirth (Barbette) Birth Powder Diacalaminthe Compound Powder to Facilitate Birth (Renodeus) Powder to Promote Birth (Alexander) Powder of Crabs Claw (Countess of Kents Powder) Troches of Myrrh Tincture of Saffron Tincture of Musk Triphera Minor (Triphera Phoenonis) (Mesue) Flying Squirrel 3 (Bya sha gsum sbyor) Pacific 6 (Zhi byed drug pa) (Tibetan) Pacific 11 (Zhi byed bcu gcig) (Tibetan) Paraquilegia 6 (Mde’u ‘byin drug pa) (Tibetan) |
TCM Classification Qi and Blood Deficiency Weakness, lack of energy before or during labor Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang Bao Chua Wu You Fang Blood Stasis Restless Fetus, painful to touch abdomen, purplish tongue, lips and nail bed, choppy pulse Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan |
Special Formulas
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BIRTH POWDER Saffron Cassia Wood Myrrh Amber 2 drams ea. Borax 1 dram Form a powder. Dose: 2–4 scruples in wine, mugwort water or egg yolk. |
1. Dang Gui 4.5 grams Ligusticum Chuan Xiong 3 grams Safflower (Hong Hua) 3 grams Dodder seed (Tu Si Zi) 3 grams Magnolia Hou Po 1.8 grams Notopterygium Qiang Hao 4.5 grams Dried Ginger 3 grams Scutellaria Huang Qin 3 grams Paeonia Bai Shao 4.5 grams Atractylodes Bai Zhu 4.5 grams Motherwort (Yi Mu Cao) 4.5 grams Rehmannia Sheng Di 4.5 grams Mugwort (Ai Ye) 3 grams Form a Decoction. (The Formulas of Dr. John H.F. Shen) |
Research:
1. Effect of Saffron (Fan Hong Hua) On the Readiness of The Uterine Cervix In Term Pregnancy: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial.