Pregnancy
Pregnancy Nutritive Tea
- Stinging Nettle:
- Raspberry leaf:
- Oatstraw:
- Calendula:
- Fennel:
- Dandelion leaf:
1 tsp/cup up to TID
May take throughout gestation as needed
Uterine tonic/Calcium tea
- Raspberry leaf tea:
- Oat straw:
- Alfalfa:
- Nettle:
- Mentha:
Tones and strengthens uterus and helps to decrease
spasms and cramps in the legs and feet being high in
calcium, prepares system for birth.
Add yellow dock/lamb quarter to increase iron.
Tincture to stop bleeding
- Shepherd purse:
- Yarrow flores:
Dose: ½ teaspoon q2h or 7 drops q ½ hr. May dilute this in tea
or water
until sts stop. ½ teaspoon in tea form drink ½ cup q ½ hr.
To stop spot bleeding
- Shepherd purse:
- Raspberry leaf:
- Nettle leaf:
Make standard infustion
Dose: ¼ cup / 65ml q ½ hr until bleeding subsides.
notify your midwife/ Dr.
If necessary and bleeding is heavy and stubborn, add 1/8th to 1/4
tsp cayenne
to tea q 15-20 minutes. It will be hot but often works
wonders. Do not take if sensitive to
stimulants
Use under care of health care provider
Tincture to prevent miscarriage
- Cramp bark:
- Black haw:
- False unicorn:
Doses: ½ teaspoon to ¼ cup of warm water
or tea, and drink q1/2 hours till signs and symptoms (S+S)subside,
may
be used as tea also.
Do not take without advice of health care provider
Prevention tea
- Wild yam:
- Black haw:
- Cramp bark:
Follow decoction instructions and take ¼ cup
q ½ hr until s+s subside. Use this tea along with
tincture above if necessary and decrease dose
as s+s subside
Do not use without advice of health care provider
Nervine tea
- Oatstraw:
- Lemon Balm:
- Chamomile:
- Peppermint:
1 tsp/cup TID PRN
Anti-yeast tea
- Sage leaf
- Raspberry
- Mullein
- Calendula
4-6 tablespoons of herba per quart of cold water.
Make a decoction, mix ½ and ½ with cranberry juice.
Drink 3 cups TID between meals or ½ hr after meals.
Note: sage may dry up breast milk.
Yeast/ vaginal thrush
douche every 3 days till clear or daily if severe.
- 1 quart water/ ¼ cup of yogurt
- 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
Varicose veins/liniment external
- Yarrow:
- Shepherds purse:
- Calendula:
- Cayenne:
- Acetate:
- Glycerin:
This is an acetate (apple cider vinegar),rub
liniment up the legs toward the heart
BID or TID using a soft cotton cloth
Water retention
- Nettle:
- Burdock:
- Dandelion:
- Chickweed:
- Cornsilk:
1tsp/cup infusion. Drink 1 - 3 cups daily.
Eat lots of dandelion greens also.
Nettle, Burdock, Dandelion and Chickweed are nutritious with
a
gentle cleansing influence and as great relief for excess
fluid
Itching skin
- Burdock root
- Plantain
- Chickweed
- Oatstraw
- Licorice
Infused oils Add essential oils, peppermint, Lavender, Tea tree
Pregnancy Tea (after first trimester) for simple cystitis
- Nettle:
- Dandelion:
- Pipisessewa:
- Corn silk:
- Uva ursi:
Drink ½ cup 6 times daily for 1 week
Belly oil
- Cocoa butter:
- Coconut oil:
- Almond/grape seed:
- Vit E oil:
- Landin:
- Beeswax:
Apply 2-3 times daily as needed
Constipation tea
- Dandelion root:
- Yellow dock:
- Burdock root:
- Slippery elm:
- Licorice root:
- Flax seed:
- Senna leaf:
- Fennel seed:
Dose: 2 teaspoons for 2 cups of water make decoction Drink 1 cup in AM and one in PM (not in 1st t rimester0. Take prn(as needed) only
Hemorrhoid salve
A soothing salve/ointment reduces itch and swelling
- St. John's wart
- Burdock
- Comfrey
- Cocoa butter
- Beeswax
- Mentha
- Lavender
- Tea tree
- (apply as needed)
Pregnacy/dyspersia/Flatulance
An excellent formula assisting the GI system by
recoordinating
peristalsis and regulating gastric acid.
- Chamomile:
- Rubus:
- Ulmus or :
- Althaea:
- Filipendula:
- Mentha:
- Fennel:
- Anise:
Dose: infusion - 1-3 cups daily may divide doses
Nausea
This simple remedy is often all it takes to calm the
sensitive
GI in early pregnancy.
- Mentha or spearmint:
- Ginger
- Chamomile:
1 tsp/cup 4 oz as needed
More troublesome nausea
This formula is helpful when the simple formula alone
does not provide strong enough influence.
- Ballota nigra:
- Chamomile:
- Anise:
- Ginger:
1 tsp/cup as needed