For thousands of years expertise of the herbs and wild plants that could enhance fertility had been the secrets of the village wise ladies. But following the holocaust against European Wise Ladies (the “burning times”) and the virtual extermination of Native American medicine ladies, this understanding virtually disappeared. In reality, several individuals erroneously think that “primitive individuals” had no means of controlling the likelihood of pregnancy. Absolutely nothing could be further from the truth.
Numerous typical plants can be utilised to influence fertility, which includes red clover, partridge berry, liferoot, wild carrot, and wild yam. Some of these grow wild, other people are simple to cultivate, and, with the exception of wild carrot, all are also readily obtainable at wellness food shops and are natural over the counter fertility drugs.
One of the most cherished of the fertility-growing plants is red clover (Trifolium pratense). Frequent in fields and along roadsides, it has bright pink (not actually red) blossoms from mid-summer into the chilly days of fall. A favorite flower of the honeybees, the tops (blossoms and appending leaves) are harvested on bright sunny days and eaten as is, or dried for medicinal use. The raw blossoms are delicious in salads and nutritious when cooked with grains such as rice or millet.
To make a fertility-enhancing infusion, I take one ounce by weight of the dried blossoms (fresh will not function for this application) and put them in a quart size canning jar. I fill the jar with boiling water, screw on a tight lid, and let it steep at room temperature overnight (or for at least four hours). Dozens of ladies have told me that they had effective pregnancies following drinking a cup or much more (up to four cups) a day of red clover infusion.
It is particularly beneficial if there is scarring of the fallopian tubes, irregular menses, abnormal cells in the reproductive tract, or “unexplained” infertility. It might take a number of months for the full effect of this herb to come on and pregnancy might not happen until you have utilized it for a year or two. You can enhance the taste by such as some dried peppermint (a spoonful or two) along with the dried clover blossoms when producing your infusion. Treat the father of the child-to-be to some red clover infusion too!
That small evergreen creeper that carpets some parts of the woods around your home is partridge berry (Mitchella repens), also identified as squaw weed, supposedly due to the fact of its capability to improve fertility. (My teacher Twylah Nitsch, grandmother of the Seneca Wolf clan, says that “squaw” is a slang term meaning “schmuck” or, in the appropriate term, “penis,” and consequently need to not be utilised in denoting a plant meant to be utilized by ladies.) Maintain an eye out this spring and see if you can catch Mitchella blooming. Then you will see why she’s often referred to as “twin flower.”
Interestingly, when the paired flowers fall off, they leave behind but one berry to ripen. (The shiny red berries you have noticed in the forest winter or spring. Yes, they are secure to eat, but leave some for the partridges.) The symbolism of two flowers forming one berry is definitely a suitable icon for fertility. I make a medicinal vinegar by filling a modest jar with the fresh leaves, adding apple cider vinegar until the jar is full once again. A piece of waxed paper held in location with a rubber band and a label (such as date) completes the preparation, which need to sit at room temperature for six weeks just before use. I appreciate up to a tablespoonful of the vinegar on my salads or in my beans.
By mid- to late-May possibly, the yellow blossoms of liferoot (Senecio aureus) enliven my swamp (in upstate New York) and the neighboring roads where there is adequate water and wealthy soil. A potent medicine resides in all parts of this lovely wildflower. As the root has a hazardous reputation, I restrict myself to utilizing only the flowers and leaves, which I harvest in bloom, and speedily tincture. (For directions for creating your own tinctures, please see any of my books.) Modest doses of this tincture (3-8 drops a day), taken at least 14 days out of the month, will regulate hormone production, improve libido, normalize the menses, relieve menstrual discomfort, and increase fertility. The closely related Senecia jacobea and Senecio vulgaris can also be employed.
Wild carrot (Daucus carota), much better identified as Queen Anne’s lace, is such a frequent roadside plant that most men and women are amazed to find out that it is a confirmed anti-fertility herb. In addition to becoming the wild cousin of carrot, it is related to parsley, dill, caraway, anise, celery, cumin, and a (now extinct) plant whose seeds had been the birth-control of selection for numerous a classical Greek or Roman woman.
The aromatic seeds of wild carrot are collected in the fall and eaten (a heaping teaspoonful a day) to stop the implantation of a fertilized egg. In one little study the effectiveness rate following thirteen months of use was 99%. As modern day scientific medicine reports that one-third of all fertilized eggs are passed out of the body with out implanting in the uterus, this technique of birth control appears in total agreement with nature.
Of the hundreds of females at present utilizing this anti-fertility agent, I have heard virtually no reports of any side-effects. Note that a lot of books caution you to beware the danger of confusing poison hemlock and wild carrot. Poison hemlock is rather scarce in our region, and, at any rate, does not smell or taste of carrot (as does Queen Anne’s lace), so I think this warning to be a red herring. In addition, wild carrot leaves have little hairs on them, although the leaves of poison hemlock are smooth.
An additional anti-fertility herb that has been tested by tiny groups of modern day females is wild yam (Dioscorea villosa). Given that birth-control pills had been originally produced from this plant, it is not at all surprising that it has the effect of blocking conception when taken every day in rather big doses: either a cup of tea or two capsules taken 3 times a day.
Does it have detrimental effects? Present studies are too tiny to show any, but there is a possibility that there could be. Interestingly sufficient, if wild yam is taken in modest doses (a cup of tea or 10-20 drops of the tincture everyday from onset of menses until mid-period) it increases fertility! In either case, the effect appears to be triggered by the big quantity of hormone-like substances discovered in this root. When taken everyday, these substances may well be converted into progesterone, therefore decreasing the possibility of conception. When taken for the two weeks preceding ovulation, these substances might be converted into LH and FSH, hormones that are required to make the egg ready to be fertilized.
Other typical weeds and garden plants of our region that have been employed to enhance or reduce fertility consist of stinging nettle, oatstraw, pennyroyal, Jack-in-the-pulpit, rue, and parsley.
The earth is full of wonders, and green magic abounds. As a lot more and far more females don’t forget that they are wise ladies, much more of the wonders and the magic will be revealed. May possibly your days be filled with numerous green blessings.